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File Number: 09-01331 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION REQUESTING THAT IF
SIGNIFICANT DELAY OCCURS IN THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE'S
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, THE MIAMI ART MUSEUM USE THE SPACE
LEASED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI TO THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, AS A
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION STAGING AREA, TO ALLOW THE
BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST ("TRUST") TO CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE EVENTS AT BICENTENNIAL PARK, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE TRUST AT THE OCTOBER 27, 2009 TRUST
MEETING.
WHEREAS, the Bayfront Park Management Trust ("Trust") was created by the Miami City
Commission to direct, operate, manage and maintain all aspects of Bayfront and Bicentennial Parks to
ensure maximum community participation; and
WHEREAS, the Trust has managed Bicentennial Park, which has become an internationally
recognized location for events ranging from Cirque du Soleil to concerts featuring Kid Rock, the Black
Eyed Peas and many more; and
WHEREAS, in preparation for the construction of the Miami Art Museum ("MAM") and the Miami
Science Museum ("MSM") (collectively, the "Museums") in the future Museum Park, the City of Miami
authorized the Museums to use, as a construction staging zone, an area that significantly inhibits the
Trust's ability to hold events at Bicentennial Park; and
WHEREAS, the present economic climate diminishes the likelihood that the Museums will be
constructed simultaneously; and
WHEREAS, the location of the proposed MSM is immediately adjacent to the MAM location; and
WHEREAS, the use of the MSM site for MAM's construction staging area will free up significant
areas of the Bicentennial Park, enabling the Trust to continue to produce events at the Park; and
WHEREAS, at the Trust meeting of October 27, 2009, the Trust passed a resolution requesting
the Miami City Commission to approve and request that Museums agree that if construction of MSM is
significantly delayed, MAM be permitted to use the MSM site as MAM's construction staging area,
thereby allowing the Trust to continue producing events at Bicentennial Park;
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.
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Section 2. The Miami City Commission requests that if significant delay occurs in the MSM's
construction schedule, MAM use the space leased to the MSM, as a temporary construction staging
area, to allow the Trust to continue to produce events at Bicentennial Park, in accordance with a
resolution passed by the Trust at the October 27, 2009, Trust meeting.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY r.
Footnotes:
{1} 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
immediate upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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