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File Number: 08-01314 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPROVING THE
RESTRUCTURE OF THE LEASING OF APPROXIMATELY EIGHT (8) ACRES OF
LAND AT BICENTENNIAL PARK, MIAMI, FLORIDA, TO THE MIAMI ARTS
MUSEUM OF DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION, INC. ("MAM") AND THE MUSEUM
OF SCIENCE, INC. ("MSM"), PURSUANT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, THE MIAMI SPORTS AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY ("MSEA"), MAM,
MSM AND THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA, INC.,
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MUSEUM PARK PROJECT IN
BICENTENNIAL PARK; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
THE LEASES AND THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY AMONG THE
CITY, MAM, AND MSM.
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County ("County"), the City of Miami ("City"), the Miami Sports and
Exhibition Authority ("MSEA"), the Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association, Inc. ("MAM"), the
Museum of Science, Inc. ("MSM") and the Historical Association of Southern Florida, Inc. ("HASF")
have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU"), approved by the City Commission by
Resolution No. 08-0290, adopted May 22, 2008, that sets forth the parties' intent to develop the
Museum Park Project in Bicentennial Park (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project consists of the Museum Component, consisting of the MAM building, the
MSM building (which will provide space to the HASF) and Museum parking, and the Park Component,
which includes the Park and related parking; and
WHEREAS, the MOU provides for each museum (collectively, the "Museums") to develop its own
facility, each on four (4) acres of land (collectively, the "Museum Parcels"), as contemplated in the
Master Plan approved by the City Commission pursuant to Resolution No. 08-0126, adopted March
13, 2008, and for the City to develop the Park Component on approximately twenty-one (21) acres;
and
WHEREAS, the MOU provides for the City to lease the Museum Parcels to MSEA, and for MSEA
to sublease the parcels to the Museums; and
WHEREAS, the MOU is a non -binding agreement which expresses the intent of the parties and
establishes the basic terms of certain definitive documents which will be brought back to the MSEA
board and the City Commission; and
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WHEREAS, the Project is part of a plan to revitalize the City and is funded, in part, by the
Miami -Dade County Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond Program, which has been
approved by the voters; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney has opined that the City may lease the Museum Parcels directly to
the Museums, without the involvement of MSEA, because the Project constitutes a project of
government agencies, in that it involves the City, the County and potentially the Omni CRA; and
WHEREAS, to implement the Project in a more efficient manner, by decreasing the complexity and
simplifying the negotiation and execution of the definitive documents, the City wishes, through this
Resolution, to authorize the negotiations of the definitive documents directly between the City and the
Museums, without the involvement of MSEA;
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 is authorized{1} to negotiate the leases and the definitive documents
contemplated in the MOU directly among the City and the Museums, without the involvement of
MSEA, in order to decrease the complexity and simplify the negotiation and execution of the definitive
documents.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
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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