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File Number: 07-01169 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RESCINDING RESOLUTION
NO. 03-205 IN ITS ENTIRETY; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR
PUBLISHING, ON AN AS -NEEDED ROTATIONAL BASIS, CITY OF MIAMI
SUPPLEMENTAL OR COURTESY PUBLIC NOTICES IN COMMUNITY -BASED
NEWSPAPERS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO QUALIFY AND
INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY -BASED NEWSPAPERS ON THE LIST
WHEN DEEMED APPROPRIATE; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
SET FORTH CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATIONS BASED ON CERTAIN
CIRCULATION AND PUBLICATION INFORMATION; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM
THE BUDGETS OF INDIVIDUAL USER DEPARTMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
WHEREAS, many poor and elderly citizens of City of Miami ("City") cannot afford to buy a
major daily newspaper and depend on the weekly community -minority newspapers for their news and
information; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission recognizes that, in a community with more than 370,000
residents from diverse cultural, national, language and racial ethnicities, it is essential to provide
information about the City because many poor and elderly residents cannot buy major daily
newspapers but receive other publications; and
,WHEREAS, the City Commission directed that the administration establish minimum
qualification criteria, including circulation criteria, for publishing City supplemental or courtesy public
notices on an as -needed rotational basis and a list of qualified community -based newspapers ("List");
and
WHEREAS, funding for such advertising will be allocated from the budgets of the individual
user departments, subject to the availability of funds;
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 reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
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. A community -based newspaper shall:
a. be geographically located in the City, and possess and maintain a current City
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occupational license in accordance with the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
as amended. Post Office boxes do not qualify; and
b. be published on at least'a monthly basis and provide proof of having been
published continuously for a minimum of two years; and
c. forward a notarized printer's receipt stating the publication prints at least twelve
pages, with 3,000 copies minimum per edition for the last six months. When
being added to the List, the newspaper must submit an affidavit of bulk
distribution location for the last six months and the upcoming six months. At the
same time, newspapers .must forward a notarized printer's receipt attesting to
the number of printed copies per edition; and
d. provide scheduled distribution dates and clearly state publication date on the
page of the City notice or advertisement and the masthead, binder, or cover of
the publication; and
e. provide the City Clerk with its published rate card for standard advertising rates
and also provide a price (guarantee for at least 365 days; and
f. have at least 3,000 copies per edition circulated within the City; and
g• submit a notarized copy of an income tax form or a financial statement provided
by a certified public accountant for the last three years and submit a copy of a
Miami -Dade County occupational license.
2. Further, the community -based newspaper shall:
a. not be the arm of a political party and/or candidate or elected official; and
b. have an annual adjusted gross income not exceeding one million dollars for an
individual publication.
3. To effectively service all the citizens of the City, the City Manager may waive the
requirement that the newspaper be located in the City as required in subparagraph (1)
(a) 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 3. The City Clerk may qualify and add community -based newspapers to the List when
deemed appropriate pursuant to the herein criteria.
Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to set forth further criteria for proof of qualifications based
on the circulation and publication information as established.
Section 5. Funding costs for such advertising shall be allocated from the budgets of the
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individual user departments, subject to availability of funds.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the I1ayor.{1}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
RNANDEZ
CITY A RNEY
Footnotes:
{1) 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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