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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
FROM: Milton Vickers, Senior Advisor
to the City Manager on behalf of
Commissioner Carollo
BACKGROUND
DATE: September 28, 2017
SUBJECT: $10,000 from District 3 to
Jorge M. Perez Art Museum of Miami -Dade
County, Inc.
The City of Miami ("City") created the Anti -Poverty Initiative to address poverty and focus on
providing support to its residents.
Jorge M. Perez Art Museum of Miami -Dade County, Inc.(PAMM) (the organization) a private 501
(c) (3), exists to improve the quality of life for individual residents of and visitors to Miami -Dade
County, as well as social life in the communities they represent, by facilitating catalytic
engagements with the most progressive visual arts of our time. Exhibitions highlight Miami's
diverse community and pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas.
As they are familiar with the needs of the community and requirements imposed by the City, it would
be advantageous to the City to expedite the allocation and waive procurement requirements at this
time. Providing these fiends to the organization will allow more youth to obtain these services
immediately, with no added time for the procurement process, which could take over 30-40 days.
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 (A), and the affirmation of these written
findings and the forwarding of the same to the City Commission for ratification by a four-fifths
vote is respectfully requested.
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