RE.1 - Establish $14.9m Uasi Grant Program

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") is authorized by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003 to provide funds to states for subsequent distribution to selected urban areas to address the unique equipment, training, planning, exercise, and operational needs for large urban areas, and to assist states in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism; and

WHEREAS, the DHS, through the State of Florida's Division of Emergency Management ("FDEM"), has sub-granted an Urban Area Security Initiative ("UASI") Grant Program for Fiscal Year ("FY") 2025 to the City of Miami ("City") in the amount of Fourteen Million, Eight Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand, Five Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars ($14,899,522.00) ("Grant Award"); and

WHEREAS, the City's Department of Fire-Rescue ("MFR") will use the Grant Award to continue to address the unique equipment, training, planning, exercise, and operational needs of the City and its contiguous partners and to continue building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism ("Project"); and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the UASI Grant Program FY 2025, the attached Memoranda of Agreements were established to accomplish Project objectives with various agency partners of the City including Broward County Emergency Management, Broward County Sheriff's Office, the City of Coral Gables, the City of Coral Springs, the City of Fort Lauderdale, the City of Hialeah, the City of Hollywood, the City of Miami Beach, the City of Miami Gardens, the City of Miramar, the City of Pembroke Pines, the City of Sunrise, Miami-Dade County (Fire, Sheriff's Office, and Emergency Management), Monroe County (Fire, Police, and Emergency Management), Palm Beach County Emergency Management, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, the Village of Key Biscayne, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (collectively, "Contiguous Partners"), and set forth the parties' responsibilities in connection with the development and support of the FY 2025 UASI Grant Program administered by Fire contingent upon funding of the Project being secured;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:

Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.

Section 2.  The following new Special Revenue Project is established, and resources are appropriated as described below:

FUND TITTLE:UASI Grant Program FY 2025

RESOURCES:USDHS directly to FDEM$14,899,522.00

APPROPRIATIONS:$14,899,522.00

Section 3. The City Manager is authorized to accept the Grant Award and to execute the federally funded sub-grant agreement, in substantially the attached form, for the Project.

Section 4. The City Manager is authorized1 to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary documents, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to implement the acceptance of and compliance with the Grant.

Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized1 to extend the FY 2025 UASI Grant Program, as necessary.

Section 6. The City Manager is authorized1 to execute MOAs, in substantially the attached form, with the Contiguous Partners of the City for the purpose of setting forth the parties' responsibilities in connection with the development and support of the FY 2025 UASI Grant Program administered by MFR, contingent upon funding of the Project being secured.

Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor .