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2017-30092 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO 2017 -30092 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDING (INCLUDING MATCHING FUNDS AND ANY RELATED CITY EXPENSES), AND TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS: 1) US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION INCOME GENERATING ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM (TIGER), IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $4 MILLION; 2) BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES, 2017 MAYORS CHALLENGE, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION; 3) MIAMI - DADE COUNTY'S NEAT STREETS PROGRAM IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $25,000; 4) FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, COASTAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE GRANT PROGRAM, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $30,000; 5) TARGET'S CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $10,000; 6) FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF COUNCIL IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $5,000; AND, 7) APPROVAL TO EXECUTE THE ANNUAL AFFIDAVIT WITH MIAMI -DADE COUNTY FOR THE FY 2017/18 MUNICIPAL PARKING FINES REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the City Administration requests approval to submit a grant application to US Department of Transportation, Transportation Income Generating Economic Recovery Program (TIGER), in the approximate amount of $4 Million for the City's Intelligent Transportation System and Smart Parking System, the details of which are as follows: • The Administration has submitted an application for the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and the Smart Parking System (SPS). • The program will help the City to manage traffic congestion on a day -to -day basis and will create a system that enhances transportation through the safe and efficient movement of people, goods and information while increasing fuel efficiency, lessening pollution, and promoting the growth of jobs. • The ITS project includes the implementation of traffic monitoring cameras, travel time detectors, and digital message signs to advise drivers of traffic conditions, way - finding, and parking availability. • The SPS project includes parking capacity monitoring at garages, parking lots and corridors, and digital message signs at garages and parking lots to advise drivers of parking capacity and the exact location of their vehicle. • The SPS project has received approval from Miami -Dade County and Florida Department of Transportation. • The Administration has applied for funding in the amount of $4 million. The City will use matching funds in the amount of $10 million from the Transportation Concurrency and Mitigation Fund. • This project supports the key intended outcome to ensure comprehensive addressing all modes throughout the City; and WHEREAS, the City Administration requests approval to submit a grant application to Bloomberg Philanthropies, 2017 Mayors Challenge, in the approximate amount of $1 Million for a Data Operations System to predict weather and climate impacts, the details of which are as follows: • The 2017 Mayors Challenge, sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies, has been designed to help hundreds of cities develop ideas that solve the most urgent problems facing cities today. • Bloomberg Philanthropies' five areas of focus are public health, arts and culture, the environment, education, and government innovation. • Flooding is impacting Miami Beach residents, tourists and businesses, and as such, the City is proposing a project that will create a centralized data operations system that would allow data driven decision- making. • The project will reduce uncertainty and damage from weather and climate in our community by assisting with predictive analyses, and it will provide data science and analytics on hydrological and meteorological datasets to run correlations and develop predictive tools to exponentially improve our capacity for making better decisions for planning, implementation, and monitoring. • The goal is to run correlations of these main datasets with all other layers of City data in order to not only understand, but to anticipate impacts on our society, economy, public health, tourism, culture, insurance rates, and property. • The Administration has applied for funding in the approximate amount of $1 million and the grant does not require matching funds. • This project supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination; and WHEREAS, the City Administration requests approval to submit a grant application to Miami -Dade County's Neat Streets Program in the approximate amount of $25,000 for the City's Reforestation Project, the details of which are as follows: • Miami -Dade County's Neat Streets Program is dedicated to the maintenance and beautification of transportation gateways, corridors, and connections. • Funds are provided to municipalities for reforestation efforts taking place in Miami -Dade County. • The goal of the program is to plant one million trees by 2020 and to achieve a 30 percent tree canopy for Miami -Dade County, the Neat Streets matching grant program is now in its third year. • The program is funded by Miami -Dade County, and engages municipalities, non- profits, and community organizations in planting native or Florida- friendly trees on the County's corridors and gateways. • The City Administration intends to request funding in the amount of $25,000 for trees for the North Beach area (Normandy North). • This grant requires matching funds in the amount of $25,000 and funding is available in the Greenspace Management Reforestation account. • This project supports the key intended outcome to revitalize key neighborhoods, starting with North Beach and Ocean Drive; and WHEREAS, the City Administration requests approval to submit a grant application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal Partnership Initiative Grant Program, in the approximate amount of $30,000 for Brittany Bay Park Shoreline Stabilization, the details of which are as follows: • The Florida Department of Environmental Protection provides federal funding through the Coastal Partnership Initiative (CPI), Florida Coastal Management Program, to coastal counties and municipalities within their boundaries to promote the protection and effective management of Florida's coastal resources. • The City has applied for funding for the Brittany Bay Park Shoreline Stabilization and Protection project, which would promote the following three CPI priority areas: Resilient Communities, Access to Coastal Resources, and Working Waterfronts. • Located at the southernmost entrance of North Beach by the 63rd Street Bridge, Brittany Bay Park extends north along the water and west of Indian Creek Drive, running parallel to a waterway where Biscayne Bay meets Lincoln Road, and along Dade Boulevard. • The City plans to integrate a hybrid shoreline stabilization system to the seawall, including `living shorelines' which will provide shoreline protection to one of the key connection sites within the City; and, in addition, integrating green infrastructure will provide protection to surrounding riparian and intertidal environment, create habitat for aquatic and terrestrial species, and improve the water quality via filtration of upland run -off. • The project will also include an ADA- accessible kayak launch, which will provide access to several canals throughout the Atlantic Intracoastal waterways. • The City also anticipates having educational signage at the project site. • The City has requested $30,000, and the grant will be matched with $30,000 in funds in the Indian Creek Park Seawall project. • This project supports the key intended outcomes to ensure reliable storm water management and resiliency against flooding by implementing select short and long -term solutions including addressing sea - level rise; and WHEREAS, the City Administration requests approval to submit a grant application to Target's Corporate Responsibility Program in the approximate amount of $10,000 for the Police Department's Annual Toy Drive, the details of which are as follows: • The Target Corporate Responsibility Program provides funding for community and youth projects in areas such as education, public safety, and youth initiatives. • The Administration has submitted an application for funding of the Police Department's Annual Toy Drive event which benefits children from all backgrounds, and promotes a positive community partnership between the children and parents who attend and our law enforcement officers. • The event enables attendees to interact with the officers on a personal level and, therefore, helps the children to understand that officers are there for the good of the community, and, most importantly, are themselves parents, brothers, sisters, etc. • The event also often initiates a longer term relationship between the children, their parents /caregivers, and the officers, as they will often have subsequent interactions outside schools, in the streets within the City, and at other major events. • The Administration has applied for funding in the approximate amount of $10,000 and, if awarded, the City will use the funds to purchase toys for the attendees. • This project does not require matching funds and supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination and does not require matching funds; and WHEREAS, the City Administration requests approval to submit a grant application to the Florida Junior Golf Council in the approximate amount of $5,000 for golf clubs and equipment for Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic, the details of which are as follows: • The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic was founded in 2008, and was started in conjunction with the re- opening of the Normandy Shores Golf Course. • The mission of the program is to impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life- enhancing values through the game of golf. • Transportation challenges and lack of affordability are several of the reasons why some children do not play golf. • The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic is a way to bring golf to youth who otherwise would not be exposed to the game and its positive values. • The goal of the program is to establish a quality and self- sustaining golf learning program that will provide youth with an avenue to learn the fundamentals of golf along with the values of the game of golf including rules, etiquette, history, tradition, and respect. • The program is committed to provide ongoing access to each graduate. • The City has applied for funding to support the Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic in the approximate amount of $5,000 for golf equipment. • The grant does not require matching funds, and the project supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination and does not require matching funds; and WHEREAS, the City Administration requests approval to execute the Annual Affidavit with Miami -Dade County for the FY 2017/18 Municipal Parking Fines Reimbursement Program to improve accessibility and equal opportunity to qualified persons who have disabilities, the details of which are as follows: • Each year the City participates in Miami -Dade County's Parking Fines Reimbursement Program. • The Program is based on Section 316.008, Florida Statutes, and Section 30 -447 of the Code of Miami -Dade County, which authorizes the charging of fines for misuse of specially marked parking spaces for people with disabilities. • The City has entered into an Interlocal Agreement with Miami -Dade County for the distribution of these funds. • The Agreement requires that the City annually submit an affidavit sworn by the Chief Administrative Officer that expenditures will meet the program criteria. • The affidavit stipulates that municipal parking fines funds shall be used to improve accessibility and equal opportunity to qualified persons who have disabilities in the municipality and to conduct public awareness programs in the municipality concerning persons who have disabilities. • The City and the County executed an Interlocal Agreement in 2016 for the Parking Fines Program. • The 2016 Interlocal Agreement stays on file until the County modifies the terms of the Agreement, and as such, the City is only required to execute and submit a sworn affidavit. • Miami -Dade County only provides an estimate of the amount of funding that the City may receive, and the final funding amount is contingent on the number of other cities that submit affidavits for parking fine funds. • The Administration requests approval to execute the Affidavit for Fiscal Year 2017/18 Parking Fines Funds to accept these funds. • This project supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination and does not require matching funds. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH that the Mayor and City Commission hereby approve and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and appropriate funding (including matching funds and any related City expenses), and to execute any and all documents or agreements in connection with the following grants and funding agreements: 1) US Department of Transportation, Transportation Income Generating Economic Recovery Program (TIGER), in the approximate amount of $4 million; 2) Bloomberg Philanthropies, 2017 Mayors Challenge, in the approximate amount of $1 million; 3) Miami -Dade County's Neat Streets Program in the approximate amount of $25,000; 4) Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal Partnership Initiative Grant Program, in the approximate amount of $30,000; 5) Target's Corporate Responsibility Program in the approximate amount of $10,000; 6) Florida Junior Golf Council in the approximate amount of $5,000; and, 7) approval to execute the annual affidavit with Miami -Dade County for the FY 2017/18 Municipal Parking Fines Reimbursement Program. PASSED and ADOPTED this 13 day of >andjer ATTEST: , 2017. Dan Gelber, Mayor Rafa E. Granado, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FO & LANGUAGE EXECUTION City Attorney. Dote MIAMI BEACH Resolutions - C7 A COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager DATE: December 13, 2017 SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE RETROACTIVELY, TO APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDING (INCLUDING MATCHING FUNDS AND ANY RELATED CITY EXPENSES), AND TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS: 1) US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION INCOME GENERATING ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM (TIGER), IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $4 MILLION; 2) BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES' MAYORS CHALLENGE, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION; 3) MIAMI -DADE COUNTY'S NEAT STREETS PROGRAM IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $25,000; 4) FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, COASTAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE GRANT PROGRAM, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $30,000; 5) TARGET'S CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $10,000; 6) FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF COUNCIL IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $5,000; AND, 7) APPROVAL TO EXECUTE AN ANNUAL AFFIDAVIT WITH MIAMI -DADE COUNTY FOR THE FY 2017/18 MUNICIPAL PARKING FINES REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. RECOMMENDATION Adopt the Resolution. ANALYSIS 1 . Approval to submit a grant application to US Department of Transportation, Transportation Income Generating Economic Recovery Program (TIGER) in the approximate amount of $4 Million for the City's Intelligent Transportation System and Smart Parking System. The Administration has submitted an application for the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and the Smart Parking System (SPS). The program will help the City to manage traffic congestion on a day -to -day basis and will create a system that enhances transportation through the safe and efficient movement of people, goods and information while increasing fuel efficiency, lessening pollution and promoting the growth of jobs. The ITS project includes the implementation of traffic monitoring cameras, travel time detectors, and digital message signs to advise drivers of traffic conditions, way- finding and parking availability. The SPS project Page 460 of 1320 includes parking capacity monitoring at garages, parking lots and corridors, digital message signs at garages and parking lots to advise drivers of parking capacity and the exact location of their vehicle. The project has received approval from Miami -Dade County and Florida Department of Transportation. The Administration has applied for funding in the amount of $4 million and the City will use matching funds in the amount of $10 million from account numbers: 158 - 0870- 069355 -00- 410 - 530- 00- 00 -00- 28080- $1,405,925.56 158 -9615- 000356 -00- 403 - 529- 00- 00 -00- 28080- $476,781.00 158 -9615- 061357 -26- 410 - 530- 00- 00 -00- 28080- $310,409.00 158 - 9615- 069357 -26 -410- 530- 00- 00 -00- 28080- $4,767,810.00 187- 9615- 069357 -26 -410- 000- 00- 00 -00- 28080- $1,970,092.32 480 - 0870- 069355 -00- 418- 000- 00- 00 -00- 28080- $2,137,674.53 This project supports the key intended outcome to ensure comprehensive addressing all modes throughout the City. 2. Approval to submit a grant application to Bloomberg Philanthropies, 2017 Mayors Challenge, in the approximate amount of $1 Million for a Data Operations System to predict weather and climate impacts. The 2017 Mayors Challenge, sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies has been designed to help hundreds of cities develop ideas that solve the most urgent problems facing cities today. Bloomberg Philanthropies' five areas of focus are public health, arts and culture, the environment, education and government innovation. Flooding is impacting Miami Beach residents, tourists and businesses, and, as such, the City is proposing a project that will create a Centralized Data Operations System that would allow data driven decision- making. The project will reduce uncertainty and damage from weather and climate in our community by assisting with predictive analyses. It will provide data science and analytics on hydrological and meteorological datasets to run correlations and develop predictive tools to exponentially improve our capacity for making better decisions for planning, implementation, and monitoring. The goal is to run correlations of these main datasets with all other layers of City data in order to not only understand, but to anticipate impacts on our society, economy, public health, tourism, culture, insurance rates, and property. The Administration has applied for funding in the approximate amount of $1 million and the grant does not require matching funds. This project supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination. 3 . Approval to submit a grant application to Miami -Dade County's Neat Streets Program in the approximate amount of $25,000 for the City's Reforestation Project. Miami -Dade County's Neat Streets Program is dedicated to the maintenance and beautification of transportation gateways, corridors and connections. Funds are provided to municipalities for reforestation efforts taking place in Miami -Dade County. The goal of the program is to plant one million trees by 2020 and to achieve a 30 percent tree canopy for Miami -Dade County, the Neat Streets matching grant program is now in its third year The program is funded by Miami -Dade County, and engages municipalities, non - profits and community organizations in planting native or Florida - friendly trees on the County's corridors and gateways. Page 461 of 1320 The City Administration intends to request funding in the amount of $25,000 for trees for the North Beach area (Normandy North). This grant requires matching funds in the amount of $25,000 and funding is available in account number 011 - 0830- 000312 -21- 402 - 517- 00- 00 -00. This project supports the key intended outcome to revitalize key neighborhoods, starting with North Beach and Ocean Drive. 4 . Approval to submit a grant application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal Partnership Initiative Grant Program, in the approximate amount of $30,000 for Brittany Bay Park Shoreline Stabilization. Florida Department of Environmental Protection provides federal funding through the Coastal Partnership Initiative (CPI), Florida Coastal Management Program to coastal counties and municipalities within their boundaries to promote the protection and effective management of Florida's coastal resources. As such, the City has applied for funding for the Brittany Bay Park Shoreline Stabilization and Protection project, which would promote the following three CPI priority areas: Resilient Communities, Access to Coastal Resources, and Working Waterfronts. Located at the southernmost entrance of North Beach by the 63rd Street Bridge, Brittany Bay Park extends north along the water and west of Indian Creek Drive, running parallel to a waterway where Biscayne Bay meets Lincoln Road, and along Dade Boulevard. The City plans to integrate a hybrid shoreline stabilization system to the seawall, including 'living shorelines'. This will provide shoreline protection to one of the key connection sites within the City. In addition, integrating green infrastructure will provide protection to surrounding riparian and intertidal environment, create habitat for aquatic and terrestrial species, and improve the water quality via filtration of upland run -off. The project will also include an ADA- accessible kayak launch, which will provide access to several canals throughout the Atlantic Intracoastal waterways. The City also anticipates having educational signage at the project site. The City has requested $30,000 and the grant will be matched with $30,000 in funds from account number 302 -0820- 069357 -26- 410 - 546- 00- 00 -00- 20918. This project supports the key intended outcomes to ensure reliable storm water management and resiliency against flooding by implementing select short and long -term solutions including addressing sea -level rise. 5 . Approval to submit a grant application to Target's Corporate Responsibility Program in the approximate amount of $10,000 for the Police Department's Annual Toy Drive. The Target Corporate Responsibility Program provides funding for community and youth projects. The corporate funding areas are education, public safety and youth initiatives, The Administration has submitted an application for funding of the Police Department's Annual Toy Drive event which benefits children from all backgrounds and promotes a positive community partnership between the children and parents who attend and our law enforcement officers. The event enables attendees to interact with the officers on a personal level and therefore helps the children to understand that officers are there for the good of the community and, most importantly, are themselves parents, brothers, sisters etc. The event also often initiates a longer term relationship between the children, their parents /caregivers and the officers, as they will often have subsequent interactions outside schools, in the streets within the City, and at other major events. The Administration has applied for funding in the approximate amount of $10,000. If awarded, the City will use the funds to purchase toys for the attendees. This project does not require matching funds and supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class Page 462 of 1320 destination and does not require matching funds. 6. Approval to submit a grant application to Florida Junior Golf Council in the approximate amount of $5,000 for golf clubs and equipment for Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic. The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic was founded in 2008, and was started in conjunction with the re- opening of the Normandy Shores Golf Course. The mission of the program is to impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life- enhancing values through the game of golf. Transportation challenges and lack of affordability are several of the reasons why some children do not play golf. The Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic is a way to bring golf to youth who otherwise would not be exposed to the game and its positive values. The goal of the program is to establish a quality and self- sustaining golf learning program that will provide youth with an avenue to learn the fundamentals of golf along with the values of the game of golf including rules, etiquette, history, tradition, and respect. Additionally, the program is committed to provide ongoing access to each graduate. The City has applied for funding to support the Normandy Shores Golf Course Youth Clinic in the approximate amount of $5,000 for golf equipment. The grant does not require matching funds. This project supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination and does not require matching funds. 7. Approval to execute an Annual Affidavit with Miami -Dade County for the FY 2017/18 Municipal Parking Fines Reimbursement Program to improve accessibility and equal opportunity to qualified persons who have disabilities. Each year the City participates in Miami -Dade County's Parking Fines Reimbursement Program. The Program is based on Section 316.008, Florida Statutes, and Section 30 -447 of the Code of Miami -Dade County, which authorizes the charging of fines for misuse of specially marked parking spaces for people with disabilities. The City has entered into an Interlocal Agreement with Miami - Dade County for the distribution of these funds. The agreement requires that the City annually submit an affidavit sworn by the Chief Administrative Officer that expenditures will meet the program criteria. The affidavit stipulates that municipal parking fines funds shall be used to improve accessibility and equal opportunity to qualified persons who have disabilities in the municipality and to conduct public awareness programs in the municipality concerning persons who have disabilities. The City and the County executed an Interlocal Agreement in 2016 for the Parking Fines Program. The 2016 Interlocal Agreement stays on file until the County modifies the terms of the Agreement. As such, the City is only required to execute and submit a sworn affidavit. Miami -Dade County only provides an estimate of the amount of funding that the City may receive. The final funding amount is contingent on the number of other cities that submit affidavits for parking fine funds. The Administration requests approval to execute the Affidavit for Fiscal Year 2017/18 Parking Fines Funds to accept these funds. This project supports the key intended outcome to maximize the Miami Beach brand as a world class destination and does not require matching funds. Page 463 of 1320 CONCLUSION Based on the aforestated analysis, the Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission adopt the Resolution to apply for, accept and appropriate the abovementioned funds. KEY INTENDED OUTCOMES SUPPORTED Ensure Expenditure Trends Are Sustainable Over The Long Term Legislative Tracking Budget and Performance Improvement ATTACHMENTS: Description Page 464 of 1320