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Resolution: R-08-0707
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 08-01452 Final Action Date: 12/11/2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
APPROVING THE TERMS OF, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE, A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND
THE MIAMI ART MUSEUM OF DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION, INC. ("MAM"), IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AS "ATTACHMENT 1", AND A
LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, INC.
("MSM"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AS "ATTACHMENT
2", TO LEASE TO EACH OF MAM AND MSM, APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) ACRES
OF LAND IN BICENTENNIAL PARK (AKA MUSEUM PARK), FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSEUM COMPONENT OF THE MUSEUM PARK
PROJECT, AS CONTEMPLATED IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THE MIAMI SPORTS AND
EXHIBITION AUTHORITY, MAM, MSM AND THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOUTHERN FLORIDA, INC., APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON MAY
22, 2008, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 08-0290; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE EASEMENTS AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS AS PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE LEASES.
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2008, Miami -Dade County ("County"), the City of Miami ("City"),
the Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association, Inc. ("MAM"), the Museum of Science, Inc.
("MSM") (collectively, the "Museums") and the Historical Association of Southern Florida, Inc.
("HASF") entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU") that sets forth the parties' intent
to develop the Museum Park Project in Bicentennial Park (the "Project) as contemplated in the Master
Plan approved by the City Commission pursuant to Resolution No. 08-0126, adopted March 13, 2008;
and
WHEREAS, the Project consists of a museum component, comprised of the MAM building, the
MSM building (which will provide space to the HASF) and related museum parking (the "Museum
Component"), and a park and related parking to be developed by the City on approximately
twenty-one (21) acres (the "Park Component"); and
WHEREAS, the MOU provides that each museum will develop its own facility, each on
approximately four (4) acres of land, and for the City to develop the Park Component; and
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2008, the City Commission passed and adopted Resolution No. 08
-0653, authorizing and directing the City Manager to negotiate and finalize the definitive documents
for the Museum Park Project directly with the MAM and MSM; and
WHEREAS, the definitive documents for the Project include the lease between the City and MAM
(the "MAM Lease"), the lease between the City and MSM (the "MSM Lease), a Development
Agreement among the City, MAM and MSM, for the development of the Museum Component and the
Park Component (the "Development Agreement") and a Management Agreement for the
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management of the Project (the "Management Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the City and the Museums have negotiated the terms of the MAM Lease and the
MSM Lease, and the form of the leases are attached hereto as "Attachment 1" and "Attachment 2",
respectively (collectively, the "Leases"); and
WHEREAS, the Leases provide that the execution of the development Agreement is a condition
precedent to the possession date under the Leases and failure to execute the Development
Agreement within 1 year from the effective date of the Leases may result in the termination of the
Leases; and
WHEREAS, the Leases include the parties' obligation to negotiate and execute a Management
Agreement as contemplated in the MOU; and
WHEREAS, the Leases provide for the City to grant certain easements described therein; and
WHEREAS, the Museums have advised the City that the Leases are an important element to
continue funding from Miami -Dade County under the Miami -Dade County Building Better
Communities General Obligation Bond Program.
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 terms, and the execution by the City Manager, of the MAM Lease, in substantially
the form attached hereto as "Attachment 1", and the MSM Lease, in substantially the form attached
hereto as "Attachment 2", to lease to each MAM and MSM approximately 4 acres of land in
Bicentennial Park, for the development of the Museum Component of the Museum Park Project is
hereby approved and authorized. The City Manager is further authorized to execute the easements
and related documents as particularly described in the Leases.{1}
Section 3. 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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