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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibitMUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION Miami Art Museum mia sm. TABLE OF CONTENTS P. 3 Overview p. 4 Highlights p. 6 Background P. 7 Guiding Principles p. 10 Economic Benefits p. 15 Educational Benefits p. 22 Community Outreach Benefits p. 28 Cultural Benefits p. 32 Acknowledgements MUSEUM PARK C..1kWNITY DGIVFITSCOMM,S. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE MUSEUM PARK COMHUMRY HEMHFITS COMMITTHE OVERVIEW The Museum Park Community Benefits Committee ("Committee") recommends that the stated benefits included herein be considered as part of the City of Miami Museum Park Community Benefits Agreement. COMMISSIONERS • DISTRICT 1: Angel Gonzalez • DISTRICT 2: Marc David Sarnoff • DISTRICT 3: Joe Sanchez, Chair • DISTRICT 4: Tomas Regalado • DISTRICT 5: Michelle Spence -Jones, Vice -Chair COMMISSION APPOINTEES • DISTRICT 1: Mariano Cruz • DISTRICT 2: Shane M. Graber, Chair • DISTRICT 3: Jose Alonso • DISTRICT 4: Linda Carroll • DISTRICT 5: Jerome Schiller, Vice -Chair HIGHLIGHTS By the very nature of their respective missions and non-profit status, the Miami Art Museum ("MAM") and the Miami Science Museum ("MiaSci") exist to serve and benefit the community -at -large. Accordingly, when considering the 99-year land lease contribution that the City of Miami ("City") will make to the Museums, it must be noted that the long-term community benefits are substantial. Concurrently, the re -location of the Museums to Museum Park will yield numer- ous near -term and immediate community benefits, including, but not limited to, the following "highlights": • 1,700 new jobs in the community with a $2 billion overall economic impact in the first decade. • $313 million in new construction at Museum Park within the City of Miami with at least 15% going to local businesses. • 111 new museum jobs in the City with a $7 million payroll increase Currently, 38% of existing museum jobs are held by City residents. • Hundreds of millions of additional tax revenue dollars for the City, from increased area property values, sales tax collection, and other business -generated revenues. MUSEUM PARK COMMUMT' BENEFITS COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED} • Increased Cultural Tourism to benefit the entire City, as downtown Miami emerges as a global cultural tourism destination. • 600,000 new visitors to Downtown Miami and Museum Park per year, helping to revitalize downtown and the park itself. • Nearly 40,000 City of Miami students will benefit from increased access to museum educational opportunities. • Improved Community Outreach to better inform City residents about the Museums, and increase resident collaboration with the Museums. • Increased Civic Pride for City residents, who will stand alongside other iconic global cities that boast world -class cultural amenities. A detailed summary of community benefits follow in this document, with a specific breakout of Economic, Educational, Community Outreach, and Cultural Benefits. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE BACKGROUND The recommendation was developed by the Museum Park Community Benefits Committee ("Committee"), in consultation with representatives from the Miami Art Museum ("MAM"), the Miami Science Museum ("MiaSci"), the City, and other community participants. All parties agreed that a strong public -private partnership would be the key to the success of Museum Park and the Museums. The City of Miami envisions Museum Park as an iconic public space, a world - class destination, a source of education and culture for the Miami community, and an economic engine. This recommendation takes these high-level concepts and translates them into specific, tangible benefits the City and its citizens will enjoy. The benefits described herein include the new benefits that the community will derive from the creation of the new Museums at Museum Park, as well as the considerable benefits already provided by the Museums, most of which would clearly increase by mere virtue of increased traffic and visibility made possible t the City's site -specific land donation. MUSEUM PARK coMnwurr eexcsns COmW.EE GUIDING PRINCIPLES KEY PRINCIPLES The Committee used the following criteria when evaluating which community benefits would be derived by locating the Museums at Museum Park; in other words, the Committee asked it Donating land to the Museums at Bicentennial/ Museum Park would. 1. Help achieve the goals of Museum Park, as set forth in the Park Fact Sheet*, by: a. Restoring the park's waterfront land to public use. b. Revitalizing downtown Miami and its surrounding neighborhoods. c. Building first-class educational and cultural resources for the region's residents and visitors. d. Affirming Greater Miami's unique geographic position and cultural role e. Strengthening the economy by contributing to tourism, the region's #1 industry. 2. Positively impact the city's most needy residents by providing accessibility, outreach and economic opportunity. 3. Help the Museums to expand their current benefits to the community by virt of the new locale. *http://www.miamidade.gov/mam/home-park-fact.asp MUSEUM PARK Ll gikEtltiEttt[ Etlttttt t tEL F E 4 ttktt�t` �ttttttttE lLLLd SBl tti.t L(:k EYY L!t LkE pt E6 tIE tIE EFtllEll N IIH Et Etlll EE IELB Oftl,tlitittiLlitbbutitkot • ttlitttNittl,t4 k4eee MUSEUM PARK C06.11/1411, "MORS COMM 'Et GUIDING PRINCIPLES (CONTINUED) KEY CONSIDERATIONS The Committee considered the following as part of the process: 1. The specific ideas and concerns previously raised by the City of Miami Commission. 2. The operational realities and resource/funding issues the Museums face, sucl- as securing new operational revenue streams to reduce or replace dependenc on recurring government subsidies and grants ; the Committee did not requesi that the Museums create new programs that would not be feasible, achievable, or sustainable. All proposed programs are subject to available funding. 3. The great value in leveraging the knowledge of the Committee itself, the City staff, the museums' representatives, and community volunteers. 4. The key focus was on MAM and MiaSci; while the City Commission's Resolution included the Historical Museum of South Florida ("HMSF") as par of Museum Park, its benefits were not specifically addressed, and should be considered as additional community benefits not included herein. GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONTINUED 5. That opening the Museums will play a critical role in generating interest in the Museum Park by putting into use an otherwise vacuous, isolated, and oddly -situated park by providing activities and attractions to draw visitors. • The Committee does not recommend that the Museums be held responsible for park maintenance outside of their specific facilities and sites, as the cost to do so ($2.5 million annual estimation) could jeopardize current and future funding of programs. Park maintenance is outside of the museum's core competencies (and it would be difficult for the Museums to raise funds to do so). • Instead, the Committee recommends that the City consider alternatives to fund the sustainable maintenance of the rest of Museum Park, including the expansion of the CRA, the establishment of a Trust or Park Conservancy and/or expanding the mission of the Bayfront Park Management Trust. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE ECONOMIC BENEFITS The immediate and short-term economic benefits derived from two new Museums at Museum Park can be estimated as follows: 1. Engine for Economic Benefit- According to the Museum Park Fact Sheet (Washington Group study; Miami -Dade County website), "over the course of the first decade, MAM and MiaSci will help generate over 1,700 new jobs in the community annually, with a $2 billion economic impact". 2. Construction Revenue in the City of Miami —The Museums will generate more than $313 million in new construction revenue, with a substantial portion awarded to local businesses. • MAM - estimated construction of building, landscaping, parking, hard and soft costs $130 million. • MiaSci - estimated construction cost for building, fit -out, landscaping, parking, and exhibitions is $183 million, excluding soft costs and contingency. • Both museums will award at least 15% of project design and construction work to county -recognized Community Business Enterprise (CBEs) and locally -based small businesses. • Both museums will cooperate with the City in staging job and contract workshops to educate City of Miami citizens, contractors, and vendors abc the Museum Park project. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY YENEFITS COMMITTEE ECONOMIC BENEFITS CONTINUED 3. Job Creation - The two museums' ongoing operations will total more than 111 new jobs in the City, representing an overall $7 millionincrease in annual payroll. Currently, 38% of existing museum jobs are heldby y residents, and city residents will be strongly encouraged to apply for all new museum jobs. Miami Art Museum • Currently, 43% of MAM's employees are City of Miami residents. This represents 27 out of 62 positions. • MAM expects to add over 40 full-time equivalent staff ("FTE"), nearly doubling its payroll - representing a $3 million increase over the museum's current payroll; City residents will be strongly encouraged to apply for all new MAM jobs. • The specific number/type of positions that will be direct hires or contractual will be evaluated on an ongoing basis, with overall increased jobs projectec as follows: • professional staff from 41 to 65 • office and clerical staff from 7 to 16 • security and maintenance staff from 9 to 19 MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY EENEGRS COMMITTEE ECONOMIC BENEFITS CONTINUED mia sot, • Currently, 35% of MiaSci's employees are City of Miami residents. This represents 26 out of 74 positions. • MiaSci expects to double its staff from 74 to 145 employees, nearly doubling its payroll from $4.5 million to $8.5 million annually; MiaSci jobs.iy residents will be strongly encouraged to apply for all new • Overall job growth projections are as follows: • Professional staff from 55 to 80 • Office and clerical staff from 17 to 38 • Security and maintenance staff from 5 to 27 operations of a • Additional outsourced jobs will be created though the o p restaurant and parking facility. 4. Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Additional Tax Revenues - Additional Tax Revenue with the greatest impact being on the City of Miami, due to the obvious positive impact to be realized in the areas immediately es, surrounding Museum Park, via increased real estate and sales tax among others. • "Cultural groups produce $5 in tax revenue for every $1 the county investE according to the report prepared by Miami -Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, The Impact of the Arts in Miami -Dade County: Creating a New Global Center; figures based on operational revenue. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE ECONOMIC BENEFITS (CONTINUED) 5. Tourism - Tourism prompted by the museums and Museum Park will provide t greater community with substantial economic benefits, especially within the Ci These benefits range from additional hospitality sector revenue to airport and hotel bookings to taxi passengers and restaurant and shopping expenditures. • Both museums have committed to work with the City to co -promote Museum Park and its amenities through joint marketing initiatives, including public relations, printed and media collaterals. • Cities like Bilbao, Spain, barely known worldwide before the construction of the Guggenheim Bilbao, demonstrate the tourist potential of world -class Museums, with about 1 million visitors to the museum per year. • The emergence of Miami as a premier art and cultural destination, primari driven by Art Basel's 40,000+ visitors, demonstrates the power of culture to drive tourism and shape a city's identity. • The proximity of Museum Park to the Port of Miami and Miami InternationE Airport, as well as its central location and vicinity to South Beach will facilitate the increased attendance by tourists; such attendance will only increase when visibility of the Museums is considered. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY EEHEFRS COMMITTEE ECONOMIC BENEFITS (CONTINUED) 6. Development of Downtown — The development of downtown as a vibrant urban center will be positively impacted. • Attendance at the Museums will bring 600,000 visitors to the developing new downtown. This does not include the "ripple effect" of incremental visitors that will consequently visit Museum Park itself. The potential economic impact of said visitors is considerable. • It cannot be overstated how important a role the Museums will play in leading to a successful activation of Museum Park by bringing a critical mass of users to the park, which might otherwise remain under-utilized, du to its an vacuous, isolated, and oddly -situated location. • Special events in Museum Park will bring additional visitors to downtown, including at night. • The presence of the Museums in Museum Park will promote a sense of safety and security in the park. • The addition of approximately 500 parking spaces for public use will attra more users to Museum Park and downtown Miami. 7. Quality Attracts Quality - By adding to the City's cultural assets, the Museums will help increase the City's ability to retain and recruit world-cla companies and future employers to the City. High quality of life tends to equate with positive economic momentum for a community. MUSEUM PARK CaMMUW1, BENEFITS COMMITTEE lea 1111111.1SFO Mr" MI, MIMI* sailor WWII"' MUSEUM PARK EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS Educational programming for all ages will increase. • 1. The following new or expanded programs will benefit public school students, including the nearly 40,000 public school students within the City of Miami. Miami Art Museum • Knight School Education Program —which will increase K-12 student acces from 6,500 to over 25,000 students annually (an increase of nearly 300%). • Currently, 2,600 (or 40% of the overall 6,500 students) are from the CI of Miami, which would equate to an increase to 9,000 City of Miami students (out of the overall 25,000 students) participating at the new location. • Nearly 3,000 City of Miami students in one elementary grade will be able participate in a shared introduction to modern and contemporary art as pE of the Knight School Education Program. • Nearly 8,000 City of Miami middle school students will be strongly encouraged to come to MAM on their own or with their parents through voucher or passport program for special age -appropriate programming, working with such agencies as PTAs, the Parent Academy, and religious othercommunity organizations. . • miami science museum MUSEUM PARK EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS (CONTINUED) • A smaller group of motivated students (200-250 students) will be able to partake in MAM's special programming and independent research program in collaboration with three high schools with a focus on art, design and/ or technology (such as Design and Architecture Senior High School, New World School of the Arts and William H. Turner Technical Arts High School) —this program is an extension of the current architecture project with DASH students. • MAM will host the annual Scholastic Art Awards and Exhibition in enhanced gallery facilities, showcasing the work of student artists in all Miami -Dade County Public School (MDCPS) grade 6-12 students, including City of Miami students, before it proceeds to national adjudication. • MAM will create a Professional Development Internship Program to teach advanced college and graduate students how Museums function as institutions, while providing practical work experience and on-the-job training. Each summer, up to ten internships will be offered in the Curatorial, Education, Development, Registrar, Communications, Operations and Special Events departments. • Free admission for children under 12 or with student identification. Co„M,.rt..E».FR, C0141111.FE APEX MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS (CONTINUED) mia scat- • MiaSci will expand its low income youth programs, as part of recently - awarded $2 million in new federal and state funding (1,475 students have already benefited to date). The programs include: • Raising Interest in Science & Engineering, aimed at engaging high school girls in engineering studies and careers. • IMPACT, helping low-income students prepare for secondary study and graduate from college with degrees in math, science and technology fields. • North Miami Senior Magnet Program. • MiaSci will expand its grant -funded Professional Development Programs (529 teachers were trained over the last year-428 teachers from MDCPS) Current programs will be expanded with new funding, including: • Apex Science —aimed at developing and implementing a training model that enhances the capacity of after -school programs. • GET SET —a science magnet program partnership with Shenandoah Middle School and Southside Elementary, including ongoing science investigations by students. • PD3—which provides training to Master Trainers on a PDA based observation tool for science and math for rollout statewide. • Superintendents Urban Principal Initiative —an innovative retired principal mentoring program. EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS (CONTINUED) • MiaSci will expand its Learning Research Projects, along with an envisioned Research Learning Center at the new MiaSci, which will help to further cement Miami as an international research center. Further funding -contingent expansion is planned over the next several years, to expand several programs, including: • Early Childhood Hands -On Science - a national research project which develops a comprehensive science -based early childhood curriculum and teacher training. • Heart Smart - a University of Miami research study to determine whether a museum -based health exhibit and related materials are effective in increasing cardiovascular health knowledge among 10th graders. • Elementary Student Teacher Enhancement Program for Science - to strengthen supervising teachers' science content knowledge, while preparing future teachers to implement standards - based science instruction. • Science and Math/Spanish Language Media - a cross-country collaboration with University of California at Berkeley. MUSEUM PARK EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS (CONTINUED) • MiaSci will expand its student education programs, increasing access from 50,000 students to 90,000 students annually. It is assumed that the Museum Park percentages for City of Miami students will approximate those of a blockbuster year at the current site. At the blockbuster percentage (49.8%), the increase would be 16,300 City students per year. Even if the City student percentages decrease to 45%, the increase in visits is estimated at 11,950 City students annually. Student education programs include: • Education Access Program —which provides free admission to low-income groups served by social service organizations. • School Groups/Field Trips. • Summer Camp Visits. • Magnet School Programs. • In-depth Educational Programs. • Parent Academy and PTA Events. • Family Oriented Special Events. • Wildlife Outreach Program. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY YENEFITS COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS (CONTINUED) • MiaSci will expand free access to summer and other camps on -site and at other locations in the community. These programs current serve over 1,000 scholarship -funded children annually, and would expand with funding, to include two additional off -site summer camp satellites within three years, including City of Miami students. • Local grant money award benefit - millions of dollars in federal and state grant money awarded to MiaSci represent educational and economic investments that would otherwise be allocated elsewhere in the state and country. The new Museum Park building location should increase the ability to bring these external government investment dollars to the City of Miami. • Current MiaSci internships will continue and expand, including: • Wildlife Center Volunteers-32 volunteer internships were provided in the 2007/2008 season; MiaSci aims to increase this to 50 internships annually. • The Planetarium - which accepts up to 5 MDCPS interns annually plus 5-10 summer interns/volunteers; MiaSci also aims to increase these positions with expanded staffing and funding resources. • MiaSci laboratories and new technical facilities will be used to develop programs corresponding to the need for a strong technical and scientific workforce, contingent on funding that MiaSci will actively pursue. MUSEUM PARK car+u.m BENEFITS cowHmee EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS (CONTINUED) • Free admission programs ---motivated students will have access regardless of their ability to pay. • MiaSci will promote its grant -funded free events and programs for children. Free access programs served 5,600 in the current year; the free monthly Star Show served more than 4,000 people last year; free monthly lectures served thousands of people over the past year. Museum will seek funding to double free access programs to nearly 20,000 children. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY OUTREACH BENEFITS 1. Community -based programming will increase. Miami Art Museum • Community Center Outreach will increase from 60 to 100 sites annually, benefiting 6,500 young people-50% of which live in the City of Miami. This includes programs like MAM in the Neighborhood, Art Caravan, Brick by Brick, Community Conversations and others. Sites will include the Little Haiti Cultural Center, The Overtown Youth Center, The Barnyard in Coconut Grove, and others recommended by City Commissioners and other civic leaders. • Currently, 55% of these outreach sites are in the City of Miami, which would mean that outreach site events benefiting City of Miami residents will increase to from 42 to 55. • The Little Haiti Cultural Center Pilot Program will serve as a model for other community centers partnerships, working with staff and artists at the Center and interested neighborhood residents to develop art education programs tha will benefit the community, such as after -school and summer programs. • The MAM in the Neighborhood summer program will be expanded to increas attendance by 50% at the new Museum Park facility — increasing from 4,500 to 6,500 participants during the season. • 40% of these participants are City of Miami children, which would mean a increase from 1,800 to 2,600 City children to benefit annually. MUSEUM PARK COMMOMOT EIMER'S COMMITTEE COMMUNITY OUTREACH BENEFITS CONTINUED • MAM will continue to be responsive to programming requests initiated and funded by City Commissioners and civic leaders (for example, Wynwood Latin Art and Music Festival, October 25, 2008). • MAM will expand its neighborhood outreach across the City of Miami with at least six additional Community Conversations (free public informational events on MAM's program and Museum Park), such as those previously n Youthld in Center. Downtown Miami, at the Tower Theater, and at the Overtown sci°- • School and Community Outreach Programs will be expanded—in community MiaSci visited 93 schools, went to 150 community cent er fairs, and presented to over 10,000 students for the Wildlife Outreach program alone. • Arts for Learning and Family Learning Partnership will be expanded —to date, this program has served 700+ children at 9 parks; it will be expanded to include all City Parks, with funding the museum will actively pursue. • Community Consultations will increase—MiaSci will expand d its puble ic as it informational events to inform and garner the feedback relates to the new Museums. MUSEUM PARK CONNNNfrf •ENFFTTS COMMITTEE COMMUNE OUTREACH BENEFIT'S ' Community PartnershipCONTINUED as the Flecla Initiatives will ex oration project, re -forestation ex—thisincludes planting asc part of anprograms such environmental aim to expand into • of mangroves increase native tree more emphasis, given p innovative people to be the the new waterfront location, on arine initiatives aware of with an importance of these issues, order to enable 2. Community access will increase More visitors - Museumover 6©0,COO visitors Park Museums annually are expected to visit the downtown• J MAllt1's annual attendance is expected to increase fourfold in with an estimated increase from• 60,000 to 200,000 visitorsMuseum Park MiaSci expects to annually double annual visitors from 200,000 to 400,000. 000. MUSEUMA COMMUNITY OUTREACH BENEFITS (CONTINUED) Lower cost: Miami Art Museum • Admission will be free for children under 12 or with student identification. • Senior Citizens currently pay half-price every day; they will continue to pay reduced admission fees in the new facility. • County and City employees will be invited to become museum members at a discounted rate of $5 off memberships valued below $100 and $10 off memberships valued above $100. mia scar! • MiaSci will offer 15% off regular ticket price and membership to all Miami -Dade residents. • MiaSci will continue to offer 15% off regular ticket price to all Miami -Dade County schools, as part of a newly -funded initiative as of October 24, 2008. • MiaSci will continue to offer reduced price for entry to museum for partnersh events (e.g. annual Big Brothers Big Sisters event, Parent Academy), providing access to 10,000 participants. MUSEUM PARK MUSEUM PARK eawMuortr IIENEFvs COMMITTEE COMMUNITY OUTREACH BENEFITS (CONTINUED) More accessibility: • MAM and MiaSci will increase universal design/disability features (such as cell phone tours, image -enhancing equipment, audio -translation devices and other technologies), going beyond Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, in the new museum facilities. More time: • MAM's open hours will increase by 20 hours monthly in Museum Park. • MiaSci will expand evening hours. More meeting spaces available: • MAM and MiaSci classrooms, theater, lobby, galleries and planetarium will continue to be available at 50% off for non-profit organizations, with one evening a week open for community groups; this will be greatly expanded in the new location with increased demand. • MAM and MiaSci theaters and planetarium will continue to be available for award ceremonies at 50% off once a year per non-profit organization, subject to availability; this will be greatly expanded in the new location with increase demand. • MAM and MiaSci will continue to provide one facility (theater, gallery, planetarium, etc) provided free of rental charge for five City events and five County events per year. COMMUNITY OUTREACH BENEFITS (CONTINUED) 3. Museum Park will be promoted community -wide, increasing outreach, attendance, and ultimately, the cultural and educational breadth of the community. • MAM and MiaSci at Museum Park will utilize their own digital/media resources, while leveraging the City of Miami's support departments (Parks and Recreation, NET Offices, Commissioner's Offices, Office of Communications, General Services Administration) to better educate and involve City residents with the Museums. • MAM and MiaSci will research and produce an awareness DVD highlighting the museum's resources for free distribution in the community. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE CULTURAL BENEFITS 1. Miami's civic profile and pride will he enhanced. • The addition of two new world -class Museums as part of a world -class park; will elevate the civic and cultural profile and pride of Miami worldwide. • The planning and construction of the Museums will provide unique professional opportunities for local businesses and individuals involved in the process, including opportunities for mentoring by world -class professionals. Miami Art Museum 2. Miami and its visitors will have more access to more art and more science. • New world -class facilities will attract better permanent collection donation and exhibition loans, as has been seen in similar museum expansion project internationally. • The new building will allow selections from MAM's growing permanent collection to be consistently on view, allowing local visitors to form a bett€ relationship with the museum and its collection. teaching ame esource for e permanent collection can become an invaluable local educators. MUSEUM PARK EOHNu.m .cNEcrts COMMITTEE CULTURAL BENEFITS CONTINUED • MAM's new classrooms will allow for increased art experiences in art education year-round. • With its new Media Lab in the Museum Park facility, MAM will be able to create interpretive and hands-on programs related to its media -based contemporary art exhibitions and permanent collections works. • MAM's new multi -use theater and increased evening hours will nenable anthe museum to offer additional and enriched public programs for adults teacher and artist workshops. • MAM will use all new outdoor spaces including the museum plaza, portico, waterfront park and sculpture garden as sites for education programs and teaching resources. • MAM has hired an internationally -recognized sustainability engineer to assist in the development of an environmentally-sensitive design that significantly exceeds the standards for art museums regionally d nationally. • MAM has started discussions with FPL to ensure awareness of opportunities for alternative energy systems in the new building. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE MUSEUM PARK tOMMUNITY ...FITS COMMIT. CULTURAL BENEFITS (CONTINUED) mia scit7 • MiaSci plans new waterfront -related educational programming to raise awareness of the Florida environment, including enhanced displays and an aquarium. • MiaSci will expand their Energy Playground and Energy Galleries in its new sustainable building. The museum will design and build the initial phase of tI Energy Playground at the existing site this year, and will expand it at the new location. • MiaSci green LEED building will incorporate a sustainability policy and implementation. • MiaSci will integrate a wide range of art works, reflecting its arts science policy. This would include both international and local artists. • MiaSci has started discussions with FPL to ensure awareness of opportunities for alternative energy systems in the new building. 3. Local Artists will get more visibility and other benefits at the new M • MAM actively collects the work of local artists. The permanent collection features 111 works by 55 South Florida artists, which account for nearly 2E of the total number of artists represented in the collection. MAM will continue to actively pursue work by local artists. CULTURAL BENEFITS CONTINUED • The increased gallery space in Museum Park will allow MAM to highlight loca artists from the permanent collection within the context of international contemporary art year-round. • For example, MAM has 11 permanent collection works by local artistPervis Young which it is committed to exhibiting more extensively ly in the new of a building at Museum Park. MAM will begin research andPent Pervis Young exhibition and accompanying scholarly publication • MAM currently employs more than 15 local artists in various museum departments and will increase the number of working artists involved in its new facilities at Museum Park. • In partnership with other local arts organizations like Legal Art, MAM will continue to develop and offer workshops to assist artists in their professional endeavors. • MAM will offer free membership to living artists in its p rme into the nt collection. A MAM membership allows admission-freeto members' previews tranc Museum for an entire year, complimentary invitations as well as a subscription to the MAM Portrait quarterly magazine. MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY EEMERTS COMMITTEE MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTE MUSEUM PARK COMMUNITY eENErrtE COMMITTEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Committee Chair would like to acknowledge and express gratitude to the following for their dedication and selfless efforts in making this report possible: • Janet Altman, community volunteer, who acted as the Committee's stsignature ategiic project facilitator. Janet's keen acumen, calm -yet -commanding presence, andg cr le were invaluable in keeping the commi�ee ofaceted and talenmoving tedforward. group, representative of • Committee Members, a dedicated, ult the City of Miami's strength and diversity, who devoted their time, energy and intellect to this project. The Committee convened six times over a four month period, spending countless hours in collaborative meetings and on residents should be proud of theirt heir own for this project. Their respective appointing Commissioners and district representative's contributions. • City of Miami Staff, which is second to none in terms of a Professionalism, Lopez,lli5m, urgency, Hamiln and attention to details; contributors include Roger T. Hernst Hicks, Denise Wallace, Robin Jones -Jackson, and Mayren Franco. • MAM Staff, including Terence Riley, Peter Karp, Brooke Minto, Jose Garcia, Chipi Morales and Mayra Suarez. • MiaSci Staff, including Gillian Thomas, Frank Steslow, and Sheldon Roy. • Tim Schmand, executive director, Bayfront Park Management nt Trustal and butions. • Glenda Kenny, communityMiami Sports ii Exhibition Authority, for volunteerlinstitutional for lending technical expertise in preparing the initial data collection template for the museums. • Wendy Golding, community volunteer, for contributingt rif nl rideaseport aend challenging perspectives at committee meeting and as p ng. • Fannie Young, community volunteer and City of Miami resident, for critical final report editing and strategic review. from • Contributing agency, Maverick Digital (with clients intheCity ceafi ii e i , g andd sign Eric Sandell, and partners Todd Tilley and Duncan Horner, for editing the final presentation.