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RESOLUTION NO. 00— 305
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY
A FOUR FIFTHS (4/5T11) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER
A DULY ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, WAIVING THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATIONS,
AND RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE
CITY MANAGER'S FINDING THAT IT IS
ADVANTAGEOUS AND PRACTICABLE FOR THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
WITH FLORENCE LITTHCUT INNER-CITY CHILDREN'S
TOURING DANCE COMPANY, INC., A NON-PROFIT
CORPORATION, FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF A PORTION
OF HADLEY PARK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
PUBLIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL SEGMENTS OF THE
COMMUNITY, WITH AN INITIAL TERM OF SEVEN (7)
YEARS.
WHEREAS, Florene Litthcut Inner -City Children's Touring
Dance Company, Inc. ("ICCTDC") teaches various artistic
techniques to City of Miami residents, organized community
groups, organized arts groups, and the general public since 1984;
and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 1996, the Miami -Dade County Commission
enacted Ordinance No. 96-115, the Safe Neighborhood Parks
Ordinance, which authorized issuance of general obligation bonds
for the purpose of financing capital improvement programs for
certain parks; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has commenced construction of a
new recreation building of approximately 21,000 square feet
CITY COM USSION
MEETING OF
APR 9 3 2000
Resolution No.
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a/k/a Hadley Park Community Activity Center (the "Facility")
using funds from the programs; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the new. Facility, the City's
budgetary/ operational impact will be substantially diminished by
entering into partnerships with nonprofit and for-profit
organizations to operate park activities and share costs; and
WHEREAS, ICCTDC desires to enter into a management agreement
with the City of Miami for a portion of Hadley Park to provide
public, cultural, educational and recreational opportunities to
all segments of the community, for an initial term of seven
years; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission hereby determines that it is in
the best interest of the City to enter into negotiations with
ICCTDC for its management of a portion of the property;
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 hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The City Manager's finding that competitive
negotiations would not be practicable or advantageous for the
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provision of professional services for the management of public,
cultural, educational and recreational programs at the Hadley
Park Community Activity Center, located at 1300 Northwest 50`h
Street, Miami, Florida (the "Property"), is hereby ratified,
approved and confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized" to
negotiate a Management Agreement, in a form acceptable to the
City Attorney, with Florene Litthcut Inner -City Children's
Touring Dance, Inc., a non-profit corporation, for the management
of a portion of the Property for the purpose of providing public,
cultural, educational and recreational opportunities to all
segments of the community, for an initial term of seven (7)
years.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor./
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.
zi 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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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th - day of Aril 1 2000.
JOE CAROLLO,:MAYOR
In accordance with Miami Code Soo, 2-36, alnoo the MayDr 810 FIM, frrl'arpq�
this legislation by signing it in the designated P1 - 'o
k),
becomes effective with the elapse of ton (I dal- fram
regarding same, without the Mayo, erxerci 1 - veto,
ATTEST:
Wa geman, City Clerk
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members DATE : APR 4 2000 FILE:
of the City Commission
SUBJECT: Management Agreement between
the City of Miami & Florene
Litthcut Inner -City Children's
FROM: REFERENCES: Touring Dance Company, Inc.
Donald H. Warshaw
City Manager ENCLOSURES:
RECOMMENDATION:
The administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution waiving
competitive negotiation .procedures for the provision of professional services for the management of
public, cultural, educational and recreational programs at the Hadley Park Community Activity Center
property located at approximately 1300 N.W. 50 Street, Miami, Florida (the "Property"); authorizing
the City Manager to negotiate a Management Agreement ("Agreement") with Florene Litthcut Inner -
City Children's Touring Dance Company, Inc., a non-profit corporation, for the management of a
portion of the Property for the purpose of providing public, cultural, educational and recreational
opportunities to all segments of the community, with an initial term of seven (7) years.
BACKGROUND:
Florene Litthcut Inner -City. Children's Touring Dance Company, Inc. (" ICCTDC") has been teaching
various artistic techniques to City of Miami residents, organized groups, organized community groups,
organized arts groups, and the general public since 1984.
On July 16, 1996, the Miami -Dade County Commission enacted Ordinance 96-115, the Safe
Neighborhood Parks Ordinance, that authorized issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of
financing capital improvement programs for certain parks.
The result of this ordinance and bond .program has allowed the City to begin construction of a new
recreation building of approximately 21,000 square feet a/k/a Hadley Park Community Activity Center
as a community recreation center for cultural, educational, and recreational programs.
The City would like to begin negotiations with ICCTDC for ICCTDC's management of a portion of the
property.
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ICCTDC
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The principals of ICCTDC are as follows:
• Directors Matthew Price
Sharon Kilpatrick
Carle Cody
Vickie Jackson
Cynthia Stafford
• Chairman Michael Cole
• Treasurer Kevin Adderley
• Executive Director Florene Litthcut Nichols
DHw:JFL:LB:pk: Mayor CC -Management Agreement ICCTDC
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida on
April 13, 2000 at 9:30 AM in the City of Miami Commission Chambers at City Hall,
3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, for the purpose of waiving competitive
negotiation methods for the provision of professional services for the management of
public, cultural, educational and recreational programs at the Hadley Park Community
Center, located at approximately 1300 NW 50 Street, Miami, Florida (the "Property");
and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate a management agreement ("Agreement"),
with Florene Litthcut Inner -City Children's Touring Dance Company, Inc., a non-profit
corporation, for the management of a portion of the Property for the purpose of providing
public, cultural, educational and recreational opportunities to all segments of the
community, with an initial term of seven (7) years.
All interested persons are invited to appear and may be heard concerning such proposed
award. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with
respect to any matter considered at this hearing, that person shall ensure that a verbatim
record of the proceedings is made, including all testimony and evidence upon which any
appeal may be based.
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Walter Foeman
City Clerk
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CI`Y OF MIAMI rLOR!OA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Honorable Mayor and DATE APR _ 4'2000 FILE
Member f theCity Commission
SueJECT Inner City Children's
Touring Dance Company
FROM: Do al Warshaw REFERENCES
City Manager
ENCLOSURES:
On January 13, 2000 the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 11878 which amended
Chapter 18, Article III of the Code of the City of Miami to allow service related to
cultural, educational, recreational or park activities provided by non-profit organizations
within City parks to be awarded, without competitive negotiations, subject to a written
finding by the City Manager, that competitive negotiations are not practical or
advantageous.
The Inner -City Children's Touring Dance Company, (ICCTDC) has successfully
operated, as a non-profit organization, a variety of programs for twenty-seven years
serving over 20,000 children. The programs provide cultural activities to enrich the soul
and provide alternatives to the violence experienced in inner city; neighborhoods.
Programs include the summer performance series, and helping participants increase self-
esteem and discipline through the arts. ICCTDC also partners with the Miami -Dade
County Public School Board to sponsor the Equal Footing Program, designed to give
underserved children access to professional dance instruction, thereby significantly
increasing their chances of acceptance into Dade County Public Schools Expressive Arts
Magnet Programs.
Prior to starting the ICCTDC, Florene Litthcut Nichols, was self-employed for eleven
years as the Executive Director of the Community of Performing Arts (a for profit
organization). She was also Director of Boston's Project Head Start; a social service
organization. Currently, in addition to her duties as Executive Director of the ICCTDC,
she is a volunteer board member for the Performing Arts Center Trust.
In April, 1998, the City of Miami through the Parks and Recreation Department made
applications to Miami -Dade County Office of Safe Neighborhood Parks. for grant monies
(also known as "Challenge Grants") related to recreation building projects requiring a
strong emphasis on serving the youth at risk population by partnering with non-profit
organizations with experience in this field. One such application submitted by the City
was for the design and construction of the Hadley Park Community Center, with
ICCTDC as a partner. This application resulted in a Challenge Grant award of $690,300
for this facility. The City Commision later accepted the grant on November 17, 1998, by
Resolution No. 98-1109. As a result, approximately $2.6 million is now available for
this project with approximately $1.3 million originating from the Safe Neighborhood
Parks Bond Program (SNPBP).
Honorable Mayor and
Members of the Cit"Commission
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The proposed Hadley Park Community Center is a 21,000 s.f. facility housing a black
box theater/multi-purpose room which seats approximately 250 persons and is equipped
with dressing rooms, control/sound, ticket booths and a concession space. The building
also contains other multi-purpose areas, a community conference room and supporting
office .spaces. Other spaces include a game room, fitness area and athletic equipment
storage area and offices for outdoor sports groups.
The City, of Miami .Parks system currently lacks_a facility., where cultural arts programs
can be offered to. the community. Once completed, the.Hadley Park Community Center
Will represent a state of the art facility where first class cultural programs and activities
will be offered to our citizens. It should be noted that the Hadley Park. Homeowners
Association', ."Who have been instrumental in making this project a reality, have endorsed
the involvement of ICCTDC as the City's partner.in operating the cultural component of
the proposed facility.
As a condition to the receipt of the SNPBP monies, the City must proceed with
..development of this site in a timely manner, and the City must also provide evidence that
the property will continue to be maintained following the completion of the
improvements.. Since the City has a limited, means by which to support the continued
operation and ,maintenance of a highly technical and sophisticated space for cultural
activities in the Hadley Park Community Center, it is in the best interest of the City to
procure the services of an outside organization willing to operate and maintain the
cultural component of the new facility..
Therefore, based upon the foregoing, 1- find that the use of competitive negotiations for
the management of the black box theater/multi-purpose room (which seats approximately
250 persons and is equipped with dressing rooms, ;control/sound ticket booths and a
concession space } in the. new Hadley Park Community Center would not be practicable
or advantageous and would recommend the City Commission authorize the .execution of
a management agreement with ,the ICCTDC.
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