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File Number: 14-01271 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A REVOCABLE LICENSE
("LICENSE"), IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY
OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURER'S ASSOCIATION
INC., A DELAWARE NOT -FOR -PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE USE OF A
PORTION OF VIRGINIA KEY UPLAND AND SUBMERGED LANDS
(COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROPERTY"), TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
PRESENTING TO THE PUBLIC THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW ("BOAT
SHOW") AND ITS RELATED ACTIVITIES AT AN ANNUAL PAYMENT OF ONE
MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,100,000.00) AND FIFTY
PERCENT (50%) OF THE INCOME RESULTING FROM ANY AND ALL FOOD AND
BEVERAGE CONCESSIONS AT THE BOAT SHOW, OR ANY PARTICIPATING
OFF -SITE PROPERTIES WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE LICENSE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO MAKE NON -SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS TO SUCH
LICENSE AS NEEDED, SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is the owner of the real property of Virginia Key, that
includes the upland and submerged lands (collectively, the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the National Marine Manufacturer's Association, Inc., a Delaware not -for -profit
Corporation ("Licensee"), is engaged in the business of presenting both national and international boat
show events, representing more than one thousand four hundred (1,400) companies involved in
various productions used by recreational boaters, and is dedicated to creating, promoting, and
protecting a safe and productive environment in which its members can achieve financial success
through excellence in manufacturing, selling, and servicing their customers; and
WHEREAS, the Licensee desires to use a portion of the Property, for certain specified days set
forth in the License, to present to the public and operate the Miami International Boat Show ("Boat
Show"); and
WHEREAS, the Boat Show will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2016, and for over 45 years
has been produced in the area of Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS the Boat Show generates over $600,000,000.00 in annual economic benefit to
South Florida; and
WHEREAS, more than 1,500 businesses that call Miami, Florida home depend upon the Boat
Show, and Florida businesses sell more than $300,000,000.00 of products at the Boat Show; and
WHEREAS, the Boat Show is the premiere gathering place for more than 100,000 boaters, fifty
percent (50%) of whom travel to the Boat Show from outside Florida, and ten percent (10%) of whom
travel from outside the United States; and
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WHEREAS, an estimated 45,000 workers prepare the Boat Show, in order to unveil the latest
and most innovative in boating products; and
WHEREAS, the Boat Show fills 200,000 hotel room nights; and
WHEREAS, the Boat Show provides the equivalent of 6,500 full time jobs;
WHEREAS, the City and Licensee desire and intend to enter into a Revocable License
("License") for the use of the Property; and
WHEREAS, this License is not assignable, is not for a fixed term, and is terminable or
revocable by the City at -will; and
WHEREAS, this License is revocable at -will by the City Manager and without the consent of the
Licensee; and
WHEREAS, this License does not transfer any interest in real property, including any leasehold
interest in real property owned by the City; and
WHEREAS, this License permits only certain, enumerated, specific, and listed permitted uses
on specified dates, and does not permit anything further;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute a License, in substantially the
attached form, with Licensee, for the use of a portion of the Property, to be used for the purposes of
presenting to the public the Boat Show, and its related activities at an annual payment of one million
one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000.00), and fifty percent (50%) of the income resulting from
any and all food and beverage concessions at the Boat Show or any participating off -site properties,
with the terms and conditions more particularly described in the License.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized{1} to make non -substantive amendments to
such License as needed, subject to the City Attorney's approval.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VICTORIA MENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
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{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 (10)
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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