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File Number: 12-01340 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING A GRANT TO THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, INC. D/B/A MIAMI
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND PLANETARIUM ("MMOS"), TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SCIENCE MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM FACILITY
("PROJECT") IN THE CITY OF MIAMI-OWNED BICENTENNIAL PARK, IN AN
AMOUNT UP TO $548,375 FOR CAPITAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT;
ALLOCATING SAID FUNDS FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO.
B-78502A, ENTITLED "MUSEUM OF SCIENCE -DEVELOPMENT IN
BICENTENNIAL PARK"; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3 TO THE EXISTING PROJECT CO-OPERATION
AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED, WITH MMOS (COLLECTIVELY, "GRANT
AGREEMENT"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, TO INCREASE THE
FUNDING UNDER THE GRANT AGREEMENT FROM AN AMOUNT OF $2,151,625
TO AN AMOUNT UP TO $2,700,000, FOR SAID PURPOSE AND IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS BOND PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the science museum was founded in 1949 by the Junior League of Miami, a private
non-profit organization, and is operated today by the Museum of Science, Inc. d/b/a Miami Museum of
Science & Planetarium ("MMOS") on property owned by Miami -Dade County; and
WHEREAS, MMOS is developing a new science museum facility (the "Project") in Bicentennial
Park located within and owned by the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the Project has previously been approved as eligible for funding from the City's
multiple series of Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Capital Improvement Projects Bonds issued in
2002, 2007, and 2009 (collectively, the "Bonds"), which Bonds were approved by referendum of the
voters in November 2001 to provide funding for the City's Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Capital
Improvement Projects Bond Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the City has previously awarded to MMOS from the Program's bond funding a grant in
the amount of $2,151,625, to cover a portion of the Project's capital costs pursuant to Resolutions No.
05-0416, adopted July 7, 2005, No. 08-0172, adopted March 27, 2008 and No. 09-0370, adopted July
23, 2009; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the $2,151,625 grant, the City and MMOS have previously entered
into a Project Cooperation Agreement dated July 21, 2005 (the "Original Grant Agreement"), as
amended by Amendment No. 1, effective April 9, 2008, and Amendment No. 2, effective August 2,
2009 (collectively, the "Grant Agreement'); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, by passage of this Resolution, will authorize the final allocation
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of City bond funding for the Project in an amount up to $548,375, (for a total amount of $2,700,000)
and will further authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment Number 3 to the Original Grant
Agreement, in substantially the attached form ("Amendment No. 3"), for this purpose in connection
with capital components of the River of Grass Early Learning Exhibition and the Museum Drive access
road for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Grant Agreement provides for MMOS and its successors to maintain public access
to facilities developed, and that said facilities will be publicly owned; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds and determines that proper use of this additional $548,375
allocation will primarily benefit the general public and serves a paramount public purpose; and
WHEREAS, funds for this purpose are available from Capital Improvement Project No. B-78502A,
entitled "Museum Of Science -Development of Bicentennial Park," under the 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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. A grant to MMOS to support the development of capital components of a new science
museum and planetarium facility in the City -owned Bicentennial Park, in an amount up to $548,375,
approved by a referendum of the voters in November, 2001, as a specified project in the Homeland
Defense/Neighborhood Capital Improvement Projects Bond Program, is authorized, with funds
allocated from Capital Improvement Project No. B-78502A, entitled "Museum Of Science -Development
of Bicentennial Park"
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute Amendment Number 3 to the existing
Project Co-operation Agreement, as previously amended, with MMOS (collectively, the "Grant
Agreement"), in substantially the attached form, to increase the funding under the Grant Agreement
from $2,151,625 to up to $2,700,000 for said purpose and in compliance with the Homeland
Defense/Neighborhood Capital Improvement Projects Bond Program.
Section 4. 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
city of Miami
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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 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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