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Resolution R-22-0098
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 11586 Final Action Date: 3/10/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS,
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE AMENDMENT
AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0262 ADOPTED ON JUNE 24,
2021, REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS, AND MAINTENANCE
PROJECT AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND ATHLETIC TRACK IN THE CITY
OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") MOORE PARK LOCATED AT 765 NORTHWEST 36
STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, MADE BY THE ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE,
INC. ("OBC") AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA CFPNCG HOST COMMITTEE, LLC
("HOST COMMITTEE"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, THAT INCLUDES AN INITIAL MATCHING CONTRIBUTION
FROM THE CITY OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00)
TO BE MADE ON A FIFTY/FIFTY PERCENT (50/50%) BASIS WITH THE
OBC'S INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($100,000.00), COMMEMORATIVE DONOR SIGNAGE AND PLAQUES, AND
NO REQUIREMENT OF GENERAL CONTRACTOR BONDING FOR WORK
UNDER ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000.00);
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HOST COMMITTEE, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, CONSISTENT WITH THE
AUTHORIZATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN AND RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0262;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AND
APPROPRIATE THE CITY'S MATCH TO OBC AND GRANT TO THE HOST
COMMITTEE IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000.00) SUBJECT TO ALL
APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY APPROVALS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-08-0646 adopted November 13, 2008, the
City of Miami ("City") and the Orange Bowl Committee Inc.'s ("OBC") related entity, OBC Moore
Park LLC, entered into a grant project cooperation agreement, attached and incorporated as
Exhibit "A", for Project B-30625 for OBC Moore Park LLC to undertake the construction of a
football stadium including interior track and field facilities at the City's Moore Park located at 765
Northwest 36 Street, Miami, Florida ("Moore Park") as the Orange Bowl Legacy Gift Project B-
30625 ("2008 Legacy Project"); and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021, the Miami City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-
21-0262 regarding an update of the 2008 Legacy Project by the OBC in connection with the
2021 College Football Program National Championship through its recipient South Florida
CFPNCG Host Committee, LLC ("Host Committee") in order to improve, repair, and maintain the
football field and athletic track facilities at Moore Park involving (i) athletic track resurfacing,
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restriping, repairs, and improvements, (ii) new football field turf, (iii) a nine (9) year field
maintenance plan as well as field fluff treatment, and (iv) miscellaneous improvements such as
replacing signage in the press box, scoreboard, bleacher tarps, and other repairs (collectively,
"2021 Legacy Project'); and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-21-0262, pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the
City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), after a duly noticed public hearing, by a four -
fifths (4/5) affirmative vote, ratified, approved, and confirmed the findings and determinations of
the City Manager that competitive bidding was not practicable or advantageous to the City in
order for the City to allow the OBC to undertake the 2021 Legacy Project at Moore Park,
whereby the OBC was to grant an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) for the 2021 Legacy Project, the City was to provide a reimbursement match (on
a fifty percent (50%) reimbursement basis) in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00) to the OBC, and the City was to provide a reimbursement grant not to
exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to the College Football Program
National Championship through its recipient Host Committee, all in connection with the 2021
Legacy Project, and waived competitive bidding therefor; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-21-0262 authorized the City Manager to negotiate and
execute, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, a cooperative project grant agreement
("Agreement") with OBC and the Host Committee, and all other necessary documents,
modifications, extensions, renewals, and amendments thereto, all in forms acceptable to the
City Attorney, in order for OCB to direct, supervise, manage, and otherwise be responsible for
the undertaking of the 2021 Legacy Project; to allow OCB to select qualified, licensed, bonded,
certified, and insured private sector contractors for improvements, repairs, and maintenance
constituting the 2021 Legacy Project; for the OBC entities to indemnify the City; and to
document for proper governmental accounting, reporting, and auditing purposes the 2021
Legacy Project's OBC Grant, the City's match, and the related public purpose benefits occurring
within the City from the 2021 College Football Program National Championship for the City
Grant to the Host Committee; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-21-0262 further authorized the City Manager to budget,
allocate, and appropriate the City's match to OBC and grant to the Host Committee in a total
amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) by separate
legislation; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement authorized by Resolution No. R-21-0262 would be the
amendment ("Amendment") to the project cooperation agreement authorized and executed
pursuant to Resolution No. R-08-0646; and
WHEREAS, the Amendment between the City and the OBC has not yet been executed
and the parties now wish to modify the terms; and
WHEREAS, the CITY and OBC would like the City to make an initial matching
contribution of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) following the execution of the
Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the CITY and OBC would like the initial OBC contribution and the initial City
funding, each in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), to be distributed
on an equal Fifty/Fifty percent (50/50%) basis; and
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WHEREAS, the CITY and OBC would like 2021 Legacy Project to include
commemorative donor signage including, but not limited to, in the press box, on the scoreboard,
in two (2) concession buildings and commemorative plaques; and
WHEREAS, the City and OBC would like no work under One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00) to require bonding of the general contractor; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City's best interest to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute an Amendment, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the modified terms
stated herein.
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
hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to negotiate and execute an
Amendment with OBC, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, that includes the following
terms in addition to the authorizations provided in Resolution No. R-21-0262: (i) the City is to
make an initial matching contribution of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) following
the execution of the Amendment; (ii) the initial OBC contribution and the initial City funding,
each in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), are to be distributed on
an equal Fifty/Fifty percent (50/50%) basis; (iii) the 2021 Legacy Project is to include
commemorative donor signage including, but not limited to, in the press box, on the scoreboard,
in two (2) concession buildings and commemorative plaques; and (iv) no work under One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) is to require bonding of the general contractor.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized1 to negotiate and execute an
agreement with the Host Committee, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, consistent with
the authorizations contained herein and Resolution No. R-21-0262.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized1 to allocate and appropriate the City's
match to OBC and a grant to the Host Committee in a total amount not to exceed Seven
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00), subject to all appropriate budgetary approvals.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
,:r— z, City )ttor ey 3/30/2022
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
City of Miami
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