LTC 449-2018 City of Hallandale Beach Resolution NO. 2018-078MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
No. 449-2018
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
Mayor Dan Gelber and Members ~~-e~ity ommission
Rafael E. Granado , City Clerk /
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DATE: August 10, 2018
SUBJECT: CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH RESOLUTION NO. 2018-078
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 2018-078, adopted by the Mayor and
Commission of the City of Hallandale Beach on August 1, 2018.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF HALLANDALE BEACH , FLORIDA SUPPORTING PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 13 TO PHASE OUT THE CRUEL TY OF
COMMERCIAL GREYHOUND RACING BY DECEMBER 2020 AND
DECOUPLE LIVE RACING FROM OTHER FORMS OF GAMBLING IN
FLORIDA.
The City Clerk of Hallandale Beach has requested that a copy of th is Resolution be provided to
the Miami Beach Mayor and Commissioners.
If you have any questions , please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 305 .673 . 7 411.
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -078
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4 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
s OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA SUPPORTING PROPOSED
6 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 13 TO PHASE OUT THE CRUEL TY OF
7 COMMERCIAL GREYHOUND RACING BY DECEMBER 2020 ANO
8 DECOUPLE LIVE RACING FROM OTHER FORMS OF GAMBLING IN
9 FLORID Iv\
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12 WHEREAS, Commercial greyhound racing is a dying industry in the United States and Florida
13 hosts eleven of the remaining seventeen American dog tracks; and
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15 WHEREAS, public opposition to commercial greyhound racing is increasing due to both humane
16 and economic concerns; and
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18 WHEREAS, 70% of Florida voters will support Amendment 13 to end commercial greyhound
19 racing on November 6 according to a 2018 statewide survey by Mclaughlin & Associates; and
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21 WHEREAS, state records show that a greyhound dies on average every three days at a Florida
22 racetrack; and
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24 WHEREAS, in the one Florida jurisdiction that requires public disclosure, Seminole County, 73
25 injuries have been reported, including 55 broken bones and four deaths; and
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27 WHEREAS, the state Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering reports more than 400 greyhound drug
28 positives, including 68 cocaine .. positives since 2008; and
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30 WHEREAS, at Florida tracks, thousands of greyhounds are kept inside warehouse-style kennels,
31 in small cages barely large enough for the dogs to stand up or tum around; and
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33 WHEREAS, Amendment 13 specifies a twenty-six month phase-out to allow for the safe transition
34 of racing greyhounds into loving homes; and
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36 WHEREAS, a report commissioned by the Florida Legislature in 2013 documented that the state
37 loses up to $3.3 million a year on live greyhound racing because the cost of regulation exceeds tax
38 revenue; and
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40 WHEREAS, the economic decline of greyhound racing is expected to continue; and
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4r WHEREA:S, the state's maRdate for live racing as a platform for other, more profftable forms of
43 gambling is contrary to free market principles and costs Florida dog tracks $34 million each year
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46 WHEREAS, the City of Hallandale Beach hosts one of the eleven operating greyhound racetracks
47 in Florida which is now compelled to continue live racing in order to maintain the right to offer slot
48 machines and other forms of gambling; and
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50 WHEREAS, ending commercial greyhound racing will not lead to the expansion of gambling in
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53 WHEREAS . the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Hallandale Beach find that it is in the
54 best interest of the residents to end commercial greyhound racing .
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56 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
57 CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA:
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59 SECTION 1 . The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are adopted herein .
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61 ~ECTION 2, Support Amendment 13 to Phase-Out Commercial Greyhound Bilstinq and
62 pgs;oupfe Live Racing from Other Eo.rrns of Gambling. The Mayor and City Commission hereby
63 declare their support of a proposed constitutional amendment to phase-out the cruelty of commercial
64 greyhound racing , repeal the statutory li ve racing mandate, and which will have no impact on other forms
65 of g.ambling.
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67 SECTION 2. Effectjve Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1 st day of August, 2018.
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KEITH S. LONDON
MAYOR
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