HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemoTo: Honorable Mayor and Members November 16, 2006
of the City Commission
Subject: Acceptance of a one-time
$500,000 grant given by the Bayfront
Park Management Trust to assist in
the City's effort to improve
programming and activities in the
City's Parks.
From: Timothy F. Schmand For City Commission
Meeting of December 14, 2006
Executive Director
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission accept the one-time grant in the amount of
$500,000 given by the Bayfront Park Management Trust to assist in the City's efforts to improve
programming and activities in the City's Parks.
BACKGROUND:
The Bayfront Park Management Trust (Trust) manages Bayfront and Bicentennial Parks with the
goal of ensuring maximum community involvement. The Trust has also been empowered to utilize
and encourage to the fullest and most active participation and cooperation of private enterprise in the
parks. To that end, the Trust has been successful in increasing the revenue to the park and has been
able to sponsor more community events in the parks. The Trust has also been interested in assisting
in the effort to improve programming and activities in the City's parks. Furthering the interest of
promoting greater community utilization and enjoyment of the City's parks, the Trust would like to
give a one-time grant in the amount of $500,000, to the City to create additional and/or sustain
and/or improve park programs, exclusively, such as: After school activities, Summer programs,
Programs for those with disabilities, and/or similar in the City's Parks, of which $100,000.00,
shall be distributed to each of the five districts located in the City of Miami for programs as
determined by each individual Commissioner. The Trust requires that the City of Miami's Park's
Director along with each Commissioner will identify use of these funds in FY 2006-07 and the
Park's Director will report to the Trust the final use of these funds at a regularly scheduled Trust
meeting. Additionally, the Director of the City of Miami Parks Department is to submit a written
report to the Executive Director of the Trust, delineating the utilization of the funds , within sixty
(60) days of the end of the fiscal year.