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Resolution R-17-0221
File Number: 2278
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 5/11/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO WAIVE USE FEES, RETROACTIVELY, IN THE AMOUNT OF
FOUR THOUSAND SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS
($4,072.85) FOR THE USE OF MEETING SPACE WITHIN THE JAMES L.
KNIGHT CENTER/MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE 5000 ROLE
MODELS OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT
CORPORATION, FOR THEIR SCHOLARSHIP SIGNING EVENT, SCHEDULED
FOR FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is the owner of the property known as the James
L. Knight Center/Miami Convention Center which is located at 400 Southeast 2nd Avenue,
Miami, Florida ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Property is currently managed by SMG under a management
agreement with the City which allows the City Manager to waive fees for the use of the Property
with the approval of the City Commission ("Commission"); and
WHEREAS, the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, Inc., a Florida not for profit
corporation ("Organization"), is an Organization that partners with Miami -Dade County Public
Schools to mentor "at risk" youths from ages nine to nineteen (9-19) to transition them into
adulthood; and
WHEREAS, the Organization has requested that the City waive the fees in the amount
of four thousand seventy-two dollars and eighty-five cents ($4,072.85) for the use of the
Property for the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, Inc., Scholarship Signing Event
("Event") that will be held on May 5, 2017, prior to the next Commission meeting scheduled for
May 11, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager requests retroactive authorization for the waiver of fees
for the use of the Property by the Organization for the 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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to waive use fees, retroactively, in
the amount of four thousand seventy-two dollars and eighty-five cents ($4,072.85) for the use of
meeting space within the Property by the Organization for the Event.
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.
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File ID: 2278
Enactment Number: R-17-0221
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ria ndez, ity ttor ey 5/2/2017
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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