Legislative Matter

Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 102079

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File Number: 102079

File Type: Resolution

Status: Adopted

Version: 0

Reference: R-1105-10

Control: Board of County Commissioners

File Name: EXPENDITURE OF STROLLER PARKING FEES

Introduced: 8/23/2010

Requester: NONE

Cost:

Final Action: 11/4/2010

Agenda Date: 11/4/2010

Agenda Item Number: 11A6

Notes:

Title:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF FEES COLLECTED FOR ISSUING PARKING PERMITS FOR PERSONS TRANSPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN AND STROLLERS TO SOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOLS, INC. AND VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION, INC.

Indexes:

STROLLERS

Sponsors:	Natacha Seijas, Prime Sponsor
	Carlos A. Gimenez, Co-Sponsor
	Sally A. Heyman, Co-Sponsor

Sunset Provision: No

Effective Date:

Expiration Date:

Registered Lobbyist:

None Listed

Legislative History
Acting Body	Date	Agenda Item	Action	Sent To	Due Date	Returned	Pass/Fail

Board of County Commissioners	11/4/2010	11A6	Adopted				P

Budget, Planning and Sustainability Committee	9/28/2010	2D	Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation				P
REPORT:	Assistant County Attorney Martin Sybblis read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Commissioner Gimenez asked that he be listed as a co-sponsor. Chairwoman Sorenson questioned the process used to select South Florida Autism Charter Schools, Inc. and Voices For Children Foundation, Inc. as the recipients of these funds. Special Assistant to the County Manager Jennifer Glazer-Moon noted the County had not developed a process for allocating revenue generated from the issuance of parking permits for persons transporting young children and strollers. Commissioner Heyman asked Special Assistant to the County Manager Jennifer Glazer-Moon to provide her with a report reflecting the names of all organizations that received funding from fees collected from the issuance of parking permits for persons transporting young children and strollers. Commissioner Heyman expressed concern that this proposed resolution would impact the budgets for organizations that previously received these funds from the County. Hearing no other questions or comments, the Committee proceeded to vote. Chairwoman Sorenson explained she supported the organizations; however, she was voting “No” because she did not support the process used to select these organizations.

County Attorney	8/30/2010		Referred	Budget, Planning and Sustainability Committee	9/14/2010

County Attorney	8/23/2010		Assigned	Gerald K. Sanchez

Legislative Text

TITLE
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF FEES COLLECTED FOR ISSUING PARKING PERMITS FOR PERSONS TRANSPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN AND STROLLERS TO SOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOLS, INC. AND VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION, INC.

BODY
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 94-104 provides that one-third of fees collected for issuing parking permits for persons transporting young children and strollers shall be distributed to private not-for-profit, non-denominational agencies providing services for severely abused or neglected children; and
WHEREAS, South Florida Autism Charter Schools, Inc. (SFACS) is a private not-for-profit, non-denominational agency which provides education and services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders who have deficits in communication, self-help skills and/or behavioral challenges; and
WHEREAS, SFACS integrates Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness into its training program, and applies Applied Behavioral Analysis so that parents and staff will be familiar with the proper protocol for dealing with difficult behaviors; and
WHEREAS, Voices for Children Foundation, Inc. is a private not-for-profit, non-denominational agency whose mission is to advocate for the best interests of the children who are abused, neglected or abandoned and who are involved in court proceedings; and
WHEREAS, Voices for Children Foundation, Inc. is the only Miami-Dade County organization that recruits, trains, supports and supervises court-appointed volunteers and professional staff to represent abused, abandoned and neglected children in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit�s Dependency Court; and
WHEREAS, the Commission believes that it is in the best interest of the citizens of Miami-Dade County to provide funding to these entities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the County Mayor or Mayor�s designee is hereby directed to distribute funds collected from the issuance of parking permits for persons transporting young children and strollers to the following entities in the following amounts:
AGENCY AMOUNT PROJECT
SFACS $30,000 Integrate Child Abuse
Prevention & Awareness

Voices for Children Foundation, Inc. $30,000