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This Grant Agreement is entered into this 13 day of November , 2002, between the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, on behalf of the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council (collectively, the City), and Maximum
Dance Company(Grantee).
City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council
200212003 Cultural Arts Grant Agreement
Article II Grant Description
1. Grantee: Maximum Dance Company
Address 9220 SW 158th Lane
City, State, Zip Miami FL 33157
Phone, fax, e-mail (305) 259-9775 (305) 259-3160 info@maximumdancecompany.com
2. Grant amount 7,500 50% paid upon execution ofttlis Agteement.
Remaining 50% paid upon completion of Project and submission and approval of Final Report,
3. Project description: See Exhibit 1, attached hereto
4. itemized budget: see Exhibits 2-A and 2-8, attached hereto
5. Contract deadline: October 31, 2002
6. Expe"dlture deadline: September 30, 2003
7. Project completion date: SeDtember 30. 2003
8. Final Report deadline: Must be postmarked or delivered no later than 45 days after Project
completion date.
parties hereto have executed this Agreement this J '3 ~ day of
GRANTEEI MPlmum Dance COInDanv
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BY: Dennis M. Edwards
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BY: Mark S. Stelnbera
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Article III General Conditions
1, Parties: The parties to this Agreement are the Grantee listed in Article I, and the City of
Miami Beach, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida (City). The
City has delegated the responsibility of administering this Grant to the Director of the City of Miami
Beach Cultural Arts Council, or his designee, who shall be referred to herein as the "Director of the
Council."
2, Proiect DescriDtion: The Grantee may only use the Grant for the purposes that are
specifically described in the Project Description, attached hereto as Exhibit No, 1. All expenditures
will be subject to the terms of this Agreement, and as specified in the itemized Grant Award Budget,
attached hereto as Exhibit 2-B. Line item changes to said Budget shall not exceed ten percent
(10%) per category, so long as said expenditures do not exceed the total amount of Grant funds.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, amendments to the itemized Budget in Exhibit 2-B shall
not be permitted without the prior written consent of the Director of the Council. Said requests shall
be made in advance to the Director, in writing, detailing and justifying the need for such changes.
All Grant recipients must participate in a minimum of one Second Thursdays (see Article 111-19).
The following City of Miami Beach "Anchors" are required to provide specific information in their
Project Description, attached hereto as Exhibit No, 1, for providing mentoring to a small to medium
arts organization(s) of their choice, supported by the City's Cultural Arts Council, either by offering
rehearsal space, worldng on collaborative programs, or some similar project with the intent of
assisting such smaller arts organization(s).
Miami Beach "Anchors" for 200212003 are defined as follows:
ArtCenterlSouth Florida
Bass Museum of Art
Concert Association of Florida
Jewish Museum of Florida
Miami City Ballet
Miami Design Preservation League
New World Symphony
Wolfsonian-FIU
Failure to include the above infonnation may result in the cancellation of the Grantee'. award, and
may disqualify it from future consideration from the City's Cultural Arts Grant Program,
3, ReDorts: This Grant has been awarded with the understanding that the described Project will
enhance and develop the City's cultural community. To demonstrate that the Grant is fulfilling, or has
fulfilled, its purpose, the Grantee must supply the Director of the Council with a written final report
documenting that the Grantee has fulfilled all requirements. This report is to be received by the
Director of the Council within 45 days of the Project's completion. Miami Beach Anchors ONLY will
submit an interim report in April 2003 to receive the up to 50% of their Grant award (payable subject
to the restrictions in Article 1-2), with final reports due no later than 45 days after the completion of
the City's Fiscal Year on September 30, 2003.
4, AmOunt of Grant and Pavment Schedule: The total amount of the Grent is specified in Article
1-2 (subject to the restrictions in Article 1-2). By making this Grant, the City assumes no obligation to
provide financial support of any type whatever in excess of the total Grant amount. Cost overruns
are the sole responsibility of the Grantee. The Grant funds will be supplied to the Grantee
subsequent to the Mayor and City Commission's approval of the award.
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5. Proaram Monitorina and Evaluation: The Director of the Council may monitor and concIuct an
evaluation of operations and the Project under this Grant, which may include visits by City
representatives to observe the Project or Grantee's programs, procedures, and operations, or to
discuss the Grantee's programs with the Grantee's personnel.
6. Bank Accounts and Bondina: Monies received pursuant to this Agreement shall be kept in
accounts in established Miami-Dade County banks or savings and loan associations whose
identities shall be disclosed in writing to the Director of the Council with the identity and title of
individuals authorized to withdraw or write checks on Grant funds,
7, Accountina and Financial Review: The Grantee must keep accurate and complete books
and records of all receipts and expenditures of Grant funds, in conformance with reasonable
accounting standards. These books and records, as well as all documents pertaining to payments
received and made in conjunction with this Grant, such as vouchers, bills, invoices, receipts and
canceled checks, shall be retained in Miami-Dade County in a secure place and in an orderly
fashion by the Grantee for at least two (2) years after the Expenditure Deadline specified in Article 1-
5. These books, records, and documents may be examined by the Director of the Councilor his
designee at the Grantee's offices during regular business hours and upon reasonable notice.
Furthennore, the Director of the Council may, at the City's expense, audit or have audited, upon
reasonable notice, all the financial records of the Grantee, whether or not purported to be related to
this Grant.
8. Publicitv and Credits: The Grantee must include the CIty of",."" Beach Cultural A..
Council logo and the following credit line in all publications related to this Grant: The City oflllami
BelIch. Failure to do so may preclude future grant funding from the City in the same manner as if
Grantee defaulted under this Agreement, pursuant to Article 11-12.
9, Uabilitv and Indemnification: The Grantee shall indemnify and hold harmles8 the City and its
officers, employees, agents and Instruments from any and all liability, losses or damages, including
attomeys' fees and costs of defense, which the City or its officers, employees, agents and
instrumentalities may incur as a result of claims, demands, suits, causes of actions or proceedings
of any kind or nature arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the performance if this Agreement
by the Grantee or its employees, agents, servants, partners, principals or subcontractors. Grantee
shall pay all claims and losses in connection therewith and shall investigate and defend all claims,
suits or actions of any kind or nature in the name of the City, where applicable, including appellate
proceedings, and shall pay all costs, judgments. and attomeys' fees which may issue thereon.
Grantee expressly understands and agrees that any insurance protection required by this
Agreement, or otherwise provided, shall in no way limit the responsibility to indemnify, keep and
save harmless and defined the City or its officers, employees, agents and instrumentalities as herein
provided.
If the Grantee is a government entity, this indemnification shall only be to the extent and within
the limitations of Section 768.28 Florida Statute, subject to the provisions of that Statute whereby
the Grantee entity shall not be held liable to pay a personal injury or property damage claim or
judgment by anyone person which exceeds the sum of $100,000, or any claim or judgment or
portions thereof, which, when totaled with all other claims or judgments paid by the government
entity arising out of the same incident or occurrence, exceed the sum of $200,000 from any and all
personal injury or property damage claims, liabilities, losses or causes of action which may arise as
a result of the negligence of the Grantee entity.
10. Asslanment: The Grantee is not permitted to assign this Grant, and any purported
assignment will be void, and shall be treated as an event of default pursuant to Article 11-12.
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11. Comoliance with Laws: The Grantee agrees to abide by and be governed by all applicable
Federal, State, County and City laws, including but not limited to Miami-Dade County's Conflict of
Interest and Code of Ethics Ordinance, as amended, which is incorporated herein by reference as if
fully set forth herein, and Chapter 2, Article VII of the Miami Beach City Code, as amended, which is
incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. .
12. DefaultlTermination Provisions: In the event the Grantee shall fail to materially confonn with
any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Director of the Council may withhold or cancel an, or any
unpaid installments, of the Grant upon giving flve (5) calendar days written notice to the Grantee,
and the City shall have no further obligation to the Grantee under this Agreement. Further, in the
event of a breach of any term or condition of this Agreement, upon five (5) calendar days written
demand by the Director of the Council, the Grantee shall repay to the City all portions of the Grant
which have been received by the Grantee, but which have not actually been disbursed by the
Grantee as of the data that the written demand is received, In the event that this Grant is cancelled
or the Grantee is requested to repay Grant funds because of a breach of this Agreement, the
Grantee will not be eligible to apply to the City for another Grant for a one year period commencing
on the date the Grantee is notified in writing of the breach of this Agreement.
The Grantee will be liable to reimburse the City for all unauthorized expenditures discovered
after the expiration of the Grant period, The Grantee will also be liable to reimburse the City for all
lost or stolen Grant funds,
Any uncommitted Grant funds which remain in the posaessIon or under the control of the
Grantee as of the date of the Expenditure Deadline specified in Article 1-5 must be returned to the
City within fifteen (15) days after the Expenditure Deadline; if such funds have been committed but
not expended, the Grantee must request in writing from the Director of the Council an extension of
the Expenditure Deadline which, if approved, shall be for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
Grant funds which are to be repaid to the City pursuant to this Section are to be repaid by
delivering to the Director of the Council a certified check for the total amount due, payable to the City
of Miami Beach, Florida.
These provisions do not waive or preclude the City from pursuing any other remedies that
may be available to it under the law.
13. lndulaence Will Not be Waiver of Breach: The indulgence of either party with regard to any
breach or failure to perform any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute a
waiver of the provision or any portion of this Agreement either at the time of the breach of failure
occurs or at any time throughout the term of this Agreement.
14. Written Notices: Any written notices required under this Agreement will be effective when
delivered in person or upon the receipt of a certified letter addressed to the Grantee at the
address specified in Article 1-1 of this Agreement, and to the City when addressed as
follows: Grlsette Roque Marcos, Interim Director, Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council, 1700
Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139-1819.
15, Caotions Used in this Aareement Captions, 88 used in this Agreement, are for convenienCe
of reference only and should not be deemed or construed as in any way limiting or extending the
language or provisions to which such captions mey refer.
16. Contract Reoresents Total Aareement: This contract, including Its special conditions and
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exhibits, represents the whole and total agreement of the parties. No representations, except those
contained within this agreement and Its attachments, are to be considered in construing its tenns.
No modifications or amendments may be macle to this Agreement unless made in writing signed by
both parties, and approved by appropriate action by the Mayor and City Commission,
Article 1111 Miscellaneous Provisions
17. The Grant awarded herein is the result of an extensive public review process, which found
that the Grantee is perfonning a public purpose through the programs, projects, and services
recommended for support. As such, use of these funds for any program component not meeting this
condition will be considered a breach of the terms of this Agreement and will allow the City to seek
remedies including but not limited to those outlined in this Grant Agreement.
18, The Grantee also accepts and agrees to comply with the following Special Conditions:
The Grantee hereby agrees that it will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U .S,C. 2000d et seq.) prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, handicap,
or sex,
The Grantee hereby agrees that It win cOmply with City of Miami Beach Ordinance No. 92-
2824, as amended from time to time, prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing and publiC
accommodations on account of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
handicap, marital status, or age,
The City endorses the clear mandate of the Americans with Disebllities Act of 1990 (ADA) to
remove barriers, which prevents qualified individuals with disebllities from enjoying the same
employment opportunities that are available to persons without disabilities.
The City also endorses the mandate of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Section 504 and
prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and requires that Grant recipients provide equal
access and equal opportunity and services without discrimination on the basis of any disability.
19. All Grant recipients must participate in a minimum of one "Second Thursdays., a cultural
open house on the second Thursday of every month. Free arts events will be held at multiple
locations throughout the City of Miami Beach. Upon acceptance of the Grant and execution of the
Agreement. Grantee shall include the exact manner of participation in "Second Thursdays,. Failure
to participate in "Second Thursdays. may be considered a material breach of this Agreement, as
provided in Article 11-12 herein.
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Exhibit 1/ Revised Project Description
Organization: Maximum Dance Comoanv Project title: Miami Beach PerformancM and
Outreach
Completely describe Project approved by the Grants Panel and in a separate narrative detail the
revisions to the Project based upon the award. Please be as specific as possible; name of event,
venue, times, etc. Also, detail the organization's participation in Second Thursdays. Miami
Beach Anchors should list specifics about their mentoring program.
Maximum Dance Company's project remains essentially the same as the one submitted with the
original grant proposal. The plans for Maximum's educational outreach will proceed as planned. We
will continue to expand our relationship with Fienberg-Rsher Elementary School. For the last two
years the students from Aenberg-Fisher have attended lecture demonstrations presented by
Maximum at the Colony Theater, these presentations have been well received by the students and
praised by the facuity. This year we will be contacting Nautilus Middle School to arrange a time
when some of Maximum's dancers can go to the school to present masterclasses and to work with
the students on a more Indlvldual basis. In addition we will attempt to involve more Miami Beach
schools In our education outreach efforts Induellng North Beach Elementary and Miami Beach Senior
High School.
Maximum will also present a full perfonnance In Miami Beach at Temple Emanuel In mid to late
September 2003. This program will have Maximum Dance Company once again working with Daniel
Rosseel, the resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet of Randers In Antwerp, Belgium. Mr. RosseeI
will be setting his piece CUtt/nfI CDmeiS on the company, glvlng the company another United
States Premiere by this prolific and Internationally recognized choreographer. CUrrently Maximum
Dance Company Is the only American dance company to perfonn Mr. Rosseel's work. MaxImum has
already participated In the Second Thursdays presentation on October 10. Maximum perfonned the
light hearted IJIICh de TIoI6set to the music of Johan Sebastian Bach as performed by jazz artist
Jacque LoussIer, at the Uncoln Theater as part of an evening with the New World Symphony.
Because of the reduction In funding Maximum Dance will not be partldpatlng In the Florida Dance
AssocIation's Florida Dance FestIval and will not be collaborating with Ror1da Moving Image Archives
In the creation of a new ballet for the History Center's annual festival, as outlined In the original
proposal. These are the only changes to the original proposal.
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Exhibit 2-A: Project Budget / Revised Total Project Budget
Name of organization: MaxImum Dance ComDanv
Project Title: Miami Beach Outreach and Performances
Date(s) of Project: October 10. 2001. SDrina and Fall 2003
Attach a copy of the total Project budget or list cash expenses and cash revenues
specific:ally identified with your program, project or events. Round off all numbers to
the nearest dollaf.
EXPENSES
Personnel - artistic
Personnel - technical
Personnel - administration
Outside artistic feesl8ervices
Outside other feeslservices
Mart<etinglPublicity
Space rental
Travel
Utilities
Equipment rental
Offica supplies
InsurancelSecurity
cash
17.836
2.494
2.300
3.175
4.590
350
1.100
750
200
in-kind
Other Costs:
Rovaltles
Load inILoad Out
PhYSical TheraDv
Seta/Costumes
Toe Shoes
(itemize below)
750
900
375
800
1.100
Total cash expenses
Total in-kind expenses
Total project expenses
36.520
36.520
(cash + in-kind)
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REVENUES
Admi88i0n8
Contracted services
Tuitions
Corporate support
Foundation support
Individual support
Government grants
Federal
State
cash
5.000
In-kind
5.000
10.000
Other Contributions (itemize below)
Cash on Hand 9.020
Grant award 7.500
Total cash revenues 36.520
Total in-kind revenues
Total project revenues 36.520
(cash + in-kind)
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Exhibit 2..B: Project Budget I Revised Grant Award Budget
Name of organization: llaxlmum Dance ComDanv
Project Title: Miami Beach Outreach and Performances
Date(s) of Project: October 10. 2001. SDrlna and Fall 2003
Directions: Identify and itemize cash expenses to be paid from Grant funds.
Grant awards may only be spent within budget categories declared below.
Grant ExDe....
Personnel- artistic 7.500
Personnel - administrative
Personnel- technical
Space rental
MarketingJPublicity
Outside other fees
Travel (local only)
Outside artistic fees
Other costs
(itemize below)
TOTAL 7.500
Grant requirements:
Grant monies must be spent within budget categories agreed upon in contract
All publications associated with Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council grant support
must include the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council's logo and the following
byline .City of Miami Beach"
Grant funds may not be used for:
Remuneration of City emplOyees for any services rendered as part of a project
receiving a grant from the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council
"Bricks and mortar" or permanent equipment (permanent equipment necessary for
proposed project may be purchased if the price is less than what is would cost to
rent the equipment)
Debt reduction
Out-of-county travel or transportation
Fundraislng events
Hospitality events
Events not open to the public
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