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File Number: 07-00099 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
GRANTING THE REQUEST OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY") FOR USE OF
THE MARINE STADIUM PARKING LOT AND A PORTION OF VIRGINIA KEY
ALONG ARTHUR LAMB JR. ROAD, EAST TO THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND
SEWER PLANT, MIAMI, FLORIDA, TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY PARKING FOR
THE 2007 SONY ERICSSON TENNIS TOURNAMENT, SCHEDULED TO BE HELD
MARCH 21, 2007 TO APRIL 1, 2007, AT CRANDON PARK, KEY BISCAYNE,
FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LETTER
AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM,.
FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE COUNTY PROVIDING PRE-,
DURING, AND POST -TOURNAMENT CLEAN-UP OF AND SECURITY FOR THE
AREAS OF USE AND PROVIDING ADMISSION TO THE TOURNAMENT FOR
UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH PARTICIPANTS OF CITY OF MIAMI PARKS AND
RECREATION PROGRAMS.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is owner of the Marine Stadium and a portion of Virginia
Key on the Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County ("County") has requested use of the Marine Stadium parking lot
and a portion of City -owned Arthur Lamb Jr. Road in Virginia Key in connection with the Sony Ericsson
Tennis Tournament ("Tournament") to be held March 21 through April 1, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that this requested City -owned property is not needed at this
time by any of the City's offices or departments; and
WHEREAS, the County has agreed to indemnify the City and to defend and hold it harmless to the
extent of the limitations included in Florida Statutes, Section 768.28; and
WHEREAS, the County will provide clean-up of the City -owned properties before,
during and immediately after the tennis tournament and will provide security therefore; and
WHEREAS, the County will provide admission to the Tournament to inner city youths living within
the City who are participants of the City's Parks and Recreation Programs; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission determines that it is in the best interest of the City to grant the
County the right to use temporary parking for this event under the terms and conditions set forth in the
attached letter agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
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reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this section.
Section 2. The request of the County for use of the Marine Stadium parking lot and a portion of
Virginia Key along Arthur Lamb Jr. Road, east to the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Plant, Miami,
Florida, to provide temporary parking for the Tournament, scheduled to be held March 21, 2007 to
April 1, 2007, at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Florida, is granted.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1 } to execute a Letter Agreement, in substantially the
attached form, with the County for said purpose, in exchange for the County providing pre-, during,
and post -tournament clean-up of and security for the areas of use and providing admission to the
Tournament for underprivileged youth participants of City Parks and Recreation programs.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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`,JORGE F : RNANDEZ /1
CITY A OEY
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} 1f 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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