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Project Cooperative Agreement K-0500377
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File ID: 05-00592
Enactment #: R -05-04I6
Version: 1
City of Miami
Text File Report
Type: Resolution
Introduced: 6/15/05
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.ci.mlami.fi.us
Status: Mayor's Office for
Signature
Enactment Date: 7/7/05
Controlling Body: City Commission
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMM.SSION, «TITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING
A GRANT TO THE MIAMI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & PLANETARIUM TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SCIENCE MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM FACILITY IN THE CITY
OF MIAMI -OWNED BICENTENNIAL PARK, IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000, APPROVED BY A
REFERENDUM OF THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, 2001, AS A SPECIFIED PROJECT IN THE
HOMELAND DEFENSE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND PROGRAM, ALLOCATING
SAID FUNDS FROM B-78502, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 333143 ENTITLED
"MUSEUM OF SCIENCE - DEVELOPMENT IN BICENTENNIAL PARK;" AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROJECT CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2001, the voters of the City of Miami ("City") approved by referendum the City's issuance
of 5255 million in limited ad valorem tax general obligation bonds for homeland security, neighborhood improvements, capital
projects and infrastructure improvements, the "Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds" ("Bonds"); and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 12137, adopted October 11, 2001, authorized the November 2001 bond referendum and
initially allocated future Bond funds to specified projects that were subsequently clarified by Resolution No. 02-1294,
adopted December 12, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the public information campaign conducted for the voter referendum and the enabling legislation identified
the "Miami Museum of Science" and the allocation of Bond proceeds "to assist the museum with its development efforts for
a Bicentennial Park ("Park") location," which is a recreational facility owned by the City and located at 1075 Biscayne
Boulevard, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the City has completed and approved a community-based preliminary plan entitled "Bicentennial
Park -Museum Park" which recommends that four (4) acres in the Park be reserved for the development of a science museum
and an additional four (4) acres be reserved for the development of an art museum; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County voters also approved, in November, 2004, the issuance of general obligation bonds
and has included in its bond program the sum of $150,000,000 to support the development of a new science museum facility
in Bicentennial Park ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project will be a public science museum, a significant community asset offering interactive and other
science exhibits, a planetarium; outdoor exhibits, camps, classes, workshops, educational resources, professional
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WHEREAS, MMOS has agreed that all documents, reports, materials and drawings that are developed with tale
assistance of the City Bond proceed shall become the property of and be owned by the City, which will subsequently make
such documents, reports, materials and drawings freely available to MMOS and to Miami -Dade County, if applicable, for use
on the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Inds and determines that these activities to be conducted by or on behalf of MMOS for the Project
will ultimately and primarily benefit the general public as a downtown regional cultural facility accessible to the public; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, by passage of this Resolution, will authorize the allocation of City funds in the
amount of $700,000 for the acquisition of certain capital project related planning, design and project management activities
and will further authorize the City Manager to execute a Project Co-operation Agreement ("Agreement") for this purpose;
and
WHEREAS, the Agreement sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the City and MMOS, provides for the use,
accountability, accessibility, and terms of this undertaking by MHOS; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement also provides for MMOS and its successors to maintain public access to facilities
developed with Bond proceeds, and that said facilities will be publicly owned; and
WHEREAS, on May 24, 2005, the City's Bond Oversight Board reviewed and favorably recommended this item for City
Commission approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds and determines that proper use of this allocation will primarily benefit the general
public and serves a paramount public purpose; and
WHEREAS, funds for this purpose are available from B-78502, Capital Improvements Project No. 333143 entitled
"Museum Of Science - Development of Bicentennial Park" under the Homeland Defense - Neighborhood Improvement Bond
Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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