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File Number: 06-00653 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 EMERGENCY FINDINGS; WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING
PROCEDURES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-90 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A
CONTRACT TO CMC,CONSTRUCTION, INC. ("CMC"), FOR RENOVATION TO
THE DINNER KEY SPOIL ISLANDS AND THE CITY OF MIAMI'S MIAMI
WATERSPORTS COMPLEX FACILITIES UTILIZED BY THE SHAKE -A -LEG MIAMI
PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM,
WITH CMC, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,407,000; ALLOCATING FUNDS
FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NOS. B-30002, ENTITLED "DINNER
KEY RESTORATION/ENHANCEMENTS OF SPOIL ISLANDS ABCDE," B-30270A,
ENTITLED "MIAMI WATER SPORTS CENTER BUILDING
IMPROVEMENTS -ELEVATOR AND GENERATOR," AND B-35855, ENTITLED
"MIAMI WATERSPORTS CENTER -HANGAR IMPROVEMENTS."
WHEREAS, the City of Miami's ("City's") Capital Improvement Program and Multi -Year Plan
includes the renovation of the City -owned Miami Watersports Complex at 2620 South Bayshore Drive,
Miami, Florida, and the Dinner Key Spoil Islands located in Biscayne Bay, Florida ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Shake -A -Leg Miami Program utilizes these facilities to achieve its mission of
bringing hope, confidence, social integration, independence and fun back into the lives of people with
disabilities and their families; and
WHEREAS, the Shake -A -Leg Miami Program facility is a universally accessible water sports
training facility, open to all people, that provides affordable and effective services and programs to
enhance the participant's independence, employment potential, and quality of life; and
WHEREAS, the Project's renovations and upgrades to the Miami Watersports Complex and Dinner
Key Spoils Island facilities are required to meet the needs of the Shake -A -Leg Miami program; and
WHEREAS, the Dinner Key Spoil Islands require clean-up, restoration and the installation of a
floating dock; and
WHEREAS, the City obtained a Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond Program ("SNPB") grant in the
amount of $982,000, and a Florida Inland Navigation District ("FIND") grant in the amount of $425,000,
to fund portions of the work; and
WHEREAS, the SNPB grant must be spent by August, 2006; and
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WHEREAS, Project renovations must be completed prior to the Shake -A -Leg Program's summer
program; and
WHEREAS, the available funding, including the grant monies and City funds are insufficient to
meet the needs for the renovations and upgrades; and
WHEREAS, CMC Construction, Inc. ("CMC"), is a licensed general contractor familiar with the
Shake -A -Leg Program and the Miami Watersports Complex facility; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Capital Improvements and Transportation ("CIT") has negotiated
an agreement with CMC pursuant to which CMC would provide its services and work at no cost, obtain
materials at no cost or discounted rates, and obtain other contractors to provide work at no cost or
discounted costs; and
WHEREAS, without the donation or discounted costs for work and materials the cost of the Project
would have to be substantially reduced; and
WHEREAS, CMC will perform the work in a timely manner to ensure the expenditure of the SNPB
funds by the required deadline of August, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the Administration has determined that the most cost effective and expeditious
method to complete the Project by the deadline for expenditure of SNPB grant funds is to waive
competitive sealed bidding procedures, as provided in Section and 18-90 of the Code of the City of
Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"); and
WHEREAS, the City Manager requests authorization to execute a contract with CMC, in
substantially the attached form, to provide for this work; and
WHEREAS, funds for the Project are available under Capital Improvement Projects ("CIP") "Dinner
Key Restoration/Enhancements of Spoil Islands ABCDE," B-30002, "Miami Water Sports Center
Building Improvements -Elevator and Generator," B-30270A and "Miami Water Sports Center -Hangar
Improvements," B-35855, in the combined amount of $1,407,000, which includes the SNPB and FIND
grants; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager's written finding of a valid public emergency, attached and
incorporated, references that it is in the best interest of the City to waive competitive sealed bidding for
the Project; and
WHEREAS, the findings of the City Manager have been duly considered and adopted by the City
Commission;
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 emergency findings are ratified, approved and confirmed, the requirements for competitive
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sealed bidding procedures are waived pursuant to Section and 18-90 of the City Code, and an award
of a contract to CMC, for renovation to the Dinner Key Spoil Islands and the City's Miami Watersports
Complex facilities utilized by the Shake -A -Leg Miami program, is authorized, in an amount not to
exceed $1,407,000, with funds allocated from CIP Nos. B-30002, entitled "Dinner Key
Restoration/Enhancements of Spoil Islands ABCDE," B-30270A, entitled "Miami Water Sports Center
Building Improvements -Elevator and Generator," and B-35855, entitled "Miami Water Sports
Center -Hangar Improvements."
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a Construction Agreement, in
substantially the attached form, with CMC, for said purpose.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JORGE L. FERNANDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
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
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