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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and DATE : DEC - 4 2000 FILE
Members of the City Commission
SUBJECT: Survey of Children's
Museums Rental Payments
FROM: lme z REFERENCES: Discussion Item for
Aity Manager ENCLOSURES: Meeting of 12/14/00
At the City Commission meeting of October 26t', 2000, the Administration was directed
to conduct a survey on the issue of payment of rent by children's museums located in
other cities. The Department of Real Estate and Economic Development contacted over
25 children's museums and received responses from twelve. The Association of Youth
Museums, an organization located in Washington, D.C. that serves as a clearing -house
for statistical data on youth museums, was also contacted.
The study did not find any children's museum located on public property that pays rent to
the municipality or county. Of the twelve museums responding, all 'pay a nominal $1 per
year rent for the property. One museum, the Liberty State Park Museum in Jersey City,
was found to have a rental structure that requires it to pay the City 3% of its revenues
after a threshold number of visitors are reached. However, the museum only surpassed
the targeted number of visitors, 600,000, in its first year of operation (1995).
Findings of the survey conducted on lease arrangements for children's museums located
in other cities and additional youth museum statistics are summarized in Attachments A
and B.
It is the Administration's recommendation that the Miami Children's Museum pay a
Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) to the City for the Watson Island property. It is
estimated that the annual PILOT will be $61,280.11. The PILOT is calculated by using
the assessed value of the land and building (90% of market value taking into
consideration the Parks and Recreation zoning of the property, the use restrictions on
Watson Island, and the not for profit museum use), multiplied by the total area,
multiplied by the City millage rate, as follows:
Assessed Value
Land: $36.18
Building: $90.00
DB/A, Cw
Total
Sq.Ft. Assessed Value Millage PILOT
65,340 $2,364,001
53,000 $4,770,000
$7,134,001
10.275
$73,301.86
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Attachment "A"
NATIONAL SURVEY OF LEASE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S
This survey was conducted to compile rental and lease data for various Children's
Museums across the country located on public property. Over 25 museums were
contacted so that a representative sampling could be obtained, of which 12 responded.
The following table summarizes the information collected:
Lease/Rent
Name
CSC
Amount
Lease Term
Boston Science Museum
Boston
$1.00
50
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn
$1.00
Long-term
Chicago Children's Museum
Chicago
$1.00
99
Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Indianapolis
$1.00
99
Creative Discovery Museum
Chattanooga
Donated outright
None
Discovery 2000 (McWane Center)
Birmingham
$1.00
99
Liberty State Park Museum
Jersey City
Lied Discovery Children's Museum
Las Vegas
$1.00
50
Museum of Discovery & Science
Fort Lauderdale
$1.00
Long-term
Oregon Museum of Science
Portland
$1.00
25
Please Touch Museum
Philadelphia
$1.00
30
Port Discovery Kid Powered
Museum of Baltimore Maryland
Baltimore
$1.00
99
*City receives a percentage of revenues after a certain number of visitors are achieved;
after 600,000 City receives 3% percent of revenues. However, Jersey City only received
a percentage rental payment in year one of approximately $20,000. Since the Museum's
inaugural year, the number of visitors has not exceeded 600,000.
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Attachment "B"
ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH MUSEUMS MEMBER STATISTICS
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2000 Statistics*
1999 Statistics* 1998 Statistics*
Average annual attendance
171,732
151,049
151,586
Total annual Attendance
32,457,359
25,074,056
22,283,251
(N=189)
(N=166)
(N.=147)
# of AYM member museums that have
opened between:
(N=213)
(N=177)
(N=156)
1976-1980
12 ::
12
13
1981-1985
27
24
21
1986-1990
41
35
34
.1991-1999
95
75
62
Average Admission for child
$3.74 (N=192)
$3.55 (N=168)
$3.27 (N=147)
Average Admission for adult
$4.16 (N=192)
$3.93 (N=168)
$3.76 (N=147) .
Average Admission for senior
$3.76 (N=192)
$3.59 (N=168)
$3.46 (N=147)
Average annual operating budget by
.square footage:
7,500 and under
$270,572 (N=46)
$240,209 (N=37)
$245,842 (N=32)
7,501 - 15,000
$358,193 (N=23)
$415,382 (N=30)
$401,048 (N=25)
15,001 - 30,000
$1,108,191 (N=40)
$845,028 (N=33)
$877,420 (N=28)
30,001 and over
$3,436,554 (N=56)
$2,803,408 (N=38) $2,373,850 (N=43)
Average # of full-time and part-time
staff by annual operating budget:
(N=134)
$250,000 and under
Full-time
2.2 (N=50)
2.0
Part-time
4.6 (N=50)
5.3
$251,000 - $750,000
Full-time
6.02 (N=46)
6.5
Part-time
9.7 (N=50)
8.7
$751,000 and over
Full-time
36.7 (N=70)
43.0
Part-time
34.5 (N=70)
39.9
Average cost per visitor
$9.22 (N=150) .
$8.15 (N=133)
$7.47 (N=107)
# of AYM member museums classified
as:
(N=212),
(N=177)
(N=152)
Urban
151
120
107.
Suburban
47
44
36
Rural
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# with a gift shop
152 (N=215)
138 (N=184)
124 (N=155)
Average profit per visitor from gift shop $0.59 (N=105)
$0.31 (N=92)
$0.39 (N=67)
# with a theatre
81 (N=215)
76 (N=184)
67 (N=155)
# with eating facility
39 (N=215)
41 (N=184)
32 (N=155)
# with an early childhood exhibit
156 (N=215)
N/A
N/A
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Miami Children's Museum
Proposed P.I.L.O.T.- In -Kind Payments
Program
Quanti
Value*
Total Value
General Admission
100
$7.00
$8400
per month
per admission
Camp Tuition
16 one week
$150 per week
$2400
(summer)
sessions per
year
Camp Tuition
2 one week
$150 per week
$300
(Spring or Xmas
sessions
Break
Field Trip
Two Classes per
$150 per class of
$3600
Admissions
month
30 students
After -School
20 class
Class value $125
$2500
Programming-
scholarships per
Classes
year
Auditorium
12 rehearsals/or
Minimum rental
$3600
performances
$300
Outreach Events
4 programs
$500
$2000
annually
Ed-U-Kit
2 per month
$100 each
$2400
Presentations
Free Friday Ni hts
1 per month
$2000 each
$24,000
Total Projected
$491200* *
Value
per year
*These values are based on national average costs, these are approximate costs for
MCM. MCM has not finalized its fees as of 12/2000
** Plus the MCM would offer a discounted admission fee for City of Miami residents
and permit City residents free access to the Parent Teacher Resource Center
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