FW Colony Theatre Cafe RFPHatfield, Liliam
From:Parcher, Robert
Sent:Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:18 PM
To:Hatfield, Liliam
Subject:FW: Colony Theatre Cafe RFP
Importance:High
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MIAMIBEACH
Robert Parcher, City Clerk
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: 305-673-7411 / Fax: 305-673-7254 / www.miamibeachfl.gov
We are committed to providing excellent public service and safety to all who live, work
and play in our vibrant, tropical, historic community.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lopez, Gus
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:02 AM
To: Velasco, Ana Cecilia; Hemstreet, Tim
Cc: Aguila, Raul; Parcher, Robert
Subject: FW: Colony Theatre Cafe RFP
Importance: High
In response to your request, see e-mail that trails.
Thank you.
MIAMIBEACH
Gus Lopez, CPPO, Procurement Director
PROCUREMENT DIVISION
1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: 305-673-7490 / Fax: 786-394-4007 / www.miamibeachfl.gov
We are committed to providing excellent public service and safety to all who live, work
and play in our vibrant, tropical, historic community
-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Alfa [mailto:valfa@paulusa.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:00 AM
To: Lopez, Gus
Cc: Parcher, Robert; Aguila, Raul; luc@paulusa.com
Subject: RE: Colony Theatre Cafe RFP
Importance: High
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Hello Gus:
Hope all is well at your end. We are happy to see that the City is continuing to request
information regarding our presentation of the Colony Theater as we consider that to be
movement in the right direction and this is very encouraging!
To answer the questions below, closure for capital improvements will all depend on the
state of the location after the departure of the current tenant. In other words, we are
not familiar with what is owned by the city, if anything, in the location, in terms of
equipment and fixtures, and would have to have the detail prior to answering that
question.
Could you also let us know the length of time anticipated from the date we would be given
approval to move forward to the time that the current tenant would "close" and the space
would be surrendered to us? What is the current
lease expiration date?
What is the state of permits that would be required to open the space under us as the new
tenants? Would we be grandfathered re: the liquor permit based on the indoor number of
seats?
If we were to end up with a space that is a vanilla shell, we would need two months.
From the time of construction start date we anticipate to have to close for a couple of
weeks at the most and for rent to begin from the date of opening "under the new umbrella".
So to answer the City Manager's Office questions directly: we anticipate to be closed for
a acouple of weeks, with no anticipated rent abatement.
Hoping that these answer are satisfactory, please keep in mind that our objective is to
open as quickly as possible and beautify the space in the shortest time possible in order
to maximize the City's income generation.
We will work with all the city officials/branches to expedite all processes of opening
under the new concept.
We look forward to your positive response.
All the best.
Vladimir G. Alfa
CEO, PAUL USA
Tel: 801.310.6770
-----Original Message-----
From: luc@paulusa.com [mailto:luc@paulusa.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:59 AM
To: Vladimir G. Alfa
Subject: Fw: Colony Theatre Cafe RFP
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Lopez, Gus" <GusLopez@miamibeachfl.gov>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:39:00
To:<luc@paulusa.com>
Cc:"Parcher, Robert" <RobertParcher@miamibeachfl.gov>,"Aguila, Raul"
<RaulAguila@miamibeachfl.gov>
Subject: FW: Colony Theatre Cafe RFP
Mr. Luc:
At the request of the City Manager's Office, please provide the following
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information at your earliest convenience:
* Prior to commencement of operations, is there any anticipated time that
the café will be closed for capital improvements?
* If so, how long of a closure is anticipated?
* Will there be a request for rent abatement due to any capital improvement?
Thank you.
MIAMIBEACH
Gus Lopez, CPPO, Procurement Director
PROCUREMENT DIVISION
1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: 305-673-7490 / Fax: 786-394-4007 / <http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/>
www.miamibeachfl.gov
We are committed to providing excellent public service and safety to all who
live, work and play in our vibrant, tropical, historic community
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