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RESOLUTION NO. 95-21606
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION AND
SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER
SERVICES FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH FOR TREE PLANTINGS IN THE NORTH
BEACH AREA AND AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION
TO APPROPRIATE MATCHING FUNDS FROM ONE OF THE
CITY'S SPECIAL FUNDS, IF THE GRANT IS
APPROVED.
WHEREAS, the State Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services has authorized local municipalities to provide cost-share
funds to the State for the purpose of State reforestation efforts;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach desires to participate in
this program; and
WHEREAS, participation in this grant program would further
beautify and thereby improve the quality of life in the community.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
1 . That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized and directed to
make appropriate application to the State of Florida, Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services and execute a grant in the amount
available to the City of Miami Beach, under Federal Register, the
State of Florida Request for Proposal, Contractual Services
Acknowledgement, which provides the criteria for such projects, for
the State Fiscal Year 1995-96 .
2 . That all materials and funds necessary to meet the contract
obligations of the City and its delegate agencies with the
Department shall be appropriated, and said funds will be unexpended
and unencumbered and will be available for payment as prescribed in
the grant, if awarded. The City shall be responsible for such funds
and materials for the local share.
3 . That the Mayor and the City Clerk are further authorized
and directed to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the City
of Miami Beach, any required Agreement with the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, setting forth the City' s
commitment to meet and comply with all the terms of the provisions
of such grant, when and if made available .
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of June, 1995 .
ATTEST:
VICE —MAYO
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CITY CLERK
FORM APPROVED
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CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. 19
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TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and DATE:
Members of the City Commission DUNE 21, 1995
FROM: Jose Garcia-Pedrosa
City Manager
SUBJECT:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION AND
SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FOR TREE PLANTINGS IN NORTH
BEACH AND A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TO APPROPRIATE
MATCHING FUNDS FROM ONE OF THE CITY' S SPECIAL FUNDING
SOURCES, IF THE GRANT IS APPROVED.
Administration Recommendation
The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the
attached resolution authorizing the submission of an application to
the State of Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer
Services (FDACS) , Division of Forestry in the amount of $20, 000 . 00
for a street tree planting program in North Shore. The grant, if
received, will be administered by the City' s Planning, Design and
Historic Preservation Division, in conjunction with the Parks,
Recreation and Culture Department .
Background and Analysis
The State of Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services, Division of Forestry has allocated funds for disbursement
to local governments for tree planting. Grants are awarded
contingent upon the recipient matching the grant funding on a 50/50
basis . These matching funds will be available through one of the
City' s special funding sources.
The concept of a citywide street tree planting plan is evolving
with the efforts of acquiring past Small Business Administration
Grants (SBA) , Federal Emergency Management Administration Funds
(FEMA) , and the acquisition of trees from a broad Dade County
beautification effort . All of this help has netted the city
hundreds of trees and has established plantings where median strips
and swale areas were once barren.
This particular grant application proposes to continue this tree
planting momentum into North Shore with the installation of a
variety of trees that will help establish different themes on such .
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streets as Fairway Drive, North Shore Drive and Seventy-seventh
Street (by Biscayne Elementary School) , to name a few areas . A
proposed total of two-hundred and seventy-nine (279) trees are to
be planted by October of 1995 . Trees will be supplied through a
special cache of mature trees that are at the City' s disposal.
Conclusion
The Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission
adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the submission of the
grant application.