96-22166 RESO
RESOLUTION NO. 96-22166
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA WAIVING
FUNDING OF ART IN THE AMOUNT OF 11/2 PERCENT OF
THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE SEVENTH STREET
PARKING GARAGE PROJECT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER
4A OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED "ART IN PUBLIC
PLACES"; AUTHORIZING AN EQUIVALENT
APPROPRIATION FOR ART AT ANOTHER PUBLIC PLACE
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, TO BE
RECOMMENDED BY THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
COMMITTEE AND SUBJECT TO CITY COMMISSION
APPROVAL; AND DIRECTING THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY AN APPROPRIATE
SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR SAID APPROPRIATION.
WHEREAS, a parking garage project known as the Seventh Street Garage ("Garage"), was
constructed as a public-private joint venture by the City of Miami Beach and Ballet Valet; and
WHEREAS, City Code Chapter 4A governing the "Art in Public Places" ordinance in effect
at the time of the appropriation of funding for the Garage (Ordinance No. 84-2414) required that "not
less than 1 1/2 percent of the construction cost of new government buildings" shall be appropriated
for works of art; and
WHEREAS, said appropriation of 1 1/2 percent for art was not made in the original budget
for the Garage, therefore necessitating an appropriation or a waiver of said appropriation pursuant
to Chapter 4A of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that the Seventh Street Garage is not an
appropriate site for works of art, however, the City Commission has determined that an amount
equivalent to the 1 1/2 percent appropriation should be used to fund art in another public place
within the City of Miami Beach which is to be recommended by the Art in Public Places Committee
and subject to City Commission approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that an appropriation of 1 1/2
percent of the construction cost of the Seventh Street Garage for art in public places is hereby
waived, however an amount equivalent to the 1 1/2 percent appropriation for the construction cost
of the Seventh Street Garage is hereby authorized to fund art at another location within the City of
Miami Beach which is to be recommended by the Art in Public Places Committee and subject to
City Commission approval, and further, the City Administration is hereby directed to identify an
appropriate source of funding for said appropriation.
PASSED and ADOPTED THIS
ATTEST:
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DATE: OCTOBER 9,1996
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MA YOR SEYMOUR GELBER
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JOSE GARCIA-PEDROSA
CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS REGARDING THE SEVENTH STREET
PARKING GARAGE
Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Neisen Kasdin, the attached Resolution is submitted
for your consideration. This Resolution provides for the after-the fact funding of art in the amount
of 1 1/2 percent of the construction cost of the Seventh Street Parking Garage in order to comply
with Chapter 4-A of the City Code entitled "Art in Public Places", with appropriation to come from
the appropriate source subject to recommendation of the Art in Public Places Committee.
The administration recommends that this Resolution be transmitted to the Art in Public
Places Committee for the review and recommendation.
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