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File ID: #4242
Resolution
Sponsored by: Commissioner Joe Carollo
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION URGING GOVERNOR RICK
SCOTT AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO
SUPPORT THE FORMULA 1 MIAMI GRAND PRIX; DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO MAKE THE FINDING OF AVAILABLE STATE FUNDING A
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A
COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS NAMED HEREIN.
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-18-0345
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 4242 Final Action Date:7/26/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION URGING GOVERNOR RICK
SCOTT AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO
SUPPORT THE FORMULA 1 MIAMI GRAND PRIX; DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO MAKE THE FINDING OF AVAILABLE STATE FUNDING A
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A
COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS NAMED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is currently negotiating with Formula One World
Championship Limited ("Formula One") and South Florida Racing, LLC., ("Racing") to bring
Formula 1 Grand Prix Championship racing to Miami for ten (10) years starting in 2019; and
WHEREAS, Formula One has over 500 million fans globally, with twenty-one (21) races
on five (5) continents each year; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, there were over 1.8 billion cumulative viewers of the Formula One
series races; and
WHEREAS, the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix race will bring thousands of race fans to
South Florida, which, for international tourists, can easily become part of a much larger visit to
the rest of Florida and its great attractions, from the West Coast to the Space Coast, to the
Panhandle and all points in between; and
WHEREAS, millions of international viewers will see the City and the greater South
Florida area for four (4) straight days of race events, leading up to the final race; and
WHEREAS, this type of international exposure every year, for ten (10) years, is
equivalent to Super Bowl viewership, which had 103 million viewers in 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix can only help to enhance the international
destination status of the State of Florida as a whole through participation in this global event;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission urges Governor Rick Scott and the Florida
Legislature to make funding available to support the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby directed to make the finding of available state
funding a legislative priority.
Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Governor
Rick Scott and the Members of the Miami -Dade County Legislative Delegation.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
edez, City Httor
ey ) 7/12/2018
1 If 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 Commissions.