Ordinance 2019-4257 ORDINANCE NO. 2019-4257
AN.ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER
2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED
"ADMINISTRATION," BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED
"AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES," BY AMENDING
DIVISION 15 THEREOF, ENTITLED "SISTER CITIES
PROGRAM" ("PROGRAM"), BY DELETING PROVISIONS
REGARDING THE COORDINATING COUNCIL OF THE
PROGRAM AND PROVIDING THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND GOVERNED BY REGULATIONS AS MAY BE
ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COMMISSION BY RESOLUTION;
AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY,
CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in the interest of enhancing the management of the City's Sister City
Program, the Program should be administered by the Miami Beach Chamber of
Commerce.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Division 15, of Article III, of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City Miami
Beach is hereby amended as follows:
Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
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Article III. Agencies, Boards and Committees
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Division 15. Sister Cities Program
Sec. 2-181. Established; purpose; powers. and—clAties omposition
administration, supporting department.
(a) Established: There is hereby established a Sister Cities Program, whose purposes,
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regulations are as set forth in this section.
(b) Purpose. See subsection (c) of this section. The purposes of the Sister Cities
Program are as follows:
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(1) Cause the people of the city and the people of foreign cities to acquire a
consciousness of each other, to understand each other as individuals, as
members of their community, as citizens of their country and as part of the
family of nations:i
(2) Promote, as a consequence of such knowledge and consciousness, a
continuing relationship of mutual concern betweenthe people of the city and the
people of its sister cities.-; and
(3) Promote art, cultural, educational and business exchanges between the city
and its sister cities,
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cities program. The council shall—consist of one representative per sister city
established ties with the sister city. Administration of Program. The Sister Cities
Program shall be administered by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
pursuant to written agreement between the Chamber of Commerce and the city,
and governed pursuant to regulations as may be established by the city commission
by resolution.
chairperson:
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SECTION 2. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, clause or provision-of this Ordinance is held invalid,
the remainder shall not be affected by such invalidity.
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SECTION 4. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach,
and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be
made part of the Miami Beach City Code. The sections of this ordinance may be
renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention, and the.word "ordinance" may
bechanged to "section," "article," or other appropriate word. .
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect on the 0?0 day of April , 2019.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /o day of Apri'/ , 2019.
ATTEST: " j;21
Dan Gelber, Mayor
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1a311� APPROVED AS TO
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk FORM & LANGUAGE
& FOR XECUTION
Underline denotes additions . ,( 4 . 4—ire cR
Striketh denotes deletions City Attorney( Date
denotes deletions at Second Reading
(Sponsored by Mayor Dan Gelber)
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Mayor Dan Gelber
DATE: April 10, 2019
10:20 a.m. Second Reading Public Hearing
SUBJECT:AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION," BY
AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED "AGENCIES, BOARDS AND
COMMITTEES," BY AMENDING DIVISION 15 THEREOF, ENTITLED
"SISTER CITIES PROGRAM" ("PROGRAM"), BY DELETING PROVISIONS
REGARDING THE COORDINATING COUNCIL OF THE PROGRAM AND
PROVIDING THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND GOVERNED BY
REGULATIONS AS MAYBE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COMMISSION BY
RESOLUTION; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY,
CODIFICATION,AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ANALYSIS
See attached memorandum.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
In order to effectuate the City Code amendments proposed in this Ordinance for the Miami
Beach Chamber of Commerce to administer the Sister Cities Program in the future, the City
and the Chamber of Commerce will need to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),
which is proposed in an R7 agenda companion item. The proposed MOU sets forth the
Chamber's responsibilities for its administration of the Program and provides for a management
fee to be paid by the City to the Chamber in an initial annual amount of $20,000, with the
management fee for subsequent renewal terms to be subject to appropriation and budget
approval in the City's annual budget process.
Legislative Tracking
Office of the Mayor and Commissioner
Sponsor
Mayor Dan Gelber
ATTACHMENTS:
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Description
D Status of the Sister Cities Committee
D Sister Cities Ordinance
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MIAMIBEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach,Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov
TO: Michele Burger, Chief of Staff
FROM: Adrian Chamberlin
DATE: March 5, 2019
RE: Sister Cities Committee
Below is a summary of the current status of the City of Miami Beach Sister Cities Committee
(SSC) and its actions since the Mayor's election in November 2017.
The City of Miami Beach has 10 Sister Cities, listed at the end of this memo. Of those 10, only
one is active: the City of Fujisawa, Japan. Fujisawa is the Miami Beach's first Sister City, when
the relationship was established in 1958.
Miami Beach regularly engages with Fujisawa. This engagement includes the exchanges of art
work as part of the annual Japanese Spring Festival, with participation by the Botanical Garden;
near-annual hosting of official delegations from the other city; and the exchanges of official
letters and gifts via mail for events in the other city, such as the annual Fujisawa Marathon.
To-date, our engagement has come entirely through the Office of the Mayor and Commission
and has been extremely labor intensive. Aides to Commissioners or the Mayor have had to staff
all SSC meetings and carry out all the support activity needed to ensure the engagement
described above occurred successfully.
In the time since Mayor Gelber's election in 2017, the Sister Cities Committee has experienced
significant challenges to operating. The challenges include attendance issues with only 1
meeting with a quorum, requiring coordinating the 2018 Fujisawa visit via subcommittee
meetings; for example, it was only in late November 2018 that a Chair was elected.
Additionally, the Sister Cities movement worldwide is being rapidly replaced by more direct
agency-to-agency Memorandums of Understanding, with more specific and measurable goals in
the areas of economic collaboration. Given these challenges and evolution of the Sister City
concept globally, it is logical to transition administration of the SSC to the Miami Beach
Chamber of Commerce. Management by the Chamber would eliminate a challenge from the
Sunshine Law and allow communication outside of public meetings. The Chamber also has
experience engaging internationally and can provide vision as to how the SSC can be effective.
If you have additional questions please do not hesitate to let me know.
Miami Beach Sister Cities
Almonte, Spain Ica, Peru
Basel, Switzerland Krumlov, Czech Republic
Brampton,Canada Nahariya, Israel
Fortaleza, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fujisawa,Japan Santa Marta, Colombia
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