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File Number: 06-01882 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 RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING THAT COMPETITIVE
NEGOTIATION METHODS ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-86(A)(3)(C) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID
PROCEDURES; APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI'S DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION THAT
ARTS FOR LEARNING/ MIAMI, INC ("ARTS FOR LEARNING"), MIAMI-DADE
FAMILY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP, INC. ("MDFLP"), AND MUSEUM OF
SCIENCE, INC. ("MUSEUM OF SCIENCE"), ALL FLORIDA NOT -FOR -PROFIT
CORPORATIONS, ARE THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRMS TO PROVIDE ART
TEACHER MANAGEMENT, LITERACY BASED CURRICULUM, TEACHER
SUPERVISION, SCIENCE -RELATED ACTIVITIES, FAMILY DAY FIELD TRIPS
AND OTHER SUCH ACTIVITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDUCATIONAL AND
PARKS SERVICES AT AFRICAN SQUARE, CURTIS, DUARTE, SHENANDOAH,
AND WILLIAMS PARKS WITH EXPANSION PROGRAMS AT ROBERT KING HIGH
PARK AND THE SANDRA DELUCCA DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH ARTS FOR LEARNING, MDFLP,
AND MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING AUGUST 1, 2006
THROUGH MAY 31, 2007, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $91,460, FOR ARTS
FOR LEARNING, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL
SIMILAR PERIODS; IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $68,000, FOR MDFLP,
WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL SIMILAR PERIODS;
AND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $99,972, FOR MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL SIMILAR PERIODS;
ALLOCATING FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A GRAND TOTAL OF
$259,432, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007, FROM AN ACCOUNT TO BE
pETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WITH FUTURE FISCAL
YEARS' FUNDING SUBJECT ONLY TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami's ("City's) Department of Parks and Recreation applied for a
Children's Trust grant to enhance the quality of after -school programming provided in seven of the
City's parks; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded the Out -Of -School, "Heart of Our Parks" Children's Trust grant
in the amount of $761,225.00; and
WHEREAS, the contract with the Children's Trust is being entered into by the City and Arts for
Learning/ Miami, Inc. ("Arts for Learning") was determined to be the most advantageous and in the
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City's best interests to provide said arts -related services at African Square, Curtis, Duarte, Robert
King High, Sandra DeLucca Developmental Center, Shenandoah, and Williams Parks; and
WHEREAS, the contract with the Children's Trust is being entered into by the City and is requiring
an eighty-five percent (85%) improvement rate in literacy performance among participating children
and Miami -Dade Family Learning Partnership, Inc. ("MDFLP"), was determined to be the most
advantageous and in the City's best interests to provide said literacy -related services at African
Square, Curtis, Duarte, Robert King High, Sandra DeLucca Developmental Center, Shenandoah, and
Williams Parks; and
WHEREAS, the contract with the Children's Trust is being entered into by the City and the
Museum of Science, Inc. ("Museum of Science") was determined to be the most advantageous and in
the City's best interests to provide said science -related services at African Square, Curtis, Duarte,
Robert King High, Sandra DeLucca Developmental Center, Shenandoah, and Williams Parks; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has approved the recommendations of the Department of Parks and
Recreation, and has made findings that pursuant to Section 18-86(a)(3)(c) of the Code of the City of
Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), competitive negotiation methods are not practicable or
advantageous for obtaining said services, and has recommended to the City Commission that the
recommendations and findings be adopted; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Department of Parks and Recreation are requesting for the
City Commission to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute Professional Services
Agreements ("Agreement(s)"), in substantially the attached form, with Arts for Learning, for an amount
not to exceed $91,460, for the period from August 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007 with the option to
extend for two (2) additional similar periods, MDFLP for an amount not to exceed $68,000, for the
period from August 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007, with the option to extend for two (2) additional similar
periods, and Museum of Science, for an amount not to exceed $99,972, for the period from August 1,
2006 to May 31, 2007, with the option to extend for two (2) additional similar periods; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Department of Parks and Recreation are requesting the
appropriation of said Children's Trust funding for these three Agreements, in the grand total amount
not to exceed $259,432, for the initial Fiscal Year 2006-2007, with future Fiscal Year funding subject
only to budgetary approval;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORI DA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporate as it fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four-fifths(4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City
Manger's findings and recommendations that competitive negotiation methods procedures are not
practicable or advantageous pursuant to Section 18-86(a) (3) (c) of the City Code, waiving the
requirements for said procedures, is ratified, approved and confirmed and the City Department of
Parks and Recreation's recommendations and findings that Arts for Learning, MDFLP, and Museum of
Science, all Florida Not -For -Profit Corporations, are the most qualified firms to provide art, literacy and
science based curriculum, teacher supervision and other such activities at African Square, Curtis,
Duarte, Robert King High, Sandra DeLucca Developmental Center, Shenandoah, and Williams Parks,
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is approved.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute Agreements, in substantially the attached
form, with Arts for Learning, MDFLP, and Museum of Science, for a period commencing August 1,
2006 through May 31 2007, in an amount not to exceed $91,460.00 for Arts for Learning, with the
option to renew for two (2) additional similar periods; in an amount not to exceed $68,000.00 for
MDFLP, with the option to renew for two (2) additional similar periods; and in an amount not to exceed
$99,972, for Museum of Science, with the option to renew for two (2) additional similar periods, in an
amount not to exceed the grand total of $259,432, with funds to be allocated for Fiscal Year 2006-
2007, from an account to be determined by the Department of Finance, with future Fiscal Years'
funding, subject only to budgetary approval.
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
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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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