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9/10/02
RESOLUTION NO. 0 961
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A
GRANT FROM THE JAPAN WORLD EXPOSITION
COMMEMORATIVE FUND SPONSORED BY THE
COMMEMORATIVE ASSOCIATION FOR THE JAPAN WORLD
EXPOSITION OF 1970, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$154,000, FOR THE REDESIGN AND RECONSTRUCT
THE ICHIMURA MIAMI -JAPAN GARDEN ON WATSON
ISLAND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ACCEPT A FLORIDA RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE GRANT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, IN
THE AMOUNT OF $200,000, FOR THE CREATION OF
AN INTERPRETIVE NATURE TRAIL AT THE ICHIMURA
MIAMI -JAPAN GARDEN ON WATSON ISLAND; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to accept a
grant from the Japan World Exposition Commemorative Fund
sponsored by the Commemorative Association for the Japan World
Exposition of 1970, in the amount of $154,000, to redesign and
reconstruct the Ichimura Miami -Japan Garden on Watson Island.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to accept a
Florida Recreational Development Assistance Program Grant from
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in the amount
of $200,000, for an interpretive nature trail at the Ichimura
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
2002
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Miami -Japan Garden on Watson Island.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized -11 to execute
any necessary documents, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, for said purpose.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.2/
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of September , 2002.
EL A. DIAZ, MA
ATTEST:
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PRI ILLA A. THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
APPR D O FOR CORRECTNESS
JANDR VILARELLO
CITY ATTORNEY
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l� The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with
all requirements that may be imposed by the City Attorney,
including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and Code provisions.
2/ If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become
effective at the end of ten 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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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
RECOMMENDATION:
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DATE: FILE:
Acceptance of Grant Funding
SUBJECT: for the Ichimura Miami -Japan
Garden on Watson Island
REFERENCES: For Commission Meeting of
ENCLOSURES: September 11, 2002
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission accept $354,000 in grant
funding for the Ichimura Miami -Japan Garden on Watson Island, comprised of $154,000
from the Japan World Exposition Commemorative Fund and $200,000 from the Florida
Recreational Development Assistance program (FRDAP).
BACKGROUND:
The City of Miami is in the process of relocating the Ichimura Miami -Japan Garden from
the northeast side of Watson Island to the southeast side in order to ensure that it remains
a municipal park open to the public and is not an interior section of the Parrot Jungle
attraction.
The sculptural elements gifted to the City by Mr. Kiyoshi Ichimura, the Ricoh
Corporation and San -Ai -Kai, have been placed in storage while the new garden is being
designed and prepared for landscaping. In order to reconstruct and improve the garden,
funding was sought from several organizations.
The Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition, a philanthropic
organization in Osaka Japan promoting "Progress and Harmony of Mankind", awarded
the City $154,000 for the garden. The State of Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, awarded additional funds, in the amount of
$200,000 from FRDAP, for the creation of an interpretive trail within the garden. The
trail will serve as a pathway through the garden with signage explaining the significance
of the various garden elements.
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To ensure that the garden is restored, maintained and programmed to an appropriate
standard the City assembled a coalition for this purpose. Parrot Jungle has contributed
$300,000 toward the reconstruction and will provide the ongoing resources to maintain
the garden's unique horticultural environment. They have hired Mr. Lester Pancoast,
landscape architect, to prepare the new garden design. The programming, educational and
marketing responsibilities of the garden will be shared by the City, and the nonprofit
organizations of The Friends of the Japanese Garden and Jungle Habitat.
The garden is scheduled to be completed in late April 2003.
FISCAL IMPACT
This will have no fiscal impact on the City budget. A related item for the
appropriation of these grant funds for the Japanese Garden Capital Improvement
Project has been -placed on the September 11, 2002 agenda as a separate item.
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