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Resolution 11785 RESOLUTION NO. 11785 WHEREAS in 1964 the City of Miami Beach succeeded in inducing Peekskill Enterprises, Inc. , the producers of the Jackie Gleason Show, to transfer the production thereof from New York to the Municipal Auditorium of the City of Miami Beach, and WHEREAS in order to induce said producer to make such transfer it was necessary for the City to expend approximately a quarter of a million dollars to adapt the said Auditorium for television broadcasting purposes and to purchase and acquire television cameras, lighting facilities and other essential technical equipment, and WHEREAS thereafter said Jackie Gleason Show successfully produced thirty (30) one hour television programs which were telecasted over the national Columbia Broadcasting System during the 1964-1965 broadcast season, and WHEREAS the glowing success attendant upon the production of these programs impelled the producers of the said Jackie Gleason Show to renew their agreement with the City of Miami Beach for the television broadcasting season of 1965-1966, and WHEREAS the City has been and is anticipating that other nationally known programs would follow the example of the Jackie Gleason Show in staging and telecasting their shows from the City's Auditorium and thereby bring a new industry to the City of Miami Beach, the County of Dade and the State of Florida, and establish said area as a Radio and Television Center analogous to and rivaling the major centers located in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and WHEREAS there are now pending negotiations with a number of producers of other national television programs, with more in prospect, and WHEREAS by reason of the said efforts and substantial ex- penditures of money made by the City of Miami Beach resulting in publicity for the entire State of Florida, the amount an extent of which cannot be calculated, and will continue to result in tremendous financial and economic benefit to the entire State of Florida, and WHEREAS to meet the public demand for color television all of the major television networks have converted or are convert- ing the vast majority of their feature programs to color television, and WHEREAS in order for the City of Miami Beach to keep and retain its status as a potential national television center it is imperative and mandatory that color television equipment and facilities be purchased and acquired in order to retain the said Jackie Gleason Show and to induce other nationally known television personalities to produce their shows in the City of Miami Beach, and - 1 - OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - 1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE - MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139 WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of acquisition of such color television equipment and facilities is approximately $150, 000, and WHEREAS since the County of Dade and the entire State of Florida are immediate and direct beneficiaries of the develop- ment of the television industry in the City of Miami Beach and it is manifestly greatly inequitable for the City to bear the entire cost of purchasing and acquiring said essential color television equipment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to each County Commissioner of Metro- politan Dade County and that each and every of said County Commissioners be and they are hereby urgently requested to appropriate a sum equal to not less than a one-third (1/3) pro rata share of the cost and acquisition of said color televi- sion equipment and the said County Commissioners are urged to make such appropriation with all due speed. PASSED and ADOPTED this 16th day of March, 1966. Mayor Attest: Oil/ / CI City/Clerk - 2 - OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - 1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE - MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139 00o •0 •r1 4-D F-+ 0' ' in 0 co VI H 03 •r1 5 N- •rH cd 'd t 0 H 5 •r4 •r♦ H o@N.4 03 o a . t) 4) H 4) <4 0 5 I -P a) •1-1 H z °H F, ai u) -4-) 0 Z 4-) O U F-+ d H 0 SL2 a) 0 (Y H z. -N 41H O E-1 0 cif O O O cJ•r4 .. O 4-1 14 0 •-1 P4 f'-4 cH -1-) 4-) O m cd O S~ a) Qa) u5 ¢,H O 4, o cd ai .H •r1 a) -p 4-) 4-) I I