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Resolution: R-05-0726
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 05-01418 Final Action Date: 12/15/2005
A RESOLUTION OF MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS OF THE CITY MANAGER
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT AND A JOINDER, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM(S),
FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE COMMISSION ("FIFC"); AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO FIFC;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
ANY BORROWINGS THROUGH FIFC ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, TO BE
PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City"), is duly authorized pursuant to the
Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166, Part II, Florida Statutes, as amended, and
other applicable provisions of law (collectively, the "Act") to acquire and to construct capital
projects for the benefit of the citizens and residents of the City and to borrow money to facilitate
financing of the costs of such projects and to borrow money to refinance the cost of such projects;
and
WHEREAS, Part I of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, as amended ("Interlocal Act"), permits
governmental entities under the Interlocal Act, to enter into interlocal agreements with each
other to jointly exercise any power, privilege or authority which such governmental entities share
in common and which each might exercise separately permitting the governmental entities to
make the most efficient use of their power by enabling them to cooperate on a basis of mutual
advantage and thereby provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of
governmental organization that accords best with geographic, economic, population and other
factors influencing the needs and development of such governmental entities; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.01(7)(d) of the Interlocal Act, authorizes governmental entities,
pursuant to an interlocal agreement, to create a separate legal entity to exercise the common
power of the governmental entities to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing or
refinancing capital projects pursuant to the Interlocal Act; and
WHEREAS, the City of Coral Springs, Florida, and the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,
have heretofore entered into an Interlocal Agreement, effective as of February 16, 2001 (as
more specifically defined hereinafter, the "Interlocal Agreement"), pursuant to which the Florida
Intergovernmental Finance Commission ("FIFC"), a separate legal entity, has been formed; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager considered the Director of Finance's recommendation that the
financing program which will be available to the City through FIFC, offers the economies of a large
scale financing and a sophisticated structure which the City could not command in the market in
solitary financings; and
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City to enter into the Interlocal Agreement and to
become a member of FIFC in order for the City to participate in the structuring of such financing
program to meet its financing needs; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission believes it to be in the City's best interests to enter into the
Interlocal Agreement and become a member of FIFC pursuant to such Interlocal Agreement;and
WHEREAS, the City Commission believes it to be in the City's best interest to participate in
the structuring of a financing program that will meet the financial needs of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to approve the Interlocal Agreement and to authorize the officers
and employees of the City to take all action necessary for the City to become a member of FIFC
in the manner contemplated by the Interlocal Agreement ("Member");
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and the findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The recommendations and findings of the City Manager are approved and the City
Manager is authorized{1} to execute an Interlocal Agreement and a Joinder, in substantially the
attached form(s), to become a member of FIFC.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized to designate the Director of Finance or other designee
as the City's representative to FIFC.
Section 4. The City Manager is further authorized and directed to negotiate any borrowings
through FIFC on behalf of the City and to return to the City Commission for final approval thereof.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
by the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter
and Code provisions.
{2} 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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