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Resolution: R-19-0023
File Number: 5370
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 1/10/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE AND AFTER AN
ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND
CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") PURSUANT TO SECTION
18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED;
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING
CITY GRANT FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED AND APPROPRIATED (A) IN THE
AMOUNT OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000.00) FROM THE
REMAINING MIAMI SPORTS AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY ("MSEA") FUNDS
IN THE RELATED SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT TO THE BIG ORANGE NEW
YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION AT THE BAYSIDE MARKETPLACE ("NEW YEAR'S
EVE GRANT" AND (B) IN AN AMOUNT UP TO TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($20,000.00) ALSO FROM REMAINING MSEA FUNDS IN THE RELATED
SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT TO GIL PRODUCTIONS CORP FOR FIESTAS
DE LA CALLE, MIAMI 2019 ("FIESTAS DE LA CALLE, MIAMI 2019 GRANT");
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE GRANT
AGREEMENTS AND ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AMENDMENTS THERETO, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR PURPOSES OF THE
RESPECTIVE NEW YEAR'S EVE GRANT AND THE FIESTAS DE LAS CALLE,
MIAMI 2019 GRANT.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez
WHEREAS, the City Manager has made a written finding, attached and incorporated as
Exhibit "A," pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"), that competitive bidding is not practicable or advantageous for the City of Miami
("City") in connection with two (2) proposed community event grants in the amounts of (a) fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for the Big Orange New Year's Eve Celebration at Bayside ("New
Year's Eve Grant") and (b) up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) to Gil Productions Corp
for Fiestas de la Calle, Miami 2019 ("Fiestas de la Calle, Miami 2019 Grant"); and
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission ("City Commission"), pursuant to Ordinance No.
13801 adopted October 25, 2018, previously amended the City Code to abolish the Miami
Sports and Exhibition Authority ("MSEA") and to transfer all assets and liabilities to a new
special revenue account, which has sufficient funds for the City to make the New Year's Eve
Grant as traditionally funded by MSEA in the past and to make the Fiestas de la Calle, Miami
2019 Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is requesting authority from the City Commission to
negotiate and execute grant agreements and any and all other necessary documents,
including but not limited to amendments thereto, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney,
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for the allocations and appropriations of the New Year's Eve Grant and the Fiestas de la
Calle, Miami 2019 as stated herein; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 18-85(a) of the City Code, a public hearing
by the City Commission has been duly advertised by the City Clerk;
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 by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote and after an advertised public
hearing, the City Manager's finding, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A," that competitive
negotiation methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous to the City pursuant to
Section 18-85(a) of the City Code and waiving the requirements for said procedures is ratified,
approved, and confirmed.
Section 3. The grants are allocated and appropriated (a) in the amount of fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000.00) from the remaining MSEA funds in the related Special Revenue
Account for the New Year's Eve Grant and (b) in an amount up to twenty thousand dollars
($20,000.00) from remaining MSEA funds in the related Special Revenue Account to Gil
Productions Corp, for the Fiestas de la Calle, Miami 2019 Grant.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute grant agreements
and any and all other necessary documents, including but not limited to amendments thereto, in
a form acceptable to the City Attorney, for purposes of the respective New Year's Eve Grant
and the Fiestas de la Calle, Miami 2019 Grant.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS
1
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' 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 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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