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<br />Preview <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br /> <br />MEM_QRt\.NDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Susan Simpson, Cultural and Human Services Director <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />9/15/2011 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Agreement with Logistics Management Group for Jazz Fest 2011 <br /> <br />RECOMMENDA TION: <br /> <br />It is recommended that the City Commission approve the attached agreement with <br />Logistics Management Group to provide logistical and management services for Jazz <br />Fest 2011 in an amount not to exceed Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00). <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />The 4th annual Jazz Fest will be hosted by the City with a weekend of events starting on <br />Thursday, October 13 through Sunday, October 16, 2011 with the main concert event at <br />Heritage Park on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Logistics Management Group will provide <br />event logistical and event management services for the weekend including the main <br />concert event on Saturday. <br /> <br />This agreement includes the contracts for entertainment as negotiated by Logistics <br />Management Group which include the main, national act, Spyro Gyra. Other items <br />covered under this agreement include the stage, sound, lighting, security, tents, and all <br />items related to the set up of the park and physical production of the event. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> <br />Through the Sunny Isles Beach Tourism and Marketing Council, 2 weekend stays for this <br />event will be raffled through two prominent jazz radio stations in the northeast to further <br />promote this event nationally at no cost to the City. <br /> <br />Sponsors will be sought and tickets will be sold to help defray the cost of this agreement. <br /> <br />The City issued RFQ No. 11-08-02 in which no proposals were received. This permits <br />the City to negotiate with vendors directly. Logistics Management Group was selected <br />based on their experience with this event and for the quality and value in which they <br /> <br />http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agenda/Preview.aspx?I temID=5 73&MeetingID=O&MeetingDate=... 9/7/2011 <br />