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File Number: 08-00732 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI TO
PROVIDE FOR THE TERMINATION OF THE ORANGE BOWL USE AGREEMENT
DATED JUNE 22, 1990, AS AMENDED, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2007.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and the University of Miami ("University") entered into an
agreement on June 22, 1990, as amended ("Use Agreement"), for the University's use of the Orange
Bowl for the staging of its home football games and related activities; and
WHEREAS, said Use Agreement provided for a term to expire June 21, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the City and the University were unable to negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement for the renovation of the Orange Bowl; and
WHEREAS, in August, 2007, the University announced it would be moving to Dolphin Stadium
effective with the 2008 football season; and
WHEREAS, the University requested the City to terminate the Use 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 adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute an Agreement, in substantially the
attached form, with the University to provide for termination of the Orange Bowl Use Agreement,
dated June 22, 2990, as amended, effective December 31, 2007.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
by the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRUT
CITY ATTORNEY t'fr-
City of Miami
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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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