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Resolution
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File Number: 12-00012 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM AMONG THE
CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), THE MIAMI SPORTS AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY
AND THE FRIENDS OF MIAMI MARINE STADIUM, INC., A 501(C) 3 NON-PROFIT
CORPORATION, ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN A
PUBLIC -PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO PLAN, APPLY FOR GRANTS
AND FUNDING, AND IMPLEMENT THE RENOVATION, OPERATION AND PUBLIC
USE OF THE MIAMI MARINE STADIUM TO BE REDEVELOPED ON VIRGINIA
KEY, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, there is a strong movement to rehabilitate the Miami Marine Stadium and its
surrounding Biscayne bay basin and uplands (collectively "Stadium") as a recreational and cultural site
in the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the City, the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority ("MSEA") and the Friends of Miami
Marine Stadium, Inc., a 501(C)3 non-profit corporation ("Friends") will work in a public -private
partnership to implement the restoration and public use of the Stadium; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to work with MSEA and Friends for a period of up to four (4) years
during which time Friends, in consultation with the Steering Committee, as defined below, will plan,
apply for grants and funding, implement the renovation, overall development and public use of the
Stadium as provided in the Miami Marine Park portion of the Virginia Key Master Plan, approved by
the City Commission in July 2010 (the "Public -Private Partnership"); and
WHEREAS, the City intends to form a Steering Committee ("Committee") for the Stadium to
advise the City Manager as to the direction to be taken with regard to the various elements of the
Virginia Key Master Plan and Miami Marine, Park; and
WHEREAS, the Committee shall further advise MSEA and Friends and is to be tasked with the
objectives of assisting Friends to identify, in a holistic manner, the uses that over time can maximize
the utilization of the Stadium and, at the same time, appropriately maximize the economic benefit of
the redevelopment of this public area for the City and its residents; and
WHEREAS, the City is providing assistance to the Committee as detailed in the attached
Memorandum' of Understanding ("MOU" ), for purposes of furthering the Public -Private Partnership,
and
WHEREAS, the Committee for the Stadium will consist of a nine member task force led by the
- - City's-Planning Director to -assist and advise Friends as to Friends' conduct of the evaluations needed
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for all aspects of the Stadium Project, as defined in the MOU; and
WHEREAS, the Committee members will serve for a designated time period with no compensation
and Florida Sunshine laws willfully apply to the Committee; and
WHEREAS, the evaluation area for the Committee will encompass the area surrounding the
Stadium, from the westernmost tip of Virginia Key, where the Rusty Pelican is located, to the
easternmost point of, and is inclusive of, the basin in front of the Stadium, all as depicted as the Miami
Marine Park portion of the Virginia Key Master Plan, approved by the City Commission on July 2010;
and
WHEREAS, the City, MSEA, and Friends, in the Public -Private Partnership working through the
Committee, grants to Friends the sole and exclusive rights and responsibilities to plan, design, ,
renovate, and program use of the Stadium, consisting of the Marine Stadium, the floating stage,
parking area, the entrance way and other areas as the Committee may recommend, including but not
limited to, the public park east of the Stadium and an area of approximately three acres west of the
Stadium, as depicted in the Miami Marine Park portion of the approved Virginia Key Master Plan and
as depicted in Exhibit A to the MOU; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to ratify, consent to, and approve the City's participation
in the Public -Private Partnership, execution of the MOU, and implementation of the Marine Stadium
Project with MSEA and Friends; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THECITY 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 execute a Memorandum of Understanding, in
substantially the attached form, among the City, MSEA and Friends, establishing the City's
participation in a public -private partnership in order for Friends, in consultation with the Committee, to
plan, apply for grants and funding, and implement the renovation and public use of the Stadium to be
redeveloped on Virginia Key, Miami, Florida.
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
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Footnotes:
{1) The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, 'including"butnot'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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