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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
IN THE CITY OF MIAMI-OWNED BICENTENNIAL PARK, IN AN AMOUNT UP TO
$548,375; 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, 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.
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 in Bicentennial Park ("Project")
and has determined the initial cost to be $2,568,874;
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has previously awarded to MMOS a grant in the amount
of $2,151,625, to cover a portion of the Project 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"),
Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, by passage of this Resolution, will authorize the final allocation
of City funds in an amount up to $548,375, 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; and
WHEREAS, the Original Grant Agreement and the Amendments provide 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
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WHEREAS, funds for this purpose are available from Capital Improvement Project No. B-78502A,
entitled "Museum Of Science -Development of Bicentennial Park," under the Homeland Defense -
Neighborhood Improvement 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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. A grant to MMOS to support the development 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 Improvement 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 with MMOS (the "Original Grant Agreement"), in substantially the
attached form, to increase the funding under the Original Grant Agreement, as amended, from
$2,151,625 to up to $2,700,000 for said purpose and in compliance with the Homeland Defense
Neighborhood Improvement 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
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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