It is recommended that the Chairperson and Members of the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency, for the period during which the RDA is in recess, allow the Executive Director, or designee, to select, negotiate, award and reject all bids, contracts, agreements, and grant applications; renew existing contracts which may expire; and terminate existing contracts, as needed to ensure a continuation of essential services, subject to ratification by the RDA at its first regularly scheduled meeting on September 14, 2022.

Between the last meeting on July 20, 2022, and the first regularly scheduled meeting on September 14, 2022, the RDA will not be in session. During this period, there may be bids or contracts in excess of the $100,000 for goods and services or $300,000 for construction, which may need to be issued, rejected, awarded, renewed, or terminated. Typically, during the RDA's recess period, the Executive Director has been authorized by the RDA to sign all contracts, agreements, and grant applications, renew any existing contracts and terminate existing contracts, as needed.

The requested authorization is necessary to ensure that essential services and projects continue for the period during which the RDA is in recess. Any item approved by the Executive Director subject to the Resolution is subject to ratification by the RDA.

All approvals are subject to funds availability.

As has been the RDA's practice, I am requesting authorization from the Chairperson and Members of the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency, to select, negotiate, award and reject all bids, contracts, agreements, and grant applications, renew existing contracts which may expire, and terminate existing contracts, as needed, from the last RDA meeting on July 20, 2022, until the first regularly scheduled meeting on September 14, 2022, subject to ratification by the RDA.