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Resolution: R-21-0262
File Number: 8690
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 6/24/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS, BY A
FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC
HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE FINDINGS AND
DETERMINATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS
EXHIBIT "A", PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), THAT COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS
NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FOR
THE CITY TO ALLOW THE ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE, INC. ("OBC") TO
UNDERTAKE AN IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS, AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT AT
THE AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND ATHLETIC TRACK AT THE CITY'S MOORE
PARK LOCATED AT 765 NORTHWEST 36T" STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA ("MOORE
PARK") WHEREBY (A) OBC WILL GRANT UP TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($500,000.00) TO THE CITY, (B) THE CITY WILL PROVIDE A
REIMBURSEMENT MATCH (ON A FIFTY PERCENT (50%) REIMBURSEMENT
BASIS) NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) TO
OBC, AND (C) THE CITY WILL PROVIDE A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT NOT TO
EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000.00) TO THE 2021
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THROUGH ITS
RECIPIENT SOUTH FLORIDA CFPNCG HOST COMMITTEE, LLC, A SOLE MEMBER
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WITH THE ONLY MEMBER BEING THE OBC
("SOUTH FLORIDA CFPNCG HOST COMMITTEE"), ALL IN CONNECTION WITH A
2021 LEGACY PROJECT AT MOORE PARK (COLLECTIVELY, "2021 LEGACY
PROJECT"); WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2021
LEGACY PROJECT AT MOORE PARK; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, A COOPERATIVE PROJECT GRANT AGREEMENT WITH OBC AND
SOUTH FLORIDA CFPNCG HOST COMMITTEE AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, RENEWALS, EXTENSIONS, AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER FOR
OCB TO DIRECT, SUPERVISE, MANAGE, AND OTHERWISE BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF THE 2021 LEGACY PROJECT, TO ALLOW OCB TO
SELECT QUALIFIED, LICENSED, BONDED, CERTIFIED, AND INSURED PRIVATE
SECTOR CONTRACTORS TO UNDERTAKE IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS, AND
MAINTENANCE CONSTITUTING THE 2021 LEGACY PROJECT, FOR THE OBC
ENTITIES TO INDEMNIFY THE CITY, AND TO DOCUMENT FOR PROPER
GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING, REPORTING, AND AUDITING PURPOSES THE
2021 LEGACY PROJECT'S OBC GRANT, THE CITY'S MATCH, AND THE RELATED
PUBLIC PURPOSE BENEFITS OCCURRING WITHIN THE CITY FROM THE 2021
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE CITY
GRANT TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA CFPNCG HOST COMMITTEE; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO BUDGET, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE
THE CITY'S MATCH TO OBC AND GRANT TO SOUTH FLORIDA CFPNCG HOST
COMMITTEE IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000.00) BY SEPARATE LEGISLATION; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-08-0646 adopted November 13, 2008,
attached and incorporated herein as Exhibit "B", the Orange Bowl Committee Inc.'s ("OBC")
related entity, OBC Moore Park LLC, provided a grant of up to Two Million, Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00), the City of Miami ("City") provided a reimbursement match
not to exceed Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00), and the City and
OBC Moore Park LLC entered into a grant project cooperation agreement for Project B-30625
for OBC Moore Park LLC to undertake the construction of a football stadium including interior
track and field facilities at the City's Moore Park located at 765 Northwest 36T" Street, Miami,
Florida ("Moore Park") as the Orange Bowl Legacy Gift Project B-30625 ("2008 Legacy
Project"); and
WHEREAS, the 2008 Legacy Project was completed in 2011 at a total cost of Five
Million, Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($5,650,000.00) with the OBC raising and
contributing the additional Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000.00) over the original
estimated project costs of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the 2021 College Football Program National
Championship through its recipient South Florida CFPNCG Host Committee, LLC ("South
Florida CFPNCG Host Committee") and the OBC have requested for the City to allow OBC to
undertake an update of the earlier 2008 Legacy Project in order to improve, repair, and maintain
the football field and athletic track facilities at Moore Park involving (i) athletic track resurfacing,
restriping, repairs, and improvements estimated at a cost of approximately One Hundred
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00), (ii) new football field turf estimated at a cost of
approximately Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00), (iii) a nine (9) year field
maintenance plan as well as field fluff treatment estimated at a cost of approximately One
Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000.00), and (iv) miscellaneous improvements such as
replacing signage in the press box, scoreboard, bleacher tarps, and other repairs estimated at a
cost of Fifty -Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) (collectively, "2021 Legacy Project'); and
WHEREAS, in order to undertake the 2021 Legacy Project, the OBC will provide a grant
to the City not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and is requesting for
the City to make a reimbursement match not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) (on a fifty percent (50%) reimbursement basis) to OBC and a reimbursement
grant to the South Florida CFPNCG Host Committee not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), for a total City contribution not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00), with all funding to be held by the OBC in a separate escrow
account for the 2021 Legacy Project; and
WHEREAS, Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"), requires the City Commission, by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after a duly
noticed public hearing, to ratify, approve, and confirm the findings and determinations of the City
Manager, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A", that competitive bidding is not practicable or
advantageous to the City in order for the City to allow the OBC to undertake the 2021 Legacy
Project at Moore Park; to waive competitive bidding; and to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, a cooperative project grant
agreement ("Agreement") with OBC and South Florida CFPNCG Host Committee and all other
necessary documents, modifications, extensions, renewals, and amendments thereto, all in
forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order for OCB to direct, supervise, manage, and
otherwise be responsible for the undertaking of the 2021 Legacy Project; to allow OCB to select
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qualified, licensed, bonded, certified, and insured private sector contractors for improvements,
repairs, and maintenance constituting the 2021 Legacy Project; for the OBC entities to
indemnify the City; and to document for proper governmental accounting, reporting, and auditing
purposes the 2021 Legacy Project's OBC Grant, the City's match, and the related public
purpose benefits occurring within the City from the 2021 College Football Program National
Championship for the City Grant to the South Florida CFPNCG Host Committee; and
WHEREAS, in order for to make the City's match to OBC and its Grant to the South
Florida CFPNCG Host Committee relating to the 2021 Legacy Project, the OBC is requesting for
the City Commission to authorize the City Manager to budget, allocate, and appropriate the
City's funding in a total amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($750,000.00), which funding will need to occur through separate City budget legislation in the
City's operating budget and capital plan budget;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals, findings, and determinations set forth in the Preamble to this
Resolution are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. Pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the City Code, after a duly noticed public
hearing, the City Commission, by a four -fifths (4/5t") affirmative vote, hereby ratifies, approves,
and confirms the findings and determinations of the City Manager, attached and incorporated as
Exhibit "A", that competitive bidding is not practicable or advantageous to the City in order for
the City to allow the OBC to undertake the 2021 Legacy Project at Moore Park, whereby the
OBC will grant an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for the
2021 Legacy Project, the City will provide a reimbursement match (on a fifty percent (50%)
reimbursement basis) in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars to the OBC,
and the City will provide a reimbursement grant not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000.00) to the College Football Program National Championship through its
recipient South Florida CFPNCG Host Committee, all in connection with the 2021 Legacy
Project, and waives competitive bidding therefor.
Section 3. The City Commission authorizes' the City Manager to negotiate and execute,
in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, an Agreement with OBC and South Florida CFPNCG
Host Committee, and all other necessary documents, modifications, extensions, renewals, and
amendments thereto, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order for OCB to direct,
supervise, manage, and otherwise be responsible for the undertaking of the 2021 Legacy
Project; to allow OCB to select qualified, licensed, bonded, certified, and insured private sector
contractors for improvements, repairs, and maintenance constituting the 2021 Legacy Project;
for the OBC entities to indemnify the City; and to document for proper governmental accounting,
reporting, and auditing purposes the 2021 Legacy Project's OBC Grant, the City's match, and
the related public purpose benefits occurring within the City from the 2021 College Football
Program National Championship for the City Grant to the South Florida CFPNCG Host
Committee.
' 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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Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized' to budget, allocate, and appropriate
the City's match to OBC and grant to the South Florida CFPNCG Host Committee in a total
amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) by separate
legislation.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature by the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
i 4inde]z,�Cii y Attor iey 6/14/2021
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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