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RESOLUTION NO. 02- 469
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 02-288 WHICH
ESTABLISHED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR
PUBLISHING CITY SUPPLEMENTAL OR COURTESY
PUBLIC NOTICES IN COMMUNITY-BASED NEWSPAPERS
TO AUTHORIZE -THE CITY MANAGER TO WAIVE THE
CIRCULATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE NEWSPAPERS
PUBLISHED IN SPANISH AND CREOLE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Resolution No. 02-288, adopted March 14, 2002,
is amended in the following particulars:'/
"RESOLUTION NO. 02-288
Section 2. The following minimum qualifications
are established for City supplemental or courtesy public
notices to be published in community-based papers on an
as -needed rotational basis:
1/ Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored
words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are
now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indcate omitted and
unchanged material.
ITY COMU4SION
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1. A community-based newspaper shall:
a. have been in continuous operation for at least
five years; and
b. be published on at least a monthly basis; and
C. have a circulation of at least 10,000 per
issue in the City of Miami and provide the
City with a certified statement of circulation
or sworn statement as to circulation average
over the past year; and
d. deliver newspapers to no less than 50
distribution drops points located within the
City of Miami; and
e. be physically located in the City of Miami,
and possess and maintain a current City
occupational license in accordance with the
City Code.
2. To effectively service all the citizens of the City
of Miami, the City Manager may waive the
requirements that ire a newspaper be located in the
City of Miami or the mandated circulation as
required in subparagraphs (1)(c) and 4-1+ (e) above
for those community-based newspapers that meet all
other minimum qualification requirements and publish
in either the Spanish or Creole language, providing
that said newspapers possess and maintain a current
Miami -Dade County Occupational License.
Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.2/
zi If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become
effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was
passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City
Commission.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON
CITY CLERK
day of April 2002.
RECTNESS:)�/,
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members DATE: APR 1 6 2002 FILE:
of the City Commission
SUBJECT: Resolution Establishing Minimum
Qualification Requirements for
Community-based Newspapers
FROM: REFERENCES:
ez ENCLOSURES:
City Manager
FISCAL IMPACT: None — Budgeted Item
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing
the City Commission to establish minimum qualifications for community-based newspapers to
publish City supplemental or courtesy public notices on an as -needed rotational basis; and to
qualify and add additional community-based newspapers to the List from time to time. Funding for
advertisement will be from individual departmental accounts prior to usage.
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to a directive from the City Commission on January 10, 2002, the City issued RFLI 01-
02-112 on February 14, 2002. In years past, the City had utilized community-based newspapers to
publish City supplemental or courtesy public notices on an as -needed rotational basis, and the
issuance of the RFLI was to again solicit community-based newspapers interested in publishing
supplemental or courtesy public notices. The City now seeks establishment by the City
Commission of minimum criteria to be used to qualify community-based newspapers to publish
City supplemental or courtesy public notices on an as -needed rotational basis. Upon adoption of
the minimum qualifications by the City Commission, the community-based newspapers who
responded to the RFLI will be evaluated pursuant to those adopted qualification criteria. These
qualification criteria will be utilized to qualify and add community-based newspapers to the List
from time to time. All qualified newspapers would be mandated to adhere to the City's
requirements regarding placement of supplemental or courtesy public notices.
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