2018-30629 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2018-30629
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
CITY MANAGER, TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO REQUEST
FOR QUALIFICATIONS NO. 2018-327-KB, FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE
CORRIDOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PLAN; AUTHORIZING THE
• ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH ZYSCOVICH,
INC.; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN
NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH ZYSCOVICH, INC., AUTHORIZING
THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH BROOKS +
SCARPA ARCHITECTS, INC.; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH BROOKS +
SCARPA ARCHITECTS, INC., AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO
ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH GEHL STUDIO INC.; AND FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT UPON CONCLUSION OF SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS BY
THE ADMINISTRATION.
WHEREAS, on July 25, 2018, the Mayor and City Commission authorized the issuance
of Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 2018-327-KB for Washington Avenue Corridor Conceptual
Design Plan; and
WHEREAS, RFQ responses were due and received on September 17, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City received proposals in response to the RFQ from the following six
(6) firms: Arquitectonica GEO Corporation; Brooks + Scarpa Architects, Inc.; Eastern
Engineering Group Company; Gehl Studio Inc.; The Street Plans Collaborative, Inc.; and
Zyscovich, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, on November 14, 2018, Eastern Engineering Group Company notified the
City of their withdrawal of their proposal submission; and
WHEREAS, an Evaluation Committee appointed by the City Manager pursuant to LTC#
598-2018 convened on November 20, 2018, to consider the responsive proposals received; and
WHEREAS, the Committee was provided an overview of the project, information relative
to the City's Cone of Silence Ordinance and the Government Sunshine Law, general information
on the scope of services and a copy of each proposal; and
WHEREAS, the Committee was instructed to score and rank each proposal pursuant to
the evaluation criteria established in the RFQ; and
WHEREAS, the evaluation process resulted in the ranking of proposers as follows:
Zyscovich, Inc., was the top ranked proposer, Brooks + Scarpa Architects, Inc. as the second
ranked proposer, Gehl Studio Inc. as the third ranked proposer, Arquitectonica GEO
Corporation as the fourth ranked proposer, and The Street Plans Collaborative, Inc. as the fifth
ranked proposer; and
WHEREAS, after reviewing all of the submissions and the Evaluation Committee's
rankings and commentary, the City Manager concurs with the Evaluation Committee and
recommends the authorizations of negotiations with Zyscovich, Inc., as the best qualified firm for
the Washington Avenue Corridor Conceptual Design Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby accept the recommendation of the City Manager relating to Request For
Qualifications No. 2018-327-KB, for Washington Avenue Corridor Conceptual Design Plan;
authorizing the Administration to enter into negotiations with Zyscovich, Inc.; further, if the
Administration is not successful in negotiating an agreement with Zyscovich, Inc., authorizing
the Administration to enter into negotiations with Brooks + Scarpa Architects, Inc.; further, if the
Administration is not successful in negotiating an agreement with Brooks + Scarpa Architects,
Inc.; authorizing the Administration to enter into negotiations with Gehl Studio Inc.; and further
authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement upon conclusion of successful
negotiations by the Administration. "
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: December 12, 2018
SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY
MANAGER, PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NO. 2018-
327-KB WASHINGTON AVENUE CORRIDOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PLAN.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution.
ANALYSIS
The City of Miami Beach sought proposals from urban design firms to analyze and assess the
Washington Avenue corridor in order to create a conceptual design plan that seeks to increase
vibrancy and attractiveness, promote pedestrian activity and connectivity between neighboring streets
and local cultural anchors.
Washington Avenue is a critical commercial corridor in South Beach; recently, a Business
Improvement District was formed for Washington Avenue, with the goal to better improve the district
through infrastructure and programming initiatives that will help increase economic vitality and
vibrancy along the corridor. The BID is seeking to find creative interventions that allow for residents
and tourists to gather and activate the corridor throughout the day and evening hours.
The purpose of this scope of work is to create a comprehensive vision and identity for Washington
Avenue that promotes pedestrian activity and supports the principles of creative placemaking, with a
focus on both tourist and resident uses and gathering spaces in the corridor. Additionally, this work
should incorporate recommendations for the newly created Business Improvement District that
address marketing, branding, and event programming in service of a larger vision for the corridor.
The plan needs to reflect and use the prior Washington Avenue 2015 Master Plan recommendations
along with the 2016 City of Miami Beach Transportation Master Plan goals for Washington Avenue.
RFQ PROCESS
On July 25, 2018, the Mayor and City Commission authorized the issuance of Request for
Qualifications (RFQ) 2018-327-KB for Washington Avenue Corridor Conceptual Design Plan.
Responses were due and received on September 17, 2018. The City received proposals from the
following six(6)firms:
• Arquitectonica GEO Corporation
• Brooks+ Scarpa Architects, Inc.
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• Eastern Engineering Group Company
• Gehl Studio Inc.
• The Street Plans Collaborative, Inc.
• Zyscovich, Inc.
On November 14, 2018, Eastern Engineering Group Company notified the City of their withdrawal of
their proposal submission, therefore received no further consideration.
The Evaluation Committee appointed by the City Manager convened on November 20, 2018 to
consider proposals received. The Committee was comprised of Jose Gonzalez, Director,
Transportation Department, City of Miami Beach; Rodney Knowles, Greenspace Division Director,
Public Works Department, City of Miami Beach; Marc Lawrence, Board Member, Washington
Avenue Business Improvement District (BID); Andrew Resnick, Chair, Washington Avenue Business
Improvement District (BID); Heather Shaw, Acting Director, Tourism, Culture, & Economic
Development Department, City of Miami Beach; Debbie Tackett, Chief of Historic Preservation,
Planning Department, City of Miami Beach; and Elizabeth Wheaton, Director, Environment &
Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach.
The Committee was provided an overview of the project, information relative to the City's Cone of
Silence Ordinance and the Government Sunshine Law. The Committee was also provided with
general information on the scope of services and a copy of each proposal. The Committee was
instructed to score and rank each proposal pursuant to the evaluation criteria established in the RFQ.
The evaluation process resulted in the scoring of proposals received as follows (Attachment A):
1st-Zyscovich, Inc.
2nd- Brooks+ Scarpa Architects, Inc.
3rd- Gehl Studio Inc.
4th-Arquitectonica GEO Corporation
5th-The Street Plans Collaborative, Inc.
A brief description of the top three ranked proposers, as provided in their response to the RFQ,
follows.
Zyscovich. Inc.
Zyscovich Architects is a 120+-person integrated Urban Design, Architecture and Interior Design firm
headquartered in downtown Miami with additional offices in Orlando, West Palm Beach, New York
City, and Bogota, Colombia. The firm has garnered a national reputation for its expertise in the area
of market-based design solutions, as well as for the creative and implementable strategies it brings to
complex redevelopment master plans and urban design projects. Over the past 41 years, the firm has
produced numerous master plans and urban design regulations that successfully integrate visioning
and design concepts with the needs of the local economy and the desires of the community. The firm
has provided these services to both the public and private sectors—locally, nationally and
internationally.
As a firm that has produced varied scales of urban designs and master plans in diverse cities
throughout the country, Zyscovich brings a breadth of knowledge on current effective processes and
creative tools that can shape the public realm through carefully crafted guidelines. Its team has in-
depth knowledge and a solid understanding of urban planning, code writing, municipal code
implementation, and how to effectively integrate multiple districts, agencies, institutions and priorities
into a coherent vision.
Zyscovich employs cutting-edge research to address the ever-changing landscape of urban planning
and architecture. The firm is known for our implementation of proven technology and high
performance green design strategies that improve building performance, reduce long-term operational
costs, and protect the environment. Its design philosophy focuses on the origins and evolution of a
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site, and opportunities to add value in appropriate ways. Density, diversity, activity, safety,
greenspace, pedestrian friendliness and mass transportation values such as these are applied,
promoted and articulated in projects whether civic, academic or commercial. It is the firm's belief that
great design is not only aesthetically pleasing, but complements, enhances and is respectful of the
surroundings.
The firm has provided urban design and master planning services to more than 50 different
municipalities and public entities, including to the City of Miami Beach. Its record of performance,
including our willingness to meet time and budget requirements, is proven by the fact that a vast
majority of our clients are repeat clients, not just for a project or two, but year after year because of
our commitment to high quality design and responsive customer services. Its world-class experience,
combined with our considerable in-house resources and local knowledge, will allow us to
expeditiously complete the Washington Avenue Corridor Conceptual Design Plan.
Zyscovich has extensive relevant experience and a proven track record of providing public sector
agencies the scope of services requested by the City of Miami Beach, which includes designing the
Washington Avenue Study Vision and Master Plan & Evaluation of Code and Massing Exercises,
and the Miami Beach Neighborhood Greenways Feasibility Studies.
Brooks + Scarpa Architects. Inc.
Brooks + Scarpa is considered one of the premier architecture and urban design firms in America,
having been recognized with some of the most prestigious honors in the profession. We approach
every project with fresh eyes, allowing us to bring the best critical thinking to the table, often resulting
in unique and appropriately suited solutions. The firms is known for `creative' and `unique' designs
across numerous types of projects and we see Washington Avenue as a signature street with
worldwide recognition. The Brooks + Scarpa Team has the necessary experience in streetscape
design and public spaces locally and across the country.
Relevant Experiences - Brooks + Scarpa has been at the forefront of exemplar architecture, urban
design and planning nationally. Our firm Principal, Jeff Huber, AIA has extensive experience in
creative placemaking within master plan projects ranging at all scales working with numerous
municipal entities, most recently with the City of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Pembroke Pines.
Also, our subconsultants, Coastal Systems International and Workshop have experience on
streetscape, resilience engineering, and parks within Miami-Dade County. Our collaboration will offer
a robust conceptual design and engineering experience to make this project a successful and
visionary design.
Design Excellence - Honored with the 2014 Smithsonian Cooper- Hewitt National Design Award,
Brooks + Scarpa is one of the most celebrated architecture firms in America. Significant recognition
includes the National American Institute of Architects Firm Award, Lifetime Achievement Awards from
Interior Design Magazine and over 100 AIA Honor Awards, 19 National AIA Design Awards including
Regional and Urban Design and thousands of publications, Brooks + Scarpa is ranked the 7th
Overall Top Architecture Firm in the USA by Architect Magazine and 333rd worldwide by Design
Intelligence. This year Brooks + Scarpa won an AIA National Honor Award for Regional and Urban
Design for our work on Salty Urbanism: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies for Urban Areas in the
Coastal Zone which creates a methodology and design framework for the combination of
architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and resilient infrastructure, including living
shoreline and ecological stormwater management.
Gehl Studio Inc.
Gehl is an urban design and research consultancy offering expertise in the fields of architecture,
urban design, public life analysis, landscape architecture,, and city planning. The hub of our
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networked organization is based in Copenhagen, where our colleagues have worked for decades on
the evolution of people-friendly cities. In 2014, we established two offices in San Francisco and New
York, enabling us to work more closely with clients and collaborators in the U.S. We are pleased to
partner with Alta Planning on this project.
Building on 40 years of public life research, two-decades of people first planning and design, Gehl
has played an important role in the transformation of streets, neighborhoods, and entire cities through
the lens of 'making cities for people.' Our combination of strategic planning and policy expertise with
iterative placemaking tools is a powerful combination for the challenges that cities face today.
Ultimately, the placemaking process is about people: involving more of them in the creative process,
taking outreach to where they already are, and giving more of them ways to "own" their public
spaces.
The Alta team (subconsultant) has unparalleled experience in active transportation and multimodal
planning, design, engineering, and programs in communities and regions of all scales. Their team is
at the forefront of the industry when it comes to transportation innovation and implementation. Alta
helps their clients innovate on a daily basis, implementing the "first-of-its-kind" bike share system,
Complete Streets, protected bikeways, or parklets. Every city is unique, but we can apply our
experience tackling the same transportation challenges in cities across the country and globally to
each new place where we work.
On Washington Avenue, Gehl will pair Ma's expertise in transportation with Gehl's 'people-first'
approach, and experience implementing tactical urbanism projects, to engage the community and
cultivate a vibrant public realm along Washington Avenue. Gehl will build on recent experience
working together, in June 2018, to create a vision and guiding principles for a vibrant 41st street in
the City of Miami Beach.
CONCLUSION
After reviewing all of the submissions and the Evaluation Committee's rankings and commentary, I
concur with the Evaluation Committee and find Zyscovich, Inc. to be the best qualified firm for the
project. Zyscovich, Inc. offered a team that understands the challenges of our City and delivered an
approach that is bold with an amazing vision. Its vision for how it would approach this project can
provide a strong connection between where the City was, is, and what we want to become. it is
• important to note that Zyscovich went above and beyond by considering the project impact outside of
Washington Avenue corridor and looked into associations with Collins Avenue, Ocean Drive and the
residential neighborhoods. Finally, it has partnered with a team of equal superior sub-consultants for
the project for the landscape, civil and economic and market assessment components.
For the reasons stated herein, I recommend that the Mayor and City Commission approve the
Resolution authorizing the Administration to enter into negotiations with Zyscovich, Inc.; and, if the
Administration is not successful in negotiating an agreement with Zyscovich, Inc., authorizing the
Administration to enter into negotiations with Brooks + Scarpa Architects, Inc.; and, if the
Administration is not successful in negotiating an agreement with Brooks + Scarpa Architects, Inc.;
authorizing the Administration to enter into negotiations with Gehl Studio Inc.; and further authorizing
the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement upon conclusion of successful negotiations by the
Administration.
KEY INTENDED OUTCOMES SUPPORTED
Revitalize Key Neighborhoods, Starting With North Beach And Ocean Drive
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The costs of the related services are subject to funds availability approved through the City's
budgeting process. Grant funding will not be utilized for this project.
Legislative Tracking
Tourism, Culture and Economic Development/Procurement
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
❑ Attachment A
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GEHL STUDIO INC. 80 5 85 4 95 5 100 1 90 5 95 2 97 5 102 1 88 5 93 5 90 5 95 4 86 5 91 4 21 3
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