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Resolution: R-04-0191
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 04-00332 Final Action Date: 3/25/2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT TO THE
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR JAPANESE GARDEN ON WATSON ISLAND, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH PARROT JUNGLE ISLAND, INC.,
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT A CONCRETE WALLAS A
PERIMETER ENCLOSURE AT THE JAPANESE GARDENS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $115,000; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NO.
331371.589301.6.860.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is owner of certain real property and improvements
located at Watson Island, Miami, Florida, ("Japanese Garden"); and
WHEREAS, on September 2, 1997, the City entered into a Lease and Development Agreement
with Parrot Jungle Island, Inc., as amended by Modification of Lease and Development Agreement on
April 14, 2000, for the development of a Botanical Garden attraction and related uses; and
WHEREAS, the Lease allows Parrot Jungle Island, Inc., to relocate the Japanese Garden to a
comparable site within the property adjacent to the leased property, subject to the approval of the City
Commission; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 03-864, adopted July 24, 2003, authorized the execution of
Management Agreement with Parrot Jungle Island, Inc. to provide for the relocation, construction and
management of the Japanese Garden ("Management Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Management Agreement allows the City to reimburse Parrot Jungle Island, Inc.
for the provision of goods and services to relocate the Japanese Garden with funds received from
grant awards for the project; and
WHEREAS, the City has deemed that grant funds will be insufficient to complete certain elements
that the City desires to be constructed at the Japanese Garden and it is the City's desire to provide
additional funding for the construction of a concrete wall as a perimeter enclosure for the project with
funds identified by the Department of Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation has identified $115,000 for this purpose
from Account 33137.589301.6.860;
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.
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Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1 } to execute the Amendment to Management
Agreement for Japanese Garden on Watson Island, in substantially the attached form, with Parrot
Jungle Island, Inc. to provide additional funds to construct a concrete wall as a perimeter enclosure at
the Japanese Garden, in an amount not to exceed $115,000, with funds allocated from Account No.
331371.589301.6.860.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
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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