HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-16-0065 Bid Waiver MemoOMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Board Chair Ken Russell and Members of the CRA Board
FROM: Jason Walker, Executive Director — Omni CRA
DATE: November 13, 2016
RE: Recommendations and findings to waive competitive negotiation
procedures per City Code for the authorization and execution of a
Professional Services Agreement with Urban Implementation LLC, to
create and implement a pre -activation community park on
approximately seven (7) acres of FDOT owned land.
BACKGROUND
URBAN IMPLEMENTATION, LLC ("U.I."); possesses unique and highly specialized
expertise in the design, development, and implementation of temporary use projects intended
to reduce urban slum and blight. U.I. is a pre -vitalization urban redevelopment consulting firm
based in Downtown Miami, with extensive experience in pre -activation use projects on
dilapidated and vacant properties, with a focus on art installations, murals, landscape design,
U.I. has vast experience in implementing projects of varying scopes, specifically by re -purposing
public property in and around the downtown Miami area. The downtown area poses unique
conerns and considerations, particularly in the design arena of pre -activation uses. The CRA
wishes to retain U.I. in order to design and erect the pre -activation park on seven (7) acres of
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) owned land, with a goal of activating the
surrounding community and promoting main street businesses.
RECOMMENDATION
In light of the above stated, approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of competitive sealed
bidding methods as not being practicable or advantageous to the City as set forth in the City Code
of Ordinances, as amended, specifically Section 18-85 and 18-86, and the affirmation of these
written findings and the forwarding of the same to the the Board of Commissioners of the Omni
Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency for ratification by a four -fifths vote
is respectfully requested.