Amendment No. 1 to the Block Grant Agreement with Empowering Youth, Inc. 0/WC --OW()
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND
EMPOWERING YOUTH, INC.
This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment") to the Community Development Block Grant
Agreement, dated December 22, 2016 ("Agreement"), by and between the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
a Florida municipal corporation having its principal office at 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami
Beach, Florida, 33139, (hereinafter referred to as "City"), and EMPOWERING YOUTH, INC., a
Florida not-for profit corporation, having its principal office at 1031 Ives Dairy 130d, Suite 21.28 Miami,
Florida 33179(hereinafter referred to as "Sub-Recipient") is entered into this e.,r day of Ts,Vvt Yt3
2017(Effective Date).
WHEREAS, the City is an entitlement recipient of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) grant programs, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, and
HOME Investment Partnership funds (HOME), and the City expects to continue to receive
entitlement funds from these grant programs to operate the City's housing and community
development activities; and
WHEREAS, each year, the City prepares a One-Year Action Plan detailing how it intends to
allocate funds received from HUD to conduct eligible activities for the benefit of low-and-moderate-
income residents; and
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2016, the City Commission approved Resolution No. 2016-29420,
approving the One-Year Action Plan for Federal Funds for FY 2016/2017, and providing CDBG funds
in the amount of EIGHTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($18,955)
for youth counseling to be provided by the Sub-Recipient as a Public Service("Program"); and
WHEREAS, this amount was revised by HUD as part of the Action Plan and it was requested
from the City to rounded down instead of up; and
WHEREAS, the updated amount to be allocated for the Program is Eighteen Thousand Nine
Hundred And Fifty-Four Dollars ($18,954); and
WHEREAS, the One-Year Action Plan for FY 2016/2017 was made available to the public for
comment at the City Commission meeting on June 8, 2016; and for a 30-day public review and
comment period,from May 5 through June 6, 2016; and
WHEREAS, on December 22, 2016, the City and Sub-Recipient executed the Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, at least sixty (60) percent of the allotted grant funds have to be expended by
June 30, 2017, to assist the City with compliance of CDBG guidelines requiring timeliness in the
expenditure of funds; however, this language was omitted from the executed Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits contained herein, the City and
Sub-Recipient agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. Section 9 of"Applicable Rules and Regulations" in Exhibit"A" "Scope of Services", is
hereby amended to read as follows:
9. Timeliness of Reimbursement Requests
Reimbursement requests must be submitted no later than sixty (60) days from the
incurrence of the expense. The City will strictly monitor this element. Please note that
cancelled checks must be submitted in conjunction with all reimbursement requests.
Therefore, the Sub-Recipient should calendar itself accordingly to ensure that
reimbursement requests are submitted to the City in a timely manner.
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Furthermore, at least sixty (60) percent of your allotted grant funds must be
expended by June 30, 2017 as demonstrated by the total value of reimbursements
processed. Capital Projects will be reviewed and judged based on their
implementation schedule.
2. Except as amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall
remain unchanged and in full force and effect. In the event there is a conflict between
the provisions of this Amendment and the Agreement, the provisions of the
Amendment shall govern.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
duly authorized officials on the day and date first above indicated.
EMPOWERING YOUTH, INC.
a Florida not-for-profit corporation
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