PH.6 - A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDING, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; REALLOCATING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (“ARPA”) FUNDS, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE AND 82/100 DOLLARS ($69,925.82) (“FUNDS”) FROM CAMILLUS HOUSE, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, PREVIOUSLY AWARDED ON JANUARY 13, 2022, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-22-0019, AND RE-APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, ALL AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT “B,” ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; R...

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) into law; and WHEREAS, ARPA is a historic emergency financial relief and investment package that addresses the unprecedented public health and economic crisis resulting from the Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic; and WHEREAS, the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury issued the final rule (31 CFR Part 35) to implement the Coronavirus State Fiscal and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“ARPA Funds”) established under ARPA (“Final Rule”); and WHEREAS, the Final Rule establishes the guidance and eligible uses of the ARPA Funds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a memorandum dated January 6, 2026, the City’s ARPA consultant has determined that reallocating and reappropriating ARPA Funds to the Chapman Partnership is an eligible use of ARPA Funds under the Final Rule; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended (“City Code”), the City Manager has provided a written finding and recommendation, attached and incorporated as Exhibit “A”, that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous for the City’s provision of said funds for said purpose and such procedures should be waived; and WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to reallocate funds in the total not to exceed amount of Sixty Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred Twenty-Five and 82/100 Dollars ($69,925.82) (“Funds”) previously allocated to the Camillus House, Inc., and re-appropriate the Funds to the Chapman Partnership Inc., all as set forth in Exhibit “B,” attached and incorporated; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City Manager’s finding, attached and incorporated as Exhibit “A”, that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the City pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the City Code, waiving the requirements for said procedures, is ratified, approved, and confirmed. Section 3. The City Commission hereby approves and authorizes the City Manager to reallocate Funds previously allocated to the Camillus House, Inc. and re-appropriate said Funds to the Chapman Partnership Inc, all as set forth in Exhibit “A,” attached and incorporated. Section 4. Certain necessary actions by the City Manager and designated City officials and departments made in order to update the Capital Plan, relevant financial controls and computer systems in connection therewith, for project close-outs, and for grants and other funding sources in progress in connection herewith are ratified, approved, and confirmed. Section 5. The City Manager is authorized1 to negotiate and execute any and all documents, including, but not limited to, agreements, amendments, modifications, and memorandum of understanding, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, necessary for the purposes stated herein. Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.