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File Number: 07-00875 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
VIRGINIA KEY BEACH PARK TRUST TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH
BEA INTERNATIONAL/HUFF + GOODEN ARCHITECTS, LLC, THE TOP RANKED
FIRM, PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS NO. 05-06-081, TO
PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN
SERVICES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED
AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,460,000), FOR THE HISTORIC VIRGINIA
KEY BEACH PARK MUSEUM PROJECT, B-30508 (THE "B-30508 PROJECT");
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE B-30508 PROJECT, CONSISTING OF
FUNDING FROM THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES
GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS MAY
BECOME AVAILABLE, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") owns Historic Virginia Key Beach Park ("Park") on Virginia
Key; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 38-232 of the Code of the City of Miami, as amended ("City
Code"), the Board of Trustees ("Trustees") of the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust, a limited agency and
instrumentality of the City ("Trust"), among its other powers and duties, is authorized to protect,
preserve, advocate for and ensure the retention of the deed restriction imposed upon the property
known as Old County Park when deeded to the City by Miami -Dade County (the "County"), which
ensures public access and restricts the "land" to public park uses, and is further authorized to assist
and to advise the City Commission, the Department of Parks and Recreation, other City departments,
and other public officials and entities concerning the Park; and
WHEREAS, at the request of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Trust's staff and the City's
Department of Capital Improvements and Transportation ("Department"), conducted a competitive
selection process, and issued a Request for Qualifications No. 05-06-081 ("RFQ"), in accordance with
Florida Statute 287.055 and with Section 18-87 of the City Code, to secure a qualified outside
consultant to provide professional architectural and engineering design services (the "Services") for a
museum for the Park (the "Museum"); and
WHEREAS, seven proposals were received on July 17, 2006, in response to the RFQ:
Arquitectonica/AARRIS Architects, BEA International/Huff+Gooden Architects, LLC; E. Verner
Johnson and Associates, Freelon/Judson, Moody -Nolan Inc., Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen
Architects and Snohetta; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2006, the Evaluation Committee ranked the responsive firms in the
following order: (1) BEA InternationalfHuff+Gooden Architects, LLC; (2) Freelon/Judson, (3) E. Verner
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Johnson and Associates, and (4) Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects.; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager approved the recommendation of the Evaluation Committee to
select BEA International/Huff + Gooden Architects, LLC, to provide the Services to design the
Museum; and
WHEREAS, on October 2, 2006, the Board of Trustees of the Trust voted to approve the
recommendations of the Committee and the Trust's Executive Director and to recommend to the City
Commission approval of the Committee's findings; and
WHEREAS, on October 12, 2006, pursuant to Resolution No. 06-0609, the City Commission
authorized the Department on behalf of the City Manager and the Trust's Executive Director on behalf
of the Trust to negotiate a professional services agreement with the selected firm; and
WHEREAS, on June 14, 2007, pursuant to Resolution No. 07-0357 the City Commission accepted
$15,500,000, in funding for the B-30508 Project from the County's Building Better Communities
General Obligation Bond (the "County's General Obligation Bond"); and
WHEREAS, negotiations are now completed and the professional services agreement, in
substantially the attached form (the "Agreement"), was presented to and approved by the Board of
Trustees of the Trust on July 2, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement is being presented for City Commission approval to execute the
Agreement;
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. The City Manager and the Executive Director of the Trust are authorized{1} to execute
the Agreement, in substantially the attached form, with BEA International/Huff + Gooden Architects,
LLC, in an amount not to exceed One Million, Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars ($1,460,000),
to provide professional architectural and engineering design services for the Virginia Key Beach Park
Museum, Project B-30508 (the "B-30508 Project").
Section 3. Funding is allocated from the B-30508 Project, consisting of funds from the County's
General Obligation Bond and other funding sources as may become available, subject 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 authorization herein 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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