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Resolution 2019-30667 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-30667 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO RETROACTIVELY ACCEPT A DONATION FROM THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $9,000.00, FOR THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO MAKE SUCH EXPENDITURES OR REIMBURSEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE AFORESTATED EVENT AND PURPOSE. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Parks and Recreation Department offers an after- school program open to children living in and outside of Miami Beach; and WHEREAS, the after-school program includes literacy and homework help, dance lessons, nutrition education, physical fitness education, and recreation activities; and WHEREAS, after-school KidzLit, Positive Action, and the Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARKS) curriculums are used during after-school and summer programs to ensure children improve in literacy, social skills, and physical fitness throughout their time in the program; and WHEREAS, on Saturday, December 15, 2018, the Little Lighthouse Foundation made a holiday toy donation to City's Parks and Recreation Department's after-school programs in the total amount of$9,000; and WHEREAS, the City Administration recommends that the City Commission retroactively approve and authorize the City's acceptance of the aforestated donation and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to make any necessary reimbursements and/or expenditures of the aforestated donation in furtherance of, and consistent with, the aforestated event and purpose. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby approve and authorize the City of Miami Beach to retroactively accept the donation from the Little Lighthouse Foundation, in the total amount of $9,000, for the City's Parks and Recreation Department's after-school programs, and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to make such expenditures or reimbursements consistent with the aforestated event and purpose. • PASSED and ADOPTED this 16th day of January, 2!. ATTEST: Dan Gelber, Mayor �\�I , * APPROVED AS TO 1-5117-gi I11 • , •••••••.... "' FORM & LANGUAGE �-i FOR E ECUTION Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk , °S 1C24- J 3Vf r`, '. C SRP SRA TED: City Attorney Date T:\AGENDA\2019\01 January\Marketing and Comm io"a{bope\Acfttle I,igh44oundation Toy Donation Reso.doc Resolutions - C7 E MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager DATE: January 16, 2019 SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO RETROACTIVELYACCEPTA DONATION FROM THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $9,000.00, FOR THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO MAKE SUCH EXPENDITURES OR REIMBURSEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE AFORESTATED EVENT AND PURPOSE. RECOMMENDATION Accept the resolution. ANALYSIS The City of Miami Beach Parks and Recreation Department offers an after-school program open to children living in and outside of Miami Beach. The after-school program includes literacy and homework help, dance lessons, nutrition education, physical fitness education, and recreation activities. The after-school KidzLit, Positive Action, and the Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARKS)curriculums are used during after-school and summer programs to ensure children improve in literacy, social skills, and physical fitness throughout their time in the program. On Saturday, December 15, 2018, the Little Lighthouse Foundation made a holiday toy donation to City's Parks and Recreation Department's after-school programs in the total amount of$9,000. CONCLUSION The City Administration recommends that the City Commission retroactively approve and authorize the acceptance of the donation from the Little Lighthouse Foundation, in the total amount of$9,000, for the City's Parks and Recreation Department's after-school programs, and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to make such expenditures or reimbursements consistent with the aforestated event and purpose. Page 630 of 1648 Legislative Tracking Marketing and Communications ATTACHMENTS: Description D Resolution Page 631 of 1648