2007-26609 ResoRESOLUTION NO. 2007-26609
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH
WOLFBERG ALVAREZ AND PARTNERS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $ 443,000.00, FOR ARCHITECTURAL,
ENGINEERING, URBAN DESIGN, AND LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE SERVICES FOR THE PLANNING, DESIGN,
BID AND AWARD, AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
PHASES FOR THE FLAMINGO PARK PROJECT; WITH
PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING FROM G.O. PARKS BOND ACCOUNT 370-
2320, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY G.O. BOND ACCOUNT 390-
2320.
WHEREAS, on November 8, 1994, the citizens of the City of Miami Beach
approved the issuance of $15 million in general obligation bonds for park improvements;
and
WHEREAS, on July, 1997, the Mayor and City Commission approved
Resolution No.97-22479, authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with The
Corradino Group (Corradino) for professional services related to the Parks Master Plan
Bond Program sites ;and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the City's approval of the Corradino agreement, it
was established that the Property. Management Yard could not be relocated from
Flamingo Park to another City-owned facility, due to space restrictions; and
WHEREAS, since it was not possible to amend the Corradino agreement to
include the Property Management Yard design, it was determined that it would be
necessary to select a new consultant to revisit the master planning effort and implement
portions of the new plan in various phases, to mitigate the impacts of previous planning
delays; and
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2002, the Administration authorized the issuance of
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 52-01/02, for architecture, landscape architecture,
and engineering services needed to implement the Flamingo Park/Property
Management Yard Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, RFQ No. 52-01/02 was issued on August 22, 2002, and an
evaluation committee ranked EDAW, Inc. (EDAW) as the top firm; on December 1, 2002,
the City Commission authorized the Administration to negotiate with EDAW; and
WHEREAS, in March of 2003, negotiations with EDAW were temporarily
suspended in order to fully analyze and evaluate the potential alternate site for the
Property Management Yard; and
WHEREAS, in late November 2003, after an extensive evaluation of potential
alternate sites, the City made a final determination that the alternate site was not viable;
and
WHEREAS, after careful evaluation of various performance related issues, as
well as other project related delays, the City terminated its agreement with EDAW for the
remaining number of right-of-way improvement projects, including Flamingo Park; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it would be best to retain the services
of a new consultant to revisit the master planning effort, and implement the portions of
the new plan in various phases, to mitigate the impacts of previous planning delays; and
WHEREAS, some portions of the original vision for the Park have already been
implemented, such as improvements to the playing fields, the construction of the new
pool facility, and the installation of the children's playground equipment ;and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2006, the Mayor and City Commission authorized
the Administration to issue Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 15-06/07, for
architectural, engineering, planning, and landscape architecture for design, permitting,
bid and award, and construction administration services for the Flamingo Park Project;
and
WHEREAS, the City Manager, via Letter to Commission (LTC) No. 052-2007,
appointed an Evaluation Committee consisting of the following individuals:
• Barry Zaid, Flamingo Park Neighborhood Resident (Leadership Academy);
• Mark Craven, Flamingo Park Neighborhood Resident (Leadership Academy);
• Judy Robertson, Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association;
• Carla Dixon, Capital Projects Coordinator;
• Kevin Smith, Director, Parks and Recreation Department;
• William Cary, Assistant Director, Planning Department;
• Harry Morgan, Executive Director, Police Athletic League (PAL); and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2007, the Committee convened to rank the proposers'
qualifications, and ranked Wolfberg Alvarez and Partners as the top-ranked proposer;
and
WHEREAS, the City has negotiated an agreement with Wolfberg Alvarez and
Partners, with a fee not to exceed $443,000.00 and it has been established that the fee
for these professional services appears fair and reasonable.
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 approve and authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute an
agreement for professional services with Wolfberg Alvarez and Partners, in an amount
not to exceed $443,000.00, for architectural, engineering, urban design, and landscape
architecture .services for the planning, design, bid and award, and construction
administration phases for the Flamingo Park Project; with previously appropriated
funding for Design and Engineering from G.O. Parks Bond account 370-2320, and
Miami-Dade County G.O. Bond account 390-2320.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of September , 2007.
ATTEST:
APPRO` +ED AS TO
FORM & LANGUAGE
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CITY CLERK
Robert Parcher
Matti Herrera Bower
Vice-Mayor
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: September 5, 2007
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES WITH WOLFBERG ALVAREZ AND PARTNERS, IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $443,000, FOR ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, URBAN
DESIGN, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES FOR THE
PLANNING, DESIGN, BID AND AWARD, AND CONSTRUCTION
ADMINISTRATION PHASES FOR THE FLAMINGO PARK PROJECT; WITH
PREVIOULY APPROPRIATED FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
FROM PARKS BOND ACCOUNT 370-2320, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY G.O.
BOND ACCOUNT 390-2320.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the resolution
FUNDING
Funding is available from previously appropriated for Design and Engineering from Parks
Bond account 370-2320, and Miami-Dade County G.O. Bond account 390-2320.
ANALYSIS
Flamingo Park is a 36-acre park bordered on the East by Meridian Avenue and on the West
by Alton Road, from 11th to 12th Street, and Michigan Avenue, from 12th Street to 14th Street
mid-block. The Park is comprised of a football stadium and grandstand; the tennis center (17
courts) the Friendship Corner building; the baseball stadium and grandstand; the Police
Athletic League (PAL) building; The Flamingo Pool building; the Boys and Girls Club; the
handball courts; the football field house and picnic shelter; the Property Management Yard
office and facilities; the switch and storage building; the ticket booths and concession
stands; the comfort station and the tot lot/plajrground.
The Flamingo Park Project scope of work includes architectural and engineering services for
the master planning, design development, permitting, bid and award, and construction
administration for the renovation of, and improvements to the Flamingo Park facilities,
including the construction of a new tennis center building; new tennis courts and lighting;
renovation of existing restrooms, or the provision of new ones; renovation of, or
improvements to the existing Friendship Corner; restoration of the existing softball field,
basketball courts and handball courts; renovation of the baseball stadium; new park lighting
and security lighting at entry promenade; landscape and irrigation improvements; additional
Commission Memorandum -Flamingo Park
September 5, 2007
Page 2 of 3
parking areas and improved vehicular access; pedestrian circulation/access along the
East/West and North/South axes; perimeter fencing and entry features and signage.
The project's initial priorities are to construct a new tennis center, including courts and
facilities; provide accessible restrooms; and enhance park lighting. All other improvements
are intended to be phased, and implemented according to the available budget.
On November 8, 1994, the citizens of the City of Miami Beach approved the issuance of $15
million in general obligation bonds for park improvements. The firm of Bermello, Ajamil and
Partners, Inc. (B&A) prepared the Master Plan that addressed the needs of the twenty (20)
parks of various sizes, and improvements for the Boardwalk and bikeways. The Mayor and
City Commission adopted this Master Plan on June 19, 1996.
The City issued RLFI Number 11-96/97, seeking the professional services of an
architectural/engineering firm or firms to provide design services, construction and bidding
documents, construction observation, project administration, scheduling and cost estimating
for the parks addressed in the Master Plan. On July, 1997, the Mayor and City Commission
approved a Resolution authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with The Corradino
Group (Corradino) for professional services related to the Parks Master Plan Bond Program
sites. Also included in Corradino's scope of services was the renovation of Flamingo Park,
but very little work was completed on this portion of the project. Subsequent to the
Corradino agreement, it was established that the Property Management Yard could not be
relocated from Flamingo Park to another City-owned facility, due to space restrictions. Since
it was not possible to amend the Corradino agreement to include the Property Management
Yard design, because it would significantly alter the character of the original RLFI, it was
determined that it would be necessary to select a new consultant. The City and Corradino
agreed that the Flamingo Park Project would be removed from their scope of work, and the
item was eliminated from Corradino's agreement at the March 20, 2002, Commission
meeting.
On June 19, 2002, the Administration authorized the issuance of Request for Qualifications
(RFQ) No. 52-01/02 for architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering services
needed to implement the Flamingo Park/Property Management Yard Improvements Project.
The two (2) components of the project were individually allocated funding in the 1999
General Obligation Bond ($2.5 million for Flamingo Park and $1.9 million for the Property
Management Yard), but were combined for the purposes of the project implementation due
to fact that the Property Management Yard is located within Flamingo Park. RFQ No. 52-
01/02 was issued on August 22, 2002, and an evaluation committee ranked EDAW Inc.,
(EDAW) as the top firm. On December 1, 2002, the City Commission authorized the
Administration to negotiate with EDAW.
In -March of 2003, negotiations with EDAW were temporarily suspended in order to fully
analyze and evaluate a potential alternate site for the Property Management Yard. After an
extensive evaluation, the City made a final determination in late November of 2003, that the
alternate site for the Property Management Yard was not viable. Professional fee
negotiations resumed in January 2004, exclusively for the Planning Phase, along with one
(1) task of the Design Phase, the Field Verification of Existing Conditions scope of work.
After careful evaluation of various performance related issues, as well as other project
related delays, the executed professional services agreement with EDAW was terminated
for convenience for the remaining number of Right-of-Way improvement projects, as well as
that for Flamingo Park. The termination settlement agreement was approved at the October
11, 2006, City Commission meeting.
Commission Memorandum -Flamingo Panic
September 5, 2007
Page 3 of 3
At that point, the Flamingo Park Project had only reached a preliminary planning level,
primarily due to the City's desire to relocate the Property Management Yard Division facilities
out of the Park. The City has determined that it would be best to retain the services of a new
consultant to revisit the master planning effort, and implement the portions of the new plan in
various phases, to mitigate the impacts of previous planning delays. As a result, the
Administration moved to explore various options that would phase the planning and
construction activities, in an effort to deliver completed facilities concurrent with other
planning functions. Some portions of the original vision for the Park have already been
implemented, such as improvements to the playing fields, the construction of the new pool
facility, and the installation of the children's playground equipment.
Additionally, as the result of various community meetings with the Flamingo Park
Neighborhood Association and the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation, and
subsequent approval of the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee, the Abel Holtz
Stadium courts and building have been demolished, an irrigation system has been installed,
and the area will be sodded for use as open greenspace. The request for a Certificate of
Appropriateness for the complete demolition of the Abel Holtz Tennis Stadium was
presented to and granted by the Historical Preservation Board (HPB) on April 10, 2007.
On December 6, 2006, the Mayor and City Commission authorized the Administration to
issue Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 15-06/07, for architectural, engineering,
planning, and landscape architecture for design, permitting, bid and award, and construction
administration services for the Flamingo Park Project. An evaluation committee was
appointed by the City Manager via Letter to Commission (LTC) No. 052- 2007. On March
20, 2007, the committee convened, and ranked Wolfberg Alvarez and Partners, as the top-
ranked firm; Corzo Castella Carballo Thompson Salman (C3TS), as the second-ranked firm;
and BEA International, Inc., as the third-ranked firm.
CONCLUSION
The City's Capital Improvement Office (CIP) has evaluated and negotiated the fee for
professional services and finds it to be fair and reasonable. As such, the Administration
recommends awarding a professional services agreement to Wolfberg Alvarez and Partners
in an amount not to exceed $443,000, for architectural, engineering, urban design, and
landscape architecture services for the planning, design, bid and award, and construction
administration services for the Flamingo Park Project.
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COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Cnndpnsed Title:
A Resolution approving and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Agreement for
Professional Services with Wolfberg Alvarez and Partners, in an amount not to exceed $443,000, for
Architectural, Engineering, Urban Design, and Landscape Architecture services for the planning, design,
bid and award, and construction administration phases for the Flamingo Park Project.
Intended Outcome 5u
To ensure well designed Capital Projects.
Supporting Data (Surveys, environmental scan, etc..,): More recreational opportunities is ranked
by residents as one of the changes that will make Miami Beach a better place to live; 79% residents
rated recreation programs and facilities as excellent or good; Parks and Recreation appears as one
of the most important areas affecting residents quality of life; and, 58% of residents attend parks/
recreational facilities a cou le times a months or more.
Issue:
Should the Commission adopt the Resolution?
Item
On November 8, 1994, the citizens of the City of Miami Beach approved the issuance of $15 million in
general obligation bonds for park improvements.. The firm of Bermello, Ajamil and Partners, Inc. (B&A)
prepared the master plan that addressed the needs of the twenty (20) parks of various sizes and
improvements for the Boardwalk and bikeways. The Mayor and the City Commission adopted this Master
Plan on June 19, 1996. On June 19, 2002, the Administration authorized the issuance of Request for
Qualifications (RFQ) No 52-01/02 for architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering services
needed to implement the Flamingo Park/ Property Management Yard Improvements Project. RFQ No 52-
01/02 was issued on August 22, 2002, and an evaluation committee ranked EDAW Inc., (EDAW) as the
top firm. On December 1, 2002, the City Commission authorized the Administration to negotiate with
EDAW. On December 6, 2006, the Mayor and City Commission authorized the Administration to issue
Request for Qualification (RFQ) No 15-06/07, for architectural, engineering, planning, and landscape
architecture for design, permitting, bid and award, and construction administration services for the
Flamingo Park Project. On March 20, 2007, the committee convened, and ranked Wolfberg Alvarez and
Partners, as the top-ranked firm: Corzo Castella Carballo Thompson Salman (C3TS), as the second-
ranked firm; and BEA International Inc., as the third-ranked firm. The Administration recommends
awarding a professional services agreement to Wolfberg Alvarez and Partners in an amount not to exceed
$443,000, for architectural, engineering, urban design, and landscape architecture services for the
planning, design, bid and award, and construction administration phases for the Flamingo Park Project.
Advisory Board Recommendation:
N/A
Financial Information:
Source of Amount Account
Funds: ~ $83,000.00 Parks Bond account 370-2320-061357 previously
a ro riated for Desi nand En ineerin
2 $360,000.00 Miami-Dade G.O. Bond account 390-2320-061357
reviousl a ro riated for Desi nand En ineerin
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O Total $443,000.00
Financial Impact Summary:
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Mario Gonzalez-Pola, ext. 2705
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