LTC 082-2019 City of Aventura Resolution NO. 2019-13MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
No. 082-2019
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City ommission
FROM : Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
DATE: February 11, 2019
SUBJECT: CITY OF AVENTURA RESOLUTION NO. 2019-13
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 2019-13, adopted by the Mayor and City
Commission of City of Aventura on February 7, 2019.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM ACTS BY
AIRBNB, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO SEND THIS
RESOLUTION AND A LETTER TO THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City of Aventura Clerk has requested that a copy of this 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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RESOLUTION NO. 2019-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM ACTS
BY AIRBNB, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO SEND THIS
RESOLUTION AND A LETTER TO THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura, Florida (the "City") desires to stand in the fight
for equality for all and in the fight against the rise of anti-Semitism; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission strongly opposes the practice of economic
discrimination and boycotts of persons and/or entities on the basis of race, color, religion,
gender, or national origin; and
WHEREAS, on May 1, 2018, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2018-
44, providing that the City will not procure goods or services or otherwise contract with a
business which engages in the boycott of a person or entity based on race, color, gender, or
national origin; and
WHEREAS , Airbnb, Inc. ("Airbnb"), is a privately held global company
headquartered in San Francisco that operates an online marketplace and hospitality service
which is accessible via its websites and mobile apps , where its members can use the service
to arrange or offer lodging , primarily homestays, or tourism experiences; and
WHEREAS, Airbnb announced on N ovember 19, 2018 that" it would remove all
listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank while continuing to allow non-Jewish/non-
Israeli listings in the West Bank, demonstrating hatred, prejudice, ignorance, hypocrisy, and
discrimination based on race, national origin and religion; and
WHEREAS , Airbnb 's actions are antithetical to the non-discriminatory values that
are important to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Israeli-Jewish Congress and human rights leaders have opposed the
company's actions; and
WHEREAS , prejudice and discrimination based on race , national origin, or religion ,
have no place in our City, county, community , country, or world .
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Recitals Adopted. That the foregoing "WHEREAS " clauses are ratified
and confirmed as being true and correct and are made a specific part of this Resolution.
City of Aventura Resolution No. 2019-.Ll.
Section 2: Business Practices. That the City Commission expresses its desire that
all businesses that operate within the City conduct their business at all locations in a way
that does not discriminate against anyone for any reason, including but not limited to their
nationality or religion.
Section 3: Discrimination Condemned. That the City Commission hereby
strongly condemns Airbnb's recent discriminatory decision to remove all listings in Jewish
settlements in the West Bank.
Section 4: Request for Action by Airbnb. That the City Commission hereby calls upon
Airbnb to take all necessary action to correct this act of disrespect and discrimination against the
land oflsrael and against the Jewish community in the West Bank and restore its original services
to all people, no matter their religion or nationality, immediately.
Section 5: Responsive Action. That in the event that Airbnb does not stop the boycott,
restore original services, and take all necessary actions to correct this policy of disrespect and
discrimination, we call upon all people, especially those utilizing Airbnb on-line services to list
or lease property, to carefully consider the discriminatory behavior of Airbnb when they evaluate
the listing contracts and referral agencies they will utilize .
Section 6: Directions to City Clerk; Request to Attorney General. That the City Clerk
is directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the Florida Attorney General's Office, along with
a letter, asking her to investigate whether Airbnb's conduct v iolates Florida 's anti-BDS law , and
whether it should be listed on the "Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel Li st " under Florida
Statutes. 215.4725 .
Section 7: Effective Date. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon
adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner Landman, who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Weinberg , and upon being put to a vote,
the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Denise Landman
Commissioner Gladys Mezrahi
Commissioner Marc Narotsky
Commissioner Robert Shelley
Commissioner Howard Weinberg
Vice Mayor Dr. Linda Marks
Mayor Enid Weisman
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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City of Aventura Resolution No. 2019-ll
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of February, 2019.
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ENID WEISMAN, MAYOR
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