Public Notice - CC 02-10-2022 (Posted 02-04-2022)

CITY COMMISSION MEETING
PUBLIC HEARING
Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 9:00 A.M.

Federal regulations governing CDBG and other HUD programs require that a participating jurisdiction provide citizens with reasonable notice of and an opportunity to comment on any new allocation and/or amendment of HUD programs.  In addition, the public is advised of the new allocation(s)/amendment(s) to the funding of the City program(s) as indicated below: * ^† 

1. Discussion and proposed resolution authorizing the transfer of Emergency Solution Grant (“ESG”), in the amount of $165,316.87, from Citrus Health Network, Inc. to Chapman Partnership, Inc., as specified below: (Deferred on 1-27-2022)

2. Discussion and proposed resolution by a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, retroactively ratifying, confirming, and approving the City Manager’s recommendation and written finding that it is most advantageous for the City of Miami (“City”) to waive competitive sealed bidding requirements pursuant to Section 18-90 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended (“City code”), for the selection of Benevate Inc. d/b/a Neighborly Software, a foreign profit corporation authorized to conduct business in Florida, for the emergency purchase of twelve (12) annual licenses for proprietary software necessary for the processing of business and rehabilitation program loans and grants for the City’s Department of Housing and Community Development for an estimated expenditure amount of approximately Sixty One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($61,200.00) with funding to be approved and allocated from special revenue account.

* The adoption of an Ordinance or Resolution by the City Commission, related to the proposed funding recommendation(s)/ amendment(s), authorizes the City Manager to draft/amend the appropriate City of Miami Action Plan.

† † This item(s) will be available for public comment and review for a period of no less than 5 days. The review and comment period begin, Friday, February 4, 2022 and ends Wednesday, February 9, 2022. The proposed funding recommendation(s)/ amendment(s) will be presented to City Commission for approval on Thursday, February 10, 2022 (Virtual Public Hearing) as authorized by HUD. All VPHs will be held on an ADA compliant web-based platform. Comments may be submitted at the day of the VPH or in writing via email during the public comment period at nancyromani@miamigov.com - To access the VPH, please go to: https://www.miamigov.com/Government/Instructions-for-Virtual-Commission-Meeting.