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Legislation
Resolution
File Number: 10-00010
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY
A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY
MANAGER'S FINDING OF AN EMERGENCY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-90 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE");
WAIVING COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO
SECTION 18-85 OF THE CITY CODE AND FLORIDA STATUTES 255.0525 AND
255.20, BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5th) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, FOR THE
PROCUREMENT OF A PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED FURNITURE PACKAGE AND
FURNITURE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,255,038,
AS AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT; FURTHERMORE, WAIVING
COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO SECTION
18-85 OF THE CITY CODE AND FLORIDA STATUTES 255.0525 AND 255.20, BY
A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, FOR FORTHCOMING, NON -EMERGENCY ADDITIONAL
WORK, INCLUDING A SWITCHGEAR UPGRADE, TECHNOLOGY BOARDS,
MEMORIAL SIGNS, AND TACTICAL TRAINING MATS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $104,383; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER THE PROCUREMENT
AND PAYMENT FOR BOTH THE EMERGENCY AND NON -EMERGENCY CITY OF
MIAMI REQUESTED ADDITIONAL WORK, FOR THE POLICE COLLEGE AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT HIGHSCHOOL PROJECT, TO PIRTLE CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, INC., IN THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1,420,950;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM AWARD NOS. 1261, 1496, 1095, AND PUBLIC
SAFETY CAPITAL FUND 32000, AS DESCRIBED IN "EXHIBIT A", ATTACHED
AND INCORPORATED.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City"), the Miami -Dade County Board of Commissioners, the
Miami -Dade County School Board ("School Board") and numerous other municipalities within
Miami -Dade County ("County") have previously entered into an Interlocal Agreement for Public School
Facility Planning in the County (the "School Facility Planning Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, on June 9, 2005, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 05-0373, to
reaffirm its commitments to the voters and citizens of the City regarding smart growth principles,
projects and initiatives for master planning, capital improvement projects and working with the County,
the School Board and other municipalities to deliver regional solutions to basic service requirements
such as utilities, transit, air and sea ports, schools and other needs; and
WHEREAS, on September 7, 2005, the School Board authorized joining forces with the City to
create first-rate educational programs and services throughout the City through the formation of an
Education Compact to focus on improving academic programs, meeting capital and infrastructure
needs and providing community involvement; and
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WHEREAS, the City's Capital Improvement Program and Multi -Year Plan includes the design
and construction of an international police training facility ("Police College"); and
WHEREAS, the School Board's Capital Improvement Program and Multi -Year Plan includes
the design, construction, and operation of a law enforcement high school ("High School") for law
studies, homeland security, and forensic sciences; and
WHEREAS, the School Board, the City Manager, the Department of Capital Improvements and
the Miami Police Department. (collectively the "Departments") began negotiation agreements regarding
the design, construction, funding, operation, maintenance, and co -location of the Police College and
the High School as a single capital improvement project (the "Project") at the City -owned properties
located at 405 Northwest 3rd Avenue, ("Miami Police Headquarters") and 401 Northwest 3rd Avenue,
("Adjacent Lot"), Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the School Board pursuant to Board Item, F-40 with attachments, approved
September 5, 2007, as attached as an Exhibit to the Assignment, commissioned Pirtle for
pre -construction services; and
WHEREAS, the School Board, pursuant to Board Item, Replacement F-33, approved on
December 19, 2007 (the "Authorizing Resolution"), and amended on December 19, 2007, an item to
provide (i) that under no circumstances will the School Board provide more than $11.89 million for the
Facility (as defined below); and (ii) that the total cost of the Facility to the School Board, all in, shall not
exceed $14.3 million, and Board Item, Replacement F-33 as amended on December 19, 2007,
authorized the Superintendent to execute a Guaranteed Maximum Price Agreement in the total
amount of $35,400,000 and all attachments and exhibits thereto (collectively, the "GMP Amendment")
with Pirtle Construction Company, Inc. ("Pirtle"), as one of the qualified responders to the School
Board's RFQ issued October 17, 2005 (the "RFQ") for Category "A" New, Remodeling & Renovation
Projects Fiscal Year 2005-2006 through Fiscal Year 2009-2010, and the School Board has conducted
all of its required procurement procedures, evaluations, public hearings, and public approvals related
thereto (the Authorizing Resolution, the GMP Amendment, the RFQ, and the evidences of all required
compliance with said procurement procedures, evaluations, public hearings and public approvals of
which are all Exhibits to the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated April 14,
2008 (the "Assignment") by and between the School Board and the City and acknowledged and
agreed to by Pirtle, and this Agreement is attached to such Assignment as Exhibit G); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission pursuant to Resolution No. 07-0650, adopted November 9,
2007, as attached, as an Exhibit to the Assignment, authorized the City Manager to enter into an
Interlocal Agreement, dated as of April 11, 2008 (the "Interlocal Agreement") with the School Board for
the design, construction, funding and contingencies of a co -located International Police College and
Law Enforcement High School on City -owned property located at 405 Northwest 3rd Avenue, Miami,
Florida, within the City (collectively, the "Facility") in an amount not to exceed $37,470,000, and
authorizing the City Manager to execute any additional agreements as deemed necessary to establish
the ongoing responsibilities of both parties pursuant to the Interlocal Agreement to accomplish the
construction, funding, and contingencies of the Facility; and
WHEREAS, the School Board and the City have subsequently entered into and executed the
Interlocal Agreement; and
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WHEREAS, the Interlocal Agreement provided that certain monies totaling $35,400,000 (the
"Escrow Funds"), were to be deposited into the School Board Sub -Account ("School Board
Sub -Account") by the School Board in the amount of $11,890,000 and by the City into the City
Sub -Account ("City Sub -Account") in the amount of $23,510,000 with the Escrow Agent and held in
escrow and delivered upon written instructions from the School Board and the City only upon the
occurrence of certain circumstances; and
WHEREAS, Pirtle and the City did not have a contract and the furniture, fixtures ("FF&E"), and
equipment were not competitively procured by the City in accordance with the City's Procurement
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, at the time of execution of the Interlocal the City did not have sufficient funds to
implement FF&E which had been originally contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified the funds and thus wishes to make payment for the FF&E,
totaling $1,255,038, for the installation of a furniture package, in the amount of $1,066,264, and its
electrical infrastructure, in the amount of $188,774, as listed in "Exhibit A", attached; and
WHEREAS, in the interest of maintaining continuity of work, it was determined by that utilizing
another Contractor would substantially delay the project and ultimately cost the City undue additional
expenditures, and potentially delay the opening of the school; and
WHEREAS, in order not to disrupt the essential governmental services provided by the facility,
it was determined that it was most practicable and advantageous to the City for Pirtle to perform the
additional work as an emergency procurement; and
WHEREAS, Pirtle utilized vendors and furniture pricing from the State of Florida vendors
contract; and
WHEREAS, in seeking an emergency procurement and the waiver of competitive sealed
bidding methods under Section 18-90 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), , installed furniture package and furniture electrical infrastructure, in the amount of $1,255,038
as an emergency procurement (" FF&E"), the backing materials to this item include the required memo
from the head of the using department to the City Manager and Chief Procurement Officer giving a full
explanation of the circumstances of the emergency and the reasons for the selection of the particular
firm and the required certification of fund availability from the Director of the Department of
Management and Budget; and
WHEREAS, in addition, in the interest of maintaining continuity of work and to avoid undue
additional expenditures, it has also been determined that it is most practicable and advantageous to
the City for to perform forthcoming City requested additional work, including an IT switchgear upgrade,
technology boards, memorial signs, and tactical training mats, also detailed in Exhibit A, in an amount
not to exceed $104,383; and
WHEREAS, in seeking a non -emergency waiver of competitive sealed bidding procedures
pursuant to section 18-85 of the City Code, for the forthcoming work, exclusive of the FF&E, the City
Manager's signature of concurrence on the memo from the head of the using department provides the
required justification and findings for the waiver of competitive bidding procedures for the
non -emergency items; and
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WHEREAS, the City Manager thus requests authorization for the procurement and payment,
for both the emergency and non -emergency additional work, to Pirtle, in the total not to exceed
amount of $1,420,950; and
WHEREAS, funds are to be allocated from Award Nos. 1261, 1496, 1095, and Public Safety
Capital Fund 32000;
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 findings of an emergency are ratified, approved and confirmed, the requirements for
competitive sealed bidding procedures are waived pursuant to Sections 18-85 and 18-90 of the City
Code, and Florida Statutes 255.0525 and 255.20, for the installed furniture package and furniture
electrical infrastructure, in the amount of $1,255,038 as an emergency procurement.
Section 3. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the
requirements for competitive sealed bidding procedures are waived pursuant to Section 18-85 of the
City Code, and Florida Statutes 255.0525 and 255.20, for the non -emergency items, including an IT
switchgear upgrade, technology boards, memorial signs, and tactical training mats as detailed in
Exhibit A, in an amount not to exceed $104,383.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized{1) to procure and provide payment of City requested
additional work, for Pirtle, for the Project at the Facility, in an amount not to exceed $1,420,950, with
funds allocated from Award Nos. 1261, 1496, 1095, and Public Safety Capital Fund 32000, as
described in "Exhibit A", attached and incorporated.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor. {2)
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O�
CITYAPrORNEY
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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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