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Resolution: R-12-0124
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 12-00315 Final Action Date: 3/22/2012
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ESTABLISHING A POLICY
FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC OR COMMUNITY BENEFITS TICKETS AS
STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") may, from time to time, receive complimentary tickets or
passes through a contractual "public benefit or community benefits" clause; and
WHEREAS, as a matter of past practice these tickets or passes were provided to the Mayor, City
Commission, City Manager, other appointed officials or employees; and
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Commission on Ethics has adopted new guidelines and
recommendations regarding the receipt of tickets by public officials under "public benefit" clauses in
certain government contracts; and
WHEREAS, consistent with such guidelines and recommendations, the City Commission hereby
expresses its intent to adopt policies that ensure that the distribution of tickets or passes serves a
legitimate public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission acknowledges that elected and appointed officials are required
from time to time to attend numerous events as a matter of "official City business", including but, not
limited to, opening ceremonies, ribbon cutting, accompanying dignitaries, marketing and promotion of
the City and City venues; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission acknowledges that performing such bona fide official functions
at an event is appropriate and serves a valid public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that such free tickets or passes are public
resources;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY 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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to undertake all necessary action to obtain for the
City the monetary value associated with the City's entitlement to the use of the suite at the Marlins
Ballpark and any and all tickets associated with the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament, with all
revenues generated thereby, to be set aside in the City's general fund and subject to future allocation
by the City Commission.
Section 3. The City Manager and the City Attorney are hereby directed to work with the directors
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or executive directors of all the various City -run venues including but not limited to Bayfront Park,
James L. Knight Center, and the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, to
establish best practices for the fair and equitable distribution of complimentary tickets obtained under
City contracts, and to bring back to the City Commission recommendations for a City policy consistent
with the new guidelines adopted by the Miami -Dade County Commission on Ethics to be adopted by
the City Commission.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
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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