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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1975-10-16 Discussion Items & Motionsl)r ! IA! v'E! • October 16, 1975 The Henorable Maurice Ferro Mayor of the City of Miemi 35J3 Pan Aeerican Drive Mani, Florida 33133 Dear Maurioat Yesterday afternoon a group of University of :Aland trustees and aeministratorg met to discuaa the University's carmitment to explore the propesal that the University join with the City of Miami in the planning and construction of the Je ee L. Knight Conference Center on the site planned for the doentiwn Miami Convention Center Cor,+plex. As you knew, the University of .•tia.•ti's unique academic resources-eincluding its ever more prestigious Schools of Medicine, hiw, Business Administration, lhgineerinq and E:rvt o: ental Design, and ~Brine care' Atmospheric Science -- have a demonstrated, tremendous potential to attract major professional, cultural, and scientific conferences to the :tiami. area. A total of $3.25 million in gifts has Leen pledged to the University for the Jo:nes L. Knight Conference Center. Sophisticated planning for the Center':; development and construction has long since been undertaken by the University. Ue at the University .are keenly sensitive to our obligation to the James L. Knieht Charitable Trust to s*ia.:2 the envisioned James L. eni tht Conference Center a reality as seen as possible. tce ordine1y, the group which met today resol•••od to reassess in eixty fates the progress achieved in reaching accord with the City of Miani as to the role and presence of the University and the James L. Knight Conference Center in the proposed downtown Convention Center Complex. In:Is-:each as the architectural teem for the da+dnt wn Convention Center Ccanplex is to be selected today by the. City of Miami Carmmission, the group asked re to convey its sentiment that prcx;re matic planning for the Corrplex rhouid bogie irenediatc y, with the participation and involvement of representatives of the University and the Downtown Development Carinittee of the Miami Climber of Ccn erce. I pledge to you my utmost cooperation, and that of rat; University colleagues, in the explorations and planing for this noble project_ which lie ahead. Sincere y yours, wary q Stanford aC cc: executive Committet4, Board of Trustee* Mfen ems, Uni-. c r'sity Cabinet De,in I. Rebert Allen • yr,: r:f.', rf•,!w;tvrye!✓n,!, %;ttrr,:•ttiOnttl unit✓ratV ;'�'►i •'rl;.fb e. fet�nr ': a nit .' fit N V E. Y i\.! I A ,\t, I October 16, 1975 The Honorable MaArice Ferro Mayor of the City of Miceli 3500 Pan Nicriean Drive giaml, Florida 33133 I)ear MauriCe.1 Ye.stordax, aft.c.nir.x)n a (;:-i) met t(.) disc's tlr) 1;:iiverni.ty's crxinittiont t,7.) t11.0, Univcrsity join witti Cco, cit./ of in oi: ;Tic: 3a-ties L. 1:rii,int Cent(11- thu si to f.7.r (1.,t..t ;10:n !Ii;;;71i COVIVerit i On Center As ;..ou knr,a, its ever 1-7.rtainer.in; and he a (.1(saoiL;trati..xl, t. kious cuiLural, arki to ar,..). A million in (lifts has Ix- n to the 011iV:I.T;ity s Coierence So;:histioa(.(.,(1 tho construction has .tom; S n(...7;! been 'rtin by t T i t v. at. the tlii.yer.lity are :;ensitive to ).tir Lit Charital)1.‘ to ;,•.-1%.) ,.." Cor.t...,r a roaiit.;.• dSs(v.,ii pos:3 .4'.'ed to :oo:; i' ix t y the prc‘,r(.s.; i. n t ; witthe City or as to th-_) role and :.;%..:.vnLo 4.-11(-..: L. Knignt Confei-ence Celitor the ;(2(1 0)nventioit inas:ruicii as the architectural t..‘i:.:(1 for the 6 is to Li"! SeiCetei tOday Z.'y ofKi;y:ii t-he to convsT its sHntiment that .prrtjra-tittic plannin(1 bc'ii ir. xhatxi1y, wUi tLo particpitic rind ir•VO1V; nt of ropn....,;( of the University and Ulf, Downto....n .0,..:vc101;...1.1t: Ciini :11( ,<.! of :lieMLi Cr.z.vrAber of Cuitte.rce. I illkxkle to you my utio()F.t. co(); .it. ion, :Ana tliaL of aly University oalleazines, in the explorations and planriinq for this noble project which lie ahead. Sinc(,roly I 4 Henry Kip Stanford jet ac Ocs Faucutive Comittee, Board of Trustoes Mcthors, University Cabinet Dean M. Hobart Allen ApriEwle.ivibpvfolirTvWiimOtoth'etsi!y .Sr •'quol 4,pp4lttbnitv eimphiver ✓ Mi `vx r,v �. 4t�aLc, »A-. ` O rasa L \i►1:1; .\\1) \` r}c'11'1'i: t to,- \to trio), '1,. 1.c tr\rr`.toos- 11.ftt.11 I'Il„ft,t,it\!'IIp Itw \'I ltt,♦�il.\ I.\I 1, 1 \It %'I1. t t.lttttir% ho A•LI'.G AD'Sal 9 Pos Orr,;:E got 0'+ec3+:1 kri4Mt, PLoataA 13101 October !+, L4i5 Mr. I'. W. Andreum, City 'tanager City of Miami P. u. Box 330708 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida 33133 Re: Propt' ed Convention Center Facility City of Micimi Dear Mr. Andrews: We have previously notified you of our interest in providing pro- fc.isional services for your proposed Convention Center Facility. As a ;, in of that notiL ic_:t inn aid subsequent interviews it ;vas our in - tendon to perform tt est., services .t_i ,'i prole:i;;1onal team in conjunction t;Ith Welton Becket and Associates. Bec:Iuse of a conflict in Walton Becket s ro= ess'onai cu743i - specifically, joint ventures Jlth two f rms fur the sa:we project, our association has been terminated. If selected for this project we gill employ the consulting services of the International Association of Auditorium Managers. This organization counts ,among ita membership virtually every Manager of Civic and Con- vention facilities of note throughout the United States. Their new Buildings Consulting Board will provide to us diversified specialists with specific experience and skills in the planning. operations and management of similar facilities. They will bring to our design team the combined capabilities of over 700 members representing 50 years of experience and over 400 individual facilities. 1'he services of this or;ani2ation would specifically he utilized in the development of your architectural program and space allocations, preliminary drawings, and deign layouts and generally in producing a facility which represents the most current and advanced state of the art. I .r_ Rader and Associates, Luc. ti: i11 pry i al all architectural and engineer- ing requirements with our Miami of 1 ico :;tit t, but wtt1 ,:,,npl,rnent these capabilities with the consulting sorvicus of t' Lter Taft Bradshaw Associates in site planning and landscape architecture. EMR:bJF:ew Yours very truly, RARER AND ASi1@CLATES, INC. .'rI it .' By: .. ,:-" -.0 — > ,- " r'I Earle M. Rader President 1 V.X.AMPLEs oF kECENTLy ccy...;TRucTno PACtLITtES AND TT-1MR COSTA •••••AM. HUNTSVILLE, 7ui, 2,100 seat theatre, 20,000 sq. rt. o:-:hibit :;pacQ, (1.07)); It:)1ANAPOLIS, END. - 180000 sodt ar,-ni, 3 multi -level parking garages (1974); $33 million. ATLANTA, GA. 17,000 seat art (1972); $18 million. LOS ANGELLS, CAL. - Convention an-1 Exhibition Center, 15,000 seats, 400,000 sq. ft. floor area, 20 meeting rooms, 4,000 car parking (1971); $54 million. RICHMOND, VA. - 12,500 s-tt dr,,na, 44,000 sq. ft. exhibit space (1971) ; S24 million. ROAN01E, VA. - 11,000 sit arena, 2,000 salt theatre, 20,000 sq. ft. exhibit E,pace (1971); $14 million. LAHELAND, FT,A. - 8,000 sat arena, 2,300 seat theatre, 29,000 sq. ft. txhibit area (1974); S12 million. BILOXI, MISS. - 8,000 set. arena, 40,00o sq. ft. exhibit hall, 2,500 car pdrkinl (NOW U,Drt CONSTRUCTION); $19 million. HUNTINGTON, W. VA. - 10,000 sedt arona, 20,000 sq. ft. exhibit spac,.! (NOW 717,ADY FOR BIDS) ; $14 million available funds. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. - 16,000 seat arena, 3,000 seat theatre, 100,000 sq. ft. exhibit hall (exhibit hall completed, remainder of project under construction); $40 million. NORFOLK, VA. - 11,000 seat arena, 2,500 seat theatre, 140,000 sq. ft. exhibit hall, 1,200 under structure parking (1972); $32 million. PROVIDENCE, R. 1. - 10,000 seat arena, 54,000 so. ft. exhibit space (1973) ; $13 rillion. NrIc HAVEN, CONN. - 12,000 seat arena, 3,000 over structure parking (1973); $23 million. NEW ORLEANS, LA. - 80,000 seat domed stadium (largest covered stadium in the world) (1975); $175 million. Lyon. Arcnfreca EAQt!1�p'U to P.'tr*,F ns .'.1 ,'.4 r�1�� Kit V4'1' . L, NA STPTEt nT 10 CITY OF f1tA'1 C0''MtSSION October 16, 1975, 5:00 p.m. fir. i?ayor: I ur,h. Samuel Kruse, Vice -President, Watson, Deutschman, Kruse and Lyon, Architects Engineers N1anners, Incorporated, 1600 N.W. LeJeune Road, I'i am,i , Florida, a firm in practice in the City of t;i ari since 1951. Idhen a Baltimore engineer blew the whistle on Spiro Agnew, governments at all levels grapl^1ed with the problem: How can government contract for professional services competitively, fairly and honestly? Although the problem was not easy, because professional service expected is not easily defined as is the quantifiable description of work expected from bidding construction contractors, a system was devised. It is now in effect at all levels of government from the Federal Governrant to local governments. In this system a selection committee cersisti of 02:.r7 professionals from, the goverrrrer.t staffs, t:'no, tirst, hive full time elleq- continued . . . 2 lance to their government's interests, and, secondly, have the best basis for evaluating a l'iddinn professionals circumstances and qualifications as related to a project under Consideration. ThiS cormittet screens led selects in order the professionals best suited for the project and recommends that the City negiotiate for the contract with the ranking firms, in order. Your selection committee for the Miami Convention Hall, evaluated my firm's credentials, heard our presentation and interviewed our key personnel. Your committee did not, in our opinion, recommend the best fire, because our firm was not recommended. However, our opinion is biased, and perhaps, the firm has characteristics of which we are not aware that are inappropriate for this particular project. Aware or not, we do know that established procedures were followed, we were treated fairly, and we believe honestly by persons with the best background for evaluating professional adequacy. We believe that it is inappropriate to repeat this process before elected officials who, perhaps, have the least basis for evaluating profes- sional adequacy and the demands for professional services for the Miami Convention Hall. If this body, because of this presentation, should give us the contract for the Miami Convention Hall after your selection committee has found us wanting, flow can we explain this turn of events to our peers, our friends, my wife? How will you explain it to the citizens? For these reasons, we thank you for inviting us to try again. l'e would like to have the contract, but we believe it is wiser for us, and for the Comission, to abstain from presenting again our qualifications for the architectural/engineering services tor the Miami Convention Hall. 17 :tits TO 11 CON. ttl tf,t) C C`1 Q1-1 :Et 1 , ..1975. . A resolution author the City Manager to make application for a Handicapped "i raining; (rant. 2. An emergency ordinance amending the Appropriations Ordinance to include anticipated revenue in the amount of gri5,455. 12 as purchasing services reimbursement for ltandicapped Program. A resolution programming $51, 932.00 of previously appropriated Revenue Sharing Funds to extend current Revenue Sharing Programs for 1/24 of the year. riry cF Mintili. FLbn?DA INTER•OFEICE MEMORANDUM to The Honorable Members of the City Commission P. W. Andrews City Manager CCT iii5 RILE. Handicapped Physical Education and Recreation Training Grant Application The United States Department of health, Education and Welfare has allocated $700, 000 for the fiscal year 1975-76, from the Education of the Handicapped Act, Title VI, for the purposes of improving the quality. and to increase the quantity of physical education and recreation personnel trained to work with the handicapped. We would like to submit at this time, a request for funding a training program for staff who are presently working in the Department of Parks and Recreation and have contact with handicapped individuals in our community. The offices and classrooms for this program would be in the Abe Goldman Building located at Flagarni Park during the day and early evenings. Mondays through Fridays. This program would include training institutes as well as regular training programs. It is hoped that upon the completion of this program a manual will be developed on the methods and procedures for working with the handicapped in recreation programs. We are requesting $119, 458.80 for the fiscal year, June 1. 1976 -July 31, 1977. This program, if approved, has a possible duration of three years with total funding possibly reaching $351, 769.80. This program will also train other City of Miami employees who are not presently having direct contact with handicapped individuals. but who might. such as Police and Firemen. The City of Miami is the only municipality in the United States to apply for this typo of funding. therefore setting another first for the City of Miami and the Programs for the Handicapped. cc: Honorable Honorable honorable lonorable Honorable Maurice A. Ferre, Mayor J. L. Plummer. Jr., Vice Miyor Manoio Rcboso Theodore R. Gibson Rose Gordon col, or Pia*. ri_foittbA IV#1'R4DrPIe MEMORANDUM 4111.11.1111. to ft:m o t—1 b'. `.'tg ro b ie r s o f th. C _•.. c:Jr".?r".'t.issiott Rp©M City Manager . r t Ct 1375 Conv r.tion Center Schedule Ortobgr 16, 1975 The arehitecturs1 propnsal3 of the variouj firms that you will be interviewing on October 16, 1975, have been placed in the Mayor's office for your review. The schedule of presentations is as follows: ri 9:00 A. M. Rader and Associates I ( � IJ 9:45 A. M. C✓, Morris Lapidus, Steward and Skinner 1 % G 10:30 A. M. (-4 Connell/ Metcalf & Eddy 11:15 A. M. Pancoast Architects 12:00 noon Lunch le 2:00 P. M. (7 /; Ferendino, Grafton, Spiliis. Candela Associates e 2:45 P.l`vt. S-r:t Korach, Ha}•et, Hay:Yie Partnership 3:30 P. M. Hatc}:-r, leig1er, Gunn & Associates 1 4:15 P. P.T. Charle, tiller and Associates, Inc. 5:00 P. M. I VIVsoz, Deut5chrrsan, Kruse, Lyo:i1\. cc: • li:+rLorable; Maurice A. F'vrre, Mayor Hono r tb! a 3. L. Plummer. Jr.. VLce Mayor Honorable Theodore R.. Gibson Honorable Rosa Gordon Honorable Manoto RebaJo WV OF A 11111411, Pt1O IDA 1MftRiQP #ICt Mt1MOAAhbUM to Honorable Members of the City Commission PROM P. W. Andrews City Manager a The architectural be interviewing on Mayor's office for is as follows: 9:00 A.M. 9:45 A. M. 10 : 3 0► A. M. 11:15 A. M. 12:00 noon 2:00 P. M. 2:45 P. M. • 3:30 P.M. 4:15 P.M. 5:00 P. M. CC: QCT # ors Pia Convention Center Schedule October 16. 1975 proposals of the various firms that you will October 16, 1975, have been placed in the your review. The schedule of presentations Rader and Associates Morris Lapidus, Steward and Skinner,' Connell 'Metcalf & faddy 4, Pancoast Architects Lunch Ferendino, Grafton, Spillis, Candela Associates Smith, korach, Hayet, Haynie Partnership Hatcher, Zeigler, Gunn & Associates Charles Giller and Associates, Inc. Watson, Deutschman, Kruse, Lyon Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Maurice A. Ferre. Mayor J. L. Plummer. Jr.. Vice Mayor Theodore R. Gibson Rose Gordon Manolo Reboso Mr - CITY OF MIA*, tN MIIP-c tr,l-Ie z Mts'i+ROPIPANpUM to orto-.A ri•. ''.'rerth rs of th- rr!rnisItoet P. W. Andrew City 'Manage t, .f• _ Ca 7 375 FILE Convention Center Schedule October 16, 1975 The architecr'iral proposals of the varioui firms that you will be interviewir t on October 16, 1)75, have been placed in the Mayor's office for your review. The schedule of presentations is as follows: 9:00 A. M. Rader and Associates 9:45 A. M. Morris Lapidus, Steward and Skirlrter 10:30 A. M.- Connell/ Metealf & Eddy - 11:15 A. M. Pancoast Architects 12:00 noon Lunch 2:00 P. M. • Ferendino, Grafton, Spillis, Candela Associates 2:45 P. M. Smith, Korach, Hayet, Haynie Partnership 3:30 P. M. Matcher, Zeigler, Gunn & Asaociates 4:15 P. M. Charles Ciller and Associates, Inc. 5:00 P. h`. 'Watson, Deutschman., Kruse, Lyon Cc: Honorable Maurice A. E'erre. Mayor Konnrabbte J. L. Plummer, Jr.. Vice Mayor liuno rabt. Theodt)re R. Gibson Honorable Rose Gordon 11,.^nrabtt Manoio Reboso CITY OF MIAMM, PtLORID; 1141TCR43PFICe MtMORANDUM Honorable Members of the City Commission /4/1/4a4,46.4.440--x---. P. W. Andrews City Manager bAtE. REFEP.,0WCE3 eat an 11141: Convention Center Schedule October 16, 1975 The architectural proposals of the various firms that you will be interviewing on October 16, 1975, have been placed in the Mayor's office for your review. The schedule of presentations is as follows: 9:00 A. M. Rader and Associates 9:45 A. M. Morris Lapidus, Steward and Skinner 10:30 A. M. Connell/Metcalf & Eddy 11:15 A. M. Pancoast Architects 12:00 noon Lunch 2:00 P. M. Ferendino, Grafton, Spillis, Candela Associates 2:45 P. M. Smith, Korach, Hayet. Haynie Partnership 3:30 P. M. Hatcher, Zeigler, Gunn & Associates 4:15 P.114. Charles tiller and Associates, Inc. 5:00 P. M. Watson, Deutschman, Kruse, Lyon cc: Honorable Maurice A. Ferre, Mayor Honorable J. L. Plummer. Jr.. Vice Mayor Honorable Theodedre R. Gibson Honorable Rose Gordon Honorahle Manolo Reboso Cif! OP MIAMt, PLO** tNtiR4i'fICE MEMOAAM UM to Honorably Members of the City Commission Ir•OM /401/44.1.1044.4. tP. W. Andrews City Manager ("CO Dhti sueit* Pt Kt F? 'ICES EN F4.5 OCT I 19n: Convention Center Schedule October 16, 1975 The architectural proposals of the various firms that you will be interviewing on October 16, 1975, have been placed in the Mayor's office for your review. The schedule of presentations is as follows: 9:00 A. M. 9:45A.M. 10:30A.M. 11:15 A. M. 12:00 noon 2:00 P. M. 2:45 P.M. 3 :3 0 P. M. 4:15 P.M. 5:00 P. M. Cc: Rader and Associates Morris Lapidus, Steward and Skinner Connell/Metcalf & Eddy Pancoast Architects Lunch Ferendino, Grafton, Spillis, Candela Associates Smith, Korach, Hayet, Haynie Partnership Hatcher, Zeigler, Gunn & Associates Charles Gille r and Associates, Inc. Watson, Deutsch an, Kruse, Lyon Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorabie Maurice A. Fcrre, Mayor J. L. Plummer. Jr.. Vice Mayor Theodore R. Gibson Ros• Gordon Manoto Reboso