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Resolution: R-07-0355
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File Number: 07-00652A Final Action Date: 6/14/2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING A GRANT TO THE DADE HERITAGE TRUST TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS,
TO RESTORE THE FIRST MIAMI HIGH STRUCTURE LOCATED ON CITY -OWNED
PROPERTY AT SOUTHSIDE PARK, 140-142 SOUTHWEST 11TH STREET, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $355,000; ALLOCATING SAID FUNDS FROM
B-30532, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ENTITLED: " OLD MIAMI HIGH
RESTORATION" AND GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT NO.
00001.980000.548000.0000.00000 OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS MAY
BECOME AVAILABLE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE A PROJECT CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE
ATTACHED FORM, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is the owner of real property located at 140-142 Southwest
11th Street, Miami, Florida, commonly known as the Southside Park ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, the City approved the relocation of the Old Miami High School, also known as First
Miami High School ("Building") by Dade Heritage Trust, Inc. ("Trust"), to a certain portion of the
Property for public use; and
WHEREAS, on February 9, 2006, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 06-0074,
authorizing an agreement between the City and the Trust, authorizing the Trust to oversee and to
implement the renovation of the Building; and
WHEREAS, the Trust was awarded a total of $350,000 in grant funds from the State of Florida
Secretary of State for use in the restoration and renovation of the Building; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Capital Improvements ("Department") received a commitment of
funds from the Miami -Dade County Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond "(GOB") in
the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) for the capital project B-30532, Old Miami
High Restoration ("Project"), also known as Miami -Dade County GOB Project No. 264-70542; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 06-0321 adopted May 25, 2006 authorized the City Manager to
execute Agreements with Miami -Dade County to receive funds on a reimbursement basis, in various
amounts, for capital improvement projects funded by GOB; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 06-0730 adopted December 14, 2006 authorized the City Manager to
appropriate the GOB funds in the total amount of $300,000 for Project B-30532; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to administer the Project to assure its successful completion and to
contribute additional funding as needed, in an amount not to exceed $55,000 to the Project from the
City's General Fund Account No. 00001.980000.548000.0000.00000 or other funding sources as may
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become available; and
WHEREAS, the Trust is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the work, the Building will be utilized as a community resource
and will be staffed by the City's Department of Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, by passage of this Resolution, will authorize the allocation of
City funds in the amount of $355,000 for the restoration work initiated by the Trust and will further
authorize the City Manager to execute a Project Co-operation Agreement ("Agreement") for this
purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the City and Trust, and
provides for the use, accountability, accessibility, and terms of this undertaking by Trust; and
WHEREAS, funds for this purpose are available from B-30532, Capital Improvements Project "Old
Miami High Restoration" and General Fund Account No. 00001.980000.548000.0000.00000 or other
funding sources as may become available;
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. A grant to the Trust to be administered by the City's Department of Capital
Improvements, to restore the First Miami High structure located on the City -owned property at
Southside Park, 140-142 Southwest 11th Street, Miami, Florida, in the amount of $355,000, is
authorized, with funds allocated from B-30532, Capital Improvement Project entitled "Old Miami High
Restoration" and General Fund Account No. 00001.980000.548000.0000.00000 or other funding
sources as may become available.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute an Agreement, in substantially the
attached form, for said purpose.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
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{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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