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Resolution: R-21-0042
File Number: 8485
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 1/28/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, PURSUANT TO SECTION
18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED
("CITY CODE"), WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURES AND
RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE FINDING AND
DETERMINATIONS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S MEMORANDUM, ATTACHED
AND INCORPORATED AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT "A", THAT COMPETITIVE
BIDDING IS NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF
MIAMI ("CITY") PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-33(C)(9) OF THE CITY CODE;
ESTABLISHING A ONE (1) YEAR PILOT PROGRAM WITH MICROSOFT
CORPORATION ("MICROSOFT") FOR THE USE OF MICROSOFT
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA GATHERING PROJECT ECLIPSE PROTOTYPE
SENSORS ON CITY -OWNED PROPERTIES, RIGHTS -OF -WAY, AND
FACILITIES TO BE DESIGNATED BY THE CITY, AT NO COSTS TO THE CITY
("PILOT PROGRAM"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
AND EXECUTE, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
ALL NECESSARY PILOT PROGRAM DOCUMENTS; REQUIRING
MICROSOFT TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY ALL DATA AND OTHER
INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE PILOT PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has been requested by Microsoft Corporation
("Microsoft") to participate, at no costs to the City, in a pilot program which would utilize a
research prototype sensing device to measure air quality, temperature, and humidity at
City -designated and City -owned properties, rights -of -way, and facilities in order to provide
raw data about the local environment in support of a variety of public health scenarios
("Pilot Program"); 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 recommended in his memorandum,
attached and incorporated as Composite Exhibit "A", that the City Commission waive
competitive bidding procedures as not practicable and not advantageous to the City and to
ratify, approve, and confirm the City Manager's findings and determinations in connection
with the proposed Pilot Program; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City for the City Commission, pursuant to
Section 2-33(c)(9) of the City Code, to establish a one (1) year Pilot Program for the use of
Microsoft environmental data gathering Project Eclipse prototype sensors, at no costs to
the City; authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute, all in forms acceptable to
the City Attorney, all necessary Pilot Program documents; and require Microsoft to provide
to the City all data and other information gathered from the Pilot Program;
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File ID: 8485
Enactment Number: R-21-0042
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission, by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after a
duly advertised public hearing, hereby waives competitive bidding procedures and ratifies,
approves, and confirms the City Manager's finding and determinations in the City Manager's
Memorandum, attached and incorporated as Composite Exhibit "A", that competitive bidding is
not practicable or advantageous to the City in connection with the Pilot Program.
Section 3. Pursuant to Section 2-33(c)(9) of the City Code, the City Commission
hereby establishes a one (1) year Pilot Program with Microsoft for the use of the Microsoft
environmental data gathering Project Eclipse prototype sensors, authorizes' the City Manager
to negotiate and execute, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, all necessary Pilot
Program documents, and requires Microsoft to provide to the City all data and other information
gathered from the Pilot Program.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
i t6ria i ndez, Cify Attor iey 2/8/2021
' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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