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Resolution: R-12-0456
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 12-01365 Final Action Date: 11/15/2012
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENTS WITH CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, INC. AND CBS OUTDOOR,
INC., RESPECTIVELY, TO THE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON RECIPIENT
ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY, IN THE AMOUNTS DEPICTED IN "EXHIBIT
A"; AUTHORIZING EACH DISTRICT COMMISSIONER TO CONTINUE TO
DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT
WITHOUT FURTHER CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR AMOUNTS LESS THAN
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00); FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO TRANSMITA REPORT TO EACH OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS
DETAILING THE ALLOCATION OF SAID FUNDS THAT EACH DISTRICT SHOULD
BE RECEIVING EACH YEAR AND WHEN THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has entered into Settlement Agreements, as amended, with
Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. ("CCO") and CBS Outdoor, Inc. ("CBS"), to resolve all disputes and
pending litigation between them concerning outdoor advertising signs ("Signs") erected in accordance
with the City's former sign regulations that did not conform with the City's current sign regulations; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Settlement Agreements, CCO and CBS each agreed to fund
annually a Neighborhood Enhancement Account ("NEA") for each of the amended permits authorized
in the Settlement Agreements, as long as such Signs remain standing, or a Sign has been erected in
a substitute location; and
WHEREAS, the Settlement Agreements required the City and CCO or CBS respectively, to
mutually agree upon the recipients of the annual distribution from the NEA, and City Commission
approval of such distributions; and
WHEREAS, eligible recipients of NEA funds include, but shall not be limited to, 501(c)(3)
organizations operating within the district where the Signs are located and such other community
based organization and charities as the City and CCO or CBS, respectively, may designate; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to ratify and approve the distributions from the NEA
funds to the mutually agreed upon recipient organizations within the City, in the amounts depicted in
"Exhibit A"; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission further desires to authorize each district commissioner to
continue to distribute funds from the NEA funds without further City Commission approval for amounts
less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is further directed to transmit a report to each of the City
Commissioners detailing the allocation of said funds that each District should be receiving each year
and when the funds have been allocated;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
City of Miami
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File Number: 12-01365 Enactment Number: R-12-0456
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Commission hereby ratifies and approves the distributions from the NEA
funds to the mutually agreed upon recipient organizations within the City, in the amounts depicted in
"Exhibit A"{1 }.
Section 2. The City Commission further authorizes each district commissioner to continue to
distribute monies from the NEA funds without further City Commission approval for amounts less than
ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).
Section 3. The City Manager is further directed to transmit a report to each of the City
Commissioners detailing the allocation of said funds that each District should be receiving each year
and when the funds have been allocated.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor. {2}
.Footnote
{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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