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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
Joe Arriola
City Manager
Gelabert Sanchez, Director
g Department
DATE:
SUBJECT;
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April 12, 2006
Public Participation/Community Outreach
Services for Miami 21
FILE
This memorandum seeks your approval and City Commission adoption by Resolution, of the below -
described findings justifying the waiver of competitive procurement procedures and the selection of
the consultant identified herein to implement the community outreach strategies for the Miami 21
project.
FINDINGS
• Pursuant to Section 18-88 of the Procurement Code, Professional / Personal Services, the
firm of Village Marketing Bureau was engaged to develop a public participation, marketing
and community outreach strategy for the East quadrant of Miami 21 for an amount not to
exceed Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.) Services included, but were not limited to
coordination with neighborhood, business and cultural associations outreach, coordinating
neighborhood meetings between consulting team, residents and City staff, coordinating radio
and television as well as print media opportunities, and developing an informational project
website to promote and increase awareness of the project.
• Public participation in this process is key to the adoption and implementation of the Master
Plan and procurement procedures normally utilized to secure these services require a
significant amount of time that will delay and hamper the public participation process.
• The Department has investigated and identified VMB as having excellent qualifications
uniquely geared to the project for which they are recommended, possessing substantial
record of experience in projects of like size and complexity.
• The Department finds that it is practicable and most advantageous to the City to waive the
requirements for competitive sealed bids procedure provided in the code and engage Village
Marketing Bureau for the services described herein for the remaining three (3) Quadrants of
the Miami 21 project for an amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars ($125,000.00).
The above findings and recommendations are approved and adopted as those of the City
Man r/Chief ' . i s • : five Office of the City of Miami.
oe ' a • , City Manager
Date
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