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Resolution R-23-0007
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 13001 Final Action Date: 1/12/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ACCEPTING,
ALLOCATING, BUDGETING, AND APPROPRIATING GRANT FUNDS FROM
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL
RESOURCES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) ("GRANT FUNDS") FOR MARQUEE,
SIGNAGE, AND INTERIOR REPAIR OF THE OLYMPIA/GUSMAN THEATER
LOCATED AT 174 EAST FLAGLER STREET, MIAMI; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") REQUIRED MATCH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) ("CITY MATCH") AS PART
OF OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 40-B70100, AND
INCLUSION OF THE GRANT FUNDS AND THE CITY MATCH IN THE CITY'S
CAPITAL PLAN; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY RENEWALS,
EXTENSIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, ALL IN
FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is the fee simple titleholder of the
Olympia/Gusman Theater located at 174 East Flagler Street, Miami, Florida ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, the City is undertaking improvements to the Property including, but not
limited to, restoring a minimum of twenty-five (25) windows, interior walls, interior ceilings, and
floors, along with repainting interior common areas, wood doors, and frames, restoring two (2)
theater marquees, upgrading electrical wiring and lighting, and replacing and/or repairing interior
directional signage and Carrera marble in the box office; and
WHEREAS, the Olympia/Gusman Theater Interior Repair, Marquee and Signage Project
("Project"), which is part of the City's Office of Capital Improvements Project No. 40-B70100,
has been awarded funding from the Florida Department of State Division of Historical
Resources ("State") in a total amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000)
("Grant Funds") under State grant number 23.h.sc.100.078; and
WHEREAS, the State will enter a Grant Agreement ("Agreement") pursuant to Line Item
3165A, contained in the 2023 General Appropriations Act, HB5001, Laws of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the State's funding is contingent upon a City match in an amount not to
exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) ("City Match") of which twenty-five percent
(25%) must be cash on hand; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City to accept, allocate, budget, and
appropriate the Grant Funds and to authorize the City Match, both to be included in the City's
Capital Plan; and
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WHEREAS, it is also in the best interest of the City to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an Agreement and any renewals, extensions, modifications, and
amendments thereto, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purposes for the
Project;
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. Grant Funds in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000) from the State's Division of Historical Resources are hereby accepted, allocated,
budgeted, and appropriated for the Project and shall be included in the City's Capital Plan.
Section 3. The City Match in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000) is hereby authorized and shall be included in the City's Capital Plan.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute an Agreement and
any renewals, extensions, modifications, and amendments thereto, all in forms acceptable to
the City Attorney, for said purpose the Project.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Attor ey 12/29/2022
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.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) 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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