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Resolution: R-10-0026
File Number: 09-01210 Final Action Date: 1/28/2010
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY
A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND APPROVING THE CITY
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION AND FINDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION
18-85 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING
PROCEDURES AS NOT BEING PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE
CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, TO THE AGREEMENT WITH GLOBAL
SPECTRUM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FOR THE EXPANDED MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATION OF APPROXIMATELY 35,000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET OF
MEETING AND CONFERENCE SPACE AT THE MIAMI CONVENTION
CENTER/JAMES L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER LOCATED AT 400
SOUTHEAST 2 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA; FURTHER APPROPRIATING A
TOTAL OF $277,559 FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID
AREA, AS CALCULATED ON A SQUARE FOOT BASIS PER THE EXISTING
AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE UPON EXECUTION BY THE CITY MANAGER AND
GLOBAL SPECTRUM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
WHEREAS, on September 23, 1997, the City Commission by Resolution No. 97-662,
authorized the City Manager to enter into a Management Agreement with Global Spectrum Limited
Partnership ("Global") to provide professional services for the management and operation of the
Miami Convention Center/James L. Knight Center complex; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission approved subsequent extensions of the Management
Agreement pursuant to Resolution Nos. 02-1053 and 07-0386, thereby renewing Global's contract
for an initial period of six months, effective October 1, 2007, with three (3) one (1) year options; and
WHEREAS, on July 10, 2008, the City Commission by Resolution No. 08-0394, authorized
the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with the University of Miami to terminate the conference
center lease at the Miami Convention Center effective December 31, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined it to be in the best interest of the City of
Miami to expand the agreement with Global to include approximately 35,000 additional square feet
of meeting and conference space at the Miami Convention Center, an area formerly leased by the
University of Miami while it explores its options;
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File Number: 09-01210 Enactment Number: R-10-0026
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 adopted
by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the
City Manager's recommendation and findings, pursuant to Section 18-85 of the Code of the City of
Miami, Florida, as amended, waiving the requirements for competitive sealed bidding procedures, as
not being practicable or advantageous to the City, for the procurement of said services are ratified,
approved and confirmed.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute an Amendment, in substantially the
attached form, to the Agreement with Global for the expanded management and operation of
approximately 35,000 additional square feet of meeting and conference space at the Miami
Convention Center/James L. Knight International Center located 400 Southeast 2 Avenue, Miami,
Florida.
Section 4. A total appropriation of $277,559 for the operation and maintenance of said area,
as calculated on a square foot basis per the existing Agreement, effective upon execution by the City
Manager and Global.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature by the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} 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.
{2} 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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