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Resolution R-18-0525
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 5000 Final Action Date: 11/15/2018
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, PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 18-600 AND 18-602 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND
YACHTING PROMOTIONS, INC., A FLORIDA FOR PROFIT CORPORATION
("LICENSEE"), FOR AN INITIAL PERIOD STARTING JANUARY 14, 2019 AND
ENDING MARCH 2, 2019 FOR THE USE OF A PORTION OF CITY OWNED
SUBMERGED LANDS LOCATED BETWEEN THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY
AND THE VENETIAN CAUSEWAY AND BETWEEN THE SHORELINE AND
THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ("LICENSE
AREA"), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE LICENSE, WITH A
USE FEE OF FIFTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE
DOLLARS AND 76/100 CENTS ($59,783.76) PER MONTH; SUBJECT TO THE
WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENTS TRUST FUND; WITH SUCH ADDITIONAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN THE LICENSE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is the fee simple owner of certain submerged lands
lying between the Macarthur Causeway and the Venetian Causeway ("License Area") located in
Miami -Dade County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, Sections 18-600 and 18-602 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), provide that the City may directly negotiate and contract for the use of
City -owned submerged lands with entities having an ownership or possessory interest in the
abutting riparian uplands; and
WHEREAS, Yachting Promotions, Inc., a Florida for Profit Corporation ("Licensee"),
operates the Miami Yacht Show ("Show"), which is scheduled for the dates as outlined in Exhibit
"A" of the License; and
WHEREAS, the Licensee desires to use the License Area for the purpose of operating
the Show; and
WHEREAS, the Show will generate business, tourism, and jobs within the City and
benefit the City's residents; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the Show generated over $486,000,000.00 in economic output
within the State of Florida ("State"); and
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WHEREAS, the Show attracts over 29,000 visitors yearly, thirty percent (30%) of whom
come from outside the State; and
WHEREAS, the Show provides the equivalent of 3,576 jobs; and
WHEREAS, the Licensee has voluntarily proffered a donation in the amount of one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) to the City for facilitating the construction of a
Baywalk link under the MacArthur Causeway; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to grant to the Licensee a revocable license ("License"), in
substantially the attached form, for the aforementioned purpose; and
WHEREAS, except as specifically provided herein, this License is not assignable and is
revocable at -will by the City Manager and without the consent of the Licensee pursuant to the
notice provisions in Section 18 of the License; and
WHEREAS, this License does not transfer any interest or right in real property outside of
the scope of the License and the License does not convey, hypothecate, confer, or transfer a
right to use any real property for any general purpose not specified in the License;
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 City Manager is authorized' to accept the donation in the amount of one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) from the Licensee.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized1 to execute a License, in substantially
the attached form, pursuant to Sections 18-600 and 18-602 of the City Code between the City
and the Licensee for an initial period starting January 14, 2019 and ending March 2, 2019 for
the use of the License Area with a use fee of Fifty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty Three
Dollars and 76/100 Cents ($59,783.76) per month, subject to the written approval of the Board
of Trustees of the Internal Improvements Trust Fund, with additional terms and conditions as
more particularly set forth in the License.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
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 City 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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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