Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 191411 |
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File Number: 191411 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-614-19 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 6/4/2019 | ||||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 6/4/2019 | 11A6 | Adopted | P | |||
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County Attorney | 5/22/2019 | Assigned | Eduardo W. Gonzalez | 5/22/2019 | |||
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Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Committee | 5/16/2019 | 2A AMENDED | Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s) | P | |||
REPORT: | Assistant County Attorney Eddie Kirtley read the title of the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Assistant County Attorney Eddie Gonzalez advised the Committee there was an amendment to this item regarding the Veterinarian Technology Program at Miami-Dade Community College. Attorney Gonzalez stated the Administration was directed to explore similar arrangement with Miami-Dade Community College, Veterinarian Technology Program. There being no further questions or comments, the Committee proceeded to vote on the foregoing proposed resolution with Committee amendments. | ||||||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR CLINICAL AND SUPERVISORY SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM WITH AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL COUNTY CONTRIBUTION BEGINNING AT $120,958.00; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR THE COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE SAME AND EXERCISE ANY AND ALL PROVISIONS CONTAINED THEREIN; AND DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO EXPLORE ENTERING INTO A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE MIAMI DADE COLLEGE VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM BODY WHEREAS, the County desires to increase the live release rate of shelter pets; and WHEREAS, the County desires to improve spay/neuter services and veterinary medical programs through application of progressive, scientifically-based methods of individual animal and shelter management; and WHEREAS, the County, desires to continue an unparalleled collaboration between the veterinary medical profession, academic veterinary medicine and the animal welfare community; and WHEREAS, the County is desirous of collaborating with the University of Florida (�UF�), the state�s only public College of Veterinary Medicine; and WHEREAS, the County desires to accomplish this collaboration by entering into the attached Agreement with UF, for clinical and supervisory services in the field of veterinary medicine; and WHEREAS, Under Article IX, � 7 (a) of the Florida Constitution, UF�s �mission� is to achieve excellence through: 1) teaching students, 2) advancing research, and 3) providing public service for the benefit of the state�s citizens; and WHEREAS, the provision of UF�s services within the scope of this Agreement operates to further these important goals by providing a public service to the County by assisting with the performance of spay and neuter surgeries and shelter medicine training; and WHEREAS, UF will benefit from this collaboration with a nationally recognized animal shelter and a clinical veterinary facility in Miami, which will enhance UF�s veterinary program and educational activities; and WHEREAS, UF, through its educational programs for the development of veterinary medical professionals, has responsibility for the training of students and resident veterinarians who require clinical education in various veterinary medical disciplines to complete their professional development; and WHEREAS, UF, commensurate with its tri-fold mission of education, research and service, has a Shelter Medicine Externship arrangement in which the County is a participating shelter so that the County may serve as a training site for UF veterinary students; and WHEREAS, the County is in need of a qualified faculty veterinarian to provide supervision of UF students and residents who provide clinical services as a part of their rotation at the County�s animal shelter, and UF is willing to provide such services pursuant to the attached Agreement; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution Nos. R-583-12 and R-476-13, the programs outlined in the attached Agreement are aligned with the County�s plan to achieve a no-kill shelter; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-655-16, this Board previously approved an agreement with UF for clinical and supervisory services in the field of veterinary medicine and the County desires to continue this positive collaboration with UF, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board hereby approves an interlocal agreement with the University of Florida Board of Trustees for clinical and supervisory services in the field of veterinary medicine, in substantially the form attached hereto and made a part hereof, for a four-year term with an estimated annual County contribution beginning at $120,958.00 and authorizes the County Mayor or the County Mayor�s designee to execute same and exercise any and all provisions contained therein. >>This Board also directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to explore entering into a similar agreement, subject to Board approval, with the Miami-Dade College Veterinary Technology Program.<< 1 1 Committee amendments are indicated as follows: Words stricken through and/or [[double bracketed]] are deleted, words underscored and/or >>double arrowed<< are added. |
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