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4/25/91 91.- 323
RESOLUTION N0.
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $9;100, FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS
AND ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND, IN SUPPORT OF
THE MIAMI SISTER CITY DELEGATION VISITING
FROM KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN, MAY $-12, 1991;
FURTHER ALLOCATING AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $29500 FROM SAID FUND AS A GRANT
TO COVER COSTS OF SPECIFIED CITY FEES FOR
THE JAPANESE SPRING FESTIVAL TO BE HELD ON
WATSON ISLAND ON MAY 12, 1991; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY
AGREEMENT(S), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, WITH EVENT SPONSOR(S), SUBJECT
TO AND CONDITIONED UPON SUCH REQUIREMENTS
AND LIMITATIONS AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT ANY PROFITS
FROM SAID EVENT BE RETURNED TO THE CITY FOR
THE ICHIMURA-MIAMI JAPAN GARDEN.
WHEREAS, the International Trade Board, at its
April 16, 1991 meeting, adopted a Motion approving the use of
$5,900 from the Board's promotional activity account in support
of the Miami Sister City Delegation visiting from Kagoshima,
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Japan; and
WHEREAS, the International Trade Board, in acknowledgment of
the tremendous benefits in terms of trade and tourism to be
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derived from this event has recommended that the City Commission
allocate additional funding as necessary to cover any remaining
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expenses which have not been met by outside sponsorship; and
WHEREAS, the Friends of the Japanese Garden will hold the
Japanese Spring Festival on May 12, 1991 in conjunction with the
Delegation visit and have requested City support to cover the
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costs for the City's concession permit, beer/wine permit, and
ticket surcharge at a total estimated cost of $29500; and
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WHEREAS, the event sponsor(s) will pay all other necessary
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costs for the Festival and the herein grant will be contingent
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upon all profits from the event being returned to the City for
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the maintenance and operation of Ichimura-Miami Japan Garden;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. An amount not to exceed $9,100 is hereby
allocated from Special Programs and Accounts, Contingent Fund, in
support of the visiting Miami Sister City Delegation from
Kagoshima, Japan, May 8-12, 1991.
Section 3. An additional amount not to exceed $2,500 is
hereby allocated from said Fund as a grant to cover the cost of
specified City fees for the Japanese Spring Festival to be held
on Watson Island on May 12, 1991.
Section 4. The City Manager
is hereby authorized to
execute the necessary agreement, in a form acceptable to the City
Attorney, with the event sponsor(s) subject to and conditioned
upon such requirements and limitations as may be prescribed by
the Administration of the City of Miami, including the
requirement that any profits from said event be returned to the
City for the Ichimura-Miami Japan Garden.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
,.:PASSED AND ADOPTED this
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