HomeMy WebLinkAbout2098 Bid Waiver MemoKen Russell
Board Chair
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Jason Walker
Executive Director
TO: Board Chair Ken Russell and
Members of the CRA Board
FROM: Jason Walker
Executive Director
DATE: February 15, 2017
SUBJECT: Recommendations and
findings to waive competitive
negotiations procedures per City
Code, authorizing the execution of a
Professional Services Agreement
with PopLife Entertainment Group,
LLC, for social media programming
and operational services in the pre -
activation of approximately seven (7)
acre of FDOT owned land, within the
CRA, to serve as an urban
community park and venue setting
BACKGROUND
The Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment
Agency ("CRA") is responsible for carrying out community redevelopment activities and projects
within its redevelopment area in accordance with the 2009 CRA Redevelopment Plan ("Plan").
On September 13, 2016, the CRA approved and adopted Resolution No. CRA-R-16-0042,
adopting the City of Miami's procurement ordinance as the process in which any and all services
and goods are procured by the CRA.
POPLIFE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC ("PopLife"), possesses a unique and highly
specialized expertise in the creation, development, and implementation of social media
programming services. PopLife's expertise is more specifically defined by them being able to pre -
activate public spaces, such as the FDOT owned land within the CRA, and branding it as an
alternative urban venue. PopLife is an event hosting group based in the City of Miami ("City"),
which has vast experience in artistic and musical programming of varying scope and sizes in "up-
and-coming" urban areas in and around the City.
PopLife frequently collaborates with local not for profit organizations such as the Rhythm
Foundation, the Perez Miami Art Museum and the City's Artime Theater, with the goal of
supporting the community in which they live and work.
OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
1401 N. Miami Ave 2nd Floor Miami, FL 33136
Tel (305) 679-6868
POPLIFE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC
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RECOMMENDATION
In light of the above mentioned background information and in addition to PopLife's commitment
to the principles identified in the CRA's plan to reduce slum and blight, and in consideration of the
Executive Director's pledge to allocate grant funding to further the plan and activate the area, an
approval of a bid waiver is recommended.
A waiver of the formal requirements of the competitive sealed bidding methods as not being
practicable or advantageous to the CRA as set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, as amended,
specifically Sections 18-85 (a), and the affirmation of these written findings and the forwarding of
the same to the Board of Commissioners of the Omni Redevelopment District Community
Redevelopment Agency for ratification by a four -fifths (4/5th) vote is respectfully requested.
OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY of the CITY of MIAMI
1401 N. Miami Ave / 2nd Floor / Miami, FL 33136
Tel.: (305) 679-6868