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File Number: 7319 Final Action Date: 6/11/2020
MAY BE INDEFINITELY DEFERRED
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION NOT EXERCISING ITS
CANCELLATION AUTHORITY UNDER THE EXISTING REVOCABLE LICENSE
AGREEMENT WITH EVENT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. ("LICENSEE") FOR
THE ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL ("EVENT") TO BE HELD AT THE CITY -OWNED
PROPERTY KNOWN AS BAYFRONT PARK ("PROPERTY") IN 2021 AND NOT
OPPOSING THE LICENSEE'S INTENTION TO HOST THE EVENT AT THE
PROPERTY IN 2022.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Joe Carollo, Mayor Francis X. Suarez
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is the owner and the Bayfront Park Management
Trust is the manager and operator of the real property known as Bayfront Park located at 301
Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, Event Entertainment Group, Inc., a Florida Corporation ("Licensee"), is the
producer of the world's premier electronic music festival known as the Ultra Music Festival
("Event"); and
WHEREAS, for over twenty (20) years, the Event has been produced in the greater
Miami area, of which nineteen (19) have been produced in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Licensee has previously staged the Event at the Property between 2013
and 2019, during which time the Licensee expended substantial resources toward the direct
promotion and marketing of the City; and
WHERAES, on July 25, 2019, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 19-0321
authorizing the execution of a revocable license agreement ("Agreement") with the Licensee for
the 2020 Event subject to the terms contained in said Agreement; and
WHEREAS, due to the recent global outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 Corona
Virus and the fact that the Event in previous years has included visitors from over 105 countries,
the City issued a letter to the Licensee on March 5, 2020 informing the Licensee that because of
life safety concerns, the Licensee would not have access to the Property for the scheduled 2020
Event; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this correspondence from the City, the 2020 Event was
postponed; and
WHEREAS, the Licensee subsequently notified the City that the next Event would be
held at the Property in 2021; and
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WHEREAS, in order to mitigate the mutual losses associated with the Event's
postponement in 2020, the City wishes to not exercise its cancellation authority under the
Agreement for the Event in 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City also wishes not to oppose the Licensee's intention to host the
Event at the property in 2022; and
WHEREAS, making all available efforts to have the Licensee host the Event in 2021 and
2022 may mitigate the economic damages suffered by the Licensee, the City, and those entities
associated with the Event by way of the postponement of this year's 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 to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City will not exercise its cancellation authority under the Agreement with
the Licensee for the Event in 2021 and will not oppose the Licensee's intention to host the Event
at the Property in 2022.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor ey ) 3/31/2020
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