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Resolution: R-16-0322
File Number: 16-00954
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 7/14/2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY
FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC
HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S
RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-86 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID
PROCEDURES, AND APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS
THAT THE BELAFONTE TACOLCY CENTER, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT
CORPORATION ("TACOLCY"), IS THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THE SUMMER READ PROGRAM ("PROGRAM") AT THE CITY OF
MIAMI'S ("CITY") BELAFONTE TACOLCY PARK; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE CITY AND TACOLCY, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, TO FUND
THE PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $53,000.00, SUBJECT TO THE
CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, FOR SAID PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has previously entered into agreements with the
Belafonte Tacolcy Center, Inc., a Florida not for profit organization ("Tacolcy"), to provide structural
leisure -time recreational/sports activities, as well as cultural awareness and educational workshops,
to enhance the quality of life of the Liberty City community and the neighborhood surrounding the
City's Belafonte Tacolcy Park; and
WHEREAS, Tacolcy has designed the Summer Read Program ("Program"), which, since
2015, has functioned to assist children of all reading levels to achieve a more proficient reading
status, as well as increase educational involvement in the surrounding community; and
WHEREAS, the core mission of the Program is to provide children with professional reading
and mathematics classes provided by experienced instructors, while exposing them to a positive
influence during the summer months; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has provided recommendations and findings, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A", that pursuant to Section 18-86(a)(3)(c) of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("City Code"), competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous for obtaining said services, and has recommended to the City
Commission that the findings be adopted and that competitive bidding methods and procedures be
waived;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted
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by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City
Manager's finding and recommendation that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not
practicable or advantageous pursuant to Section 18-86(a)(3)(c) of the City Code, waiving the
requirement for said procedures, are ratified, approved and confirmed.
Section 3. The Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the City and Tacolcy, in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit "B", to provide the services of the Program at the City's
Belafonte Tacolcy Park, and all retoactive payments for services rendered as of the date of this
Resolution, are approved.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized {1} to execute the MOU with Tacolcy, in
accordance with the terms contained therein, and to fund the Program in an amount not to exceed
$53,000.00 for said purpose.
Section 5. Funds in an amount not to exceed $53,000.00, for the Program, are allocated from
Account No. 00001.980000.534000.0000.00000 and PTAEO No.
15 -980000 -A2047 -T01 -E534000-0980000, subject to budgetary approval.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter
and 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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