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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit BEXHIBIT B ENABLING LEGISLATION Project Cooperative Agreement K-0500377 _-ft 62'1 nw 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 City of Muni Page 1 ,Pnlrand or 7/8,/2 Hi 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: Gry of Miami Page- 2 Pmn; td or. 7.18.12005