File #: Item # 2019-78    Version: 2 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/8/2019 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 4/17/2019 Final action: 4/17/2019
Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING A 2019 NEAT STREETS MIAMI STREET TREE MATCHING GRANT AWARD; APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE TOWN; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. Manager Memo-Accepting 2019 Neat Street Grant, 2. Manager Memo-Attachment A-2019 Neat Streets Award Letter, 3. Resolution-Accepting 2019 Neat Street Grant, 4. Resolution-Exhibit A-2019 Neat Streets Grant Contract

 

 

 

M E M O R A N D U M

 

To:                                          Honorable Mayor and Town Council

 

From:                                          Rafael G. Casals, ICMA-CM, CFM, Town Manager

 

Date:                                          April 17, 2019

 

Re:                      2019 Neat Streets Miami Street Matching Grant Award                     

 

 

REQUEST

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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING A 2019 NEAT STREETS MIAMI STREET TREE MATCHING GRANT AWARD; APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE TOWN; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS

 

Funding Source:                      Office of Neat Streets Miami, Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces

Project Title:                       Cutler Bay Street Tree Reforestation Project

Amount Awarded:                       $7,462.50              Match Required:                       $7,462.50

 

Neat Streets Miami is a Miami-Dade County Board dedicated to the maintenance and beautification of transportation gateways, corridors and connections.  The board’s Million Trees Miami campaign has a goal of 1 million trees planted by 2020 and a 30 percent tree canopy throughout Miami-Dade County.   In order to reach this goal, Street Trees Matching Grant Program (the “Program”), funded by Miami-Dade County, engages municipalities, non-profits and community organizations in planting native or Florida-friendly trees on Miami-Dade's corridors and gateways. 

 

On January 31, 2019, the Town submitted a grant application requesting funding on behalf of the Public Works Department.  The Program awarded the Town a $7,462.50 matching grant (“Grant”) to plant approximately thirty-three (33) Florida Native shade trees in Town parks and on public right-of-way of various local roads throughout the Town.  These trees will replace those lost during Hurricane Irma.  The required matching funds will come from the Public Works Department’s 2018-2019 budget.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

Staff recommends that the attached Resolution be adopted, accepting the grant from Miami-Dade County’s Office of Neat Streets Miami for $7,462.50, approving the subsequent agreement, and authorizing the Town Manger to execute the agreement.

 

ATTACHMENT(S)

 

Ø                     Attachment “A” - Neat Streets Miami Award Letter