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- Resolution R-20-0107
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File Number: 7306
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 4/9/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI
AND KUMARI MEDIA, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DOING
BUSINESS AS ISEECHANGE ("ISEECHANGE"), FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING EDUCATION, DATA GATHERING, AND COLLABORATION
RELATED TO LOCAL WEATHER AND CLIMATE DATA; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY
AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND
MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH ISEECHANGE FOR SAID PURPOSES.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, the Office of Resilience and Sustainability has recognized the need for
both hyperlocal weather and climate data and resident -sourced knowledge for climate
adaptation to augment current resilience planning efforts; and
WHEREAS, the intent of this collaboration is to mobilize communities to collect and
share their own climate stories, photographs, and weather measurements to illustrate
community -scale climate trends and create actionable recommendations for stormwater
planning and design; and
WHEREAS, the Knight Foundation has agreed to support the work of Kumari
Media, LLC, a Florida limited liability company doing business as ISeeChange
("ISeeChange"), in partnership with the City of Miami ("City") to leverage climate and
weather data as a meaningful dialogue between residents and municipal officials; and
WHEREAS, the City and ISeeChange wish to formalize such a partnership and
have ISeeChange provide its services to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is not receiving Knight Foundation grant funds or any
monetary consideration and there is no corresponding obligation to expend City funds;
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.
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File ID: 7306
Enactment Number: R-20-0107
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to negotiate and execute an
agreement without monetary consideration paid by the City, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, between the City and ISeeChange for education, data gathering, and collaboration
related to local climate and weather data.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
other necessary amendments, extensions, and modifications, all in forms acceptable to the City
Attorney, with ISeeChange for said purposes.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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i ria i dez, Cify Attor iey 3/30/2020
' 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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