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4/19/95
RESOLUTION NO. 9 5- 355
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ACCEPT A $79,000 GRANT FROM THE MILDRED AND
CLAUDE PEPPER FOUNDATION TO BE USED FOR
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MILDRED AND
CLAUDE PEPPER FOUNTAIN IN BAYFRONT PARK AND
TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO ACCEPT
SAID GRANT.
WHEREAS, the Bayfront Park Management Trust ("Trust") has
managed Bayfront Park with the goal of insuring maximum community
involvement; and
WHEREAS, the Mildred and Claude Pepper Fountain ("Fountain")
is located in the heart of Bayfront Park; and
WHEREAS, the Fountain represents the most fitting tribute to
the dynamism the Peppers brought to South Florida; and
WHEREAS, FEMA has already designated $61,232 for Fountain
repairs and improvements; and
WHEREAS, the $79,000 grant from the Pepper Foundation will
enable the City and the Trust to retrofit the Fountain; and
WHEREAS, these changes will decrease the operational costs
of the Fountain in Bayfront Park;
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
Resolution No.
95- 355
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
i
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
accept a $79,000 grant from the Mildred and Claude Pepper
i Foundation to be used for repairs and improvements to the Mildred
t
and Claude Pepper Fountain in Bayfront Park and to execute`/ the
necessary documents, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney,
for said acceptance.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of May 1995.
A C�' .'
ST PHEN P. CLAPk, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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.
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BUDGETARY APPROVAL:
MANOHAR S. N
ASSISTANT CIT NAGER
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
bm,o,k�`�,
G. MIRIAM MAER
CHIEF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City commission
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MAY - 4 1995'
Subject: Grant in the amount
of $79,000 from the Mildred
and Claude Pepper Foundation
for repairs and renovations
to the Mildred and Claude
Pepper Fountain in Bayfront
Park.
For city commission
Meeting of 5/11/95
it ire raupauLfully rwoomeilael th&t tht City Commission accept the
$79,000 grant from the Mildred and Claude Pepper Foundation to be
used for repairs and renovations to the Mildred and Claude Pepper
Fountain at Bayfront Park.
FNMA DSR 119824 allocated $61,232 for the repair of damages caused
by Hurricane Andrew to the Mildred and Claude Pepper Fountain in
Bayfront Park. That amount coupled with the $79,000 grant from the
Mildred and Claude .pepper roundati.on would allow the city to
undertake repairs and renovations to the fountain that will
decrease its operating costs.
Attachments:
resolution
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P. 002
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