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2010-27394 Resoi j „ ~ I ~ ' , RESOLUTION NO.i 2010-27394 ~ J - ~. A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY. COMMISSION OF THE - ~ CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE . CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ORGANIZE AND PRODUCE A "ROCK FOR. HAITI" BENEFIT. CONCERT AS PART OF THE CITY'S HAITI RELIEF 'EFFORTS; AND AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF ANY PROCEEDS ~ FROM THE CONCERT, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FO~2 'HAITI RELIEF, TO PROJECT MEDISHARE, LNC. _ ~ t WHE ' . REAS,. Haiti- suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 201.0, which resulted in catastrophic .damage. to .the country's .:infrastructure and its people, further. devastating what is ;considered the .poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere; and ~. ~ WHEREAS,'the City of Miami Beach immediately .responded. by establishing donation sites at fire .stations ~~and collecting non-perishable food items, clothes, water, and other goods to donate to the people of Haiti as part. of aCounty-organized effort; and i WHEREAS,: Commissioner Edward L. Tobin referred a discussion on the City's efforts for. Haiti relief to -the Neighborhoods & Community .Affairs Committee ands. on February 16 2010,: the Committee directed the Administration to look at additional' ways to support .Haiti relief efforts;. and ~ ~ i . WHEREAS,?atthe April.2010 Commission Meeting, the City. of Miami Beach declared as _ surplus two emergency transport vehicles; and approved their donation to Project Medishare for Haiti, _ Inc., a 50;1(c)3 non-governmental organization organized in ~ 1984 to assess the need for healthcare in Haiti, .for their -use in providing much-.needed medical services in their field hospitals in that country; and WHEREAS, the two.emergency transport :vehicles require retro-fitting at a cost in excess _ , of $6,..000; and , .. . . WHEREAS;;the: City of Miami Beach continues to support Haitian.relief.efforts,including' collections at City-sponsored events .and "Payday Mayday," a fund drive to collect money. directly from employee .paychecks to donate to Project Medishare to retrofit the .two donated vehicles; and .. - ~ . , WHEREAS, ahe.Mayor and City Commission of the. City of Miami Beach hereby find that{ a public purpose will. be served by efforts to raise funds. to assist in fhe retrofit of the .vehicles! through a benefit concert, "Rock for Haiti," to be organized and produced by the City of Miarni Beach and to beheld, on May 22, 2010 at the Byron Carlyle Theater; and i WHEREAS, fall proceeds collected through the "Payday Mayday" and "Rock for Haiti" . efforts will be donated to Project Medishare, ~lnc. to assist in covering the .costs of preparing they vehicles for use in Haiti. ,~ t -- . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT • DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Administration is hereby authorized to organize and produce the "Rock for Haiti" benefit concert; to be held on May 22, 2010 at the Byron Carlyle Theatre. PASSED AND ADOPTED this /421k day of May, 2010. ATTEST: Robert Parcher, City Clerk aye Matti Hefrera Bower APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FO; TION 11 10 T:WGENDA\2010\May 12\Consent\RESOLUTION RE rock for haiti.doc CITY(A-'TORNEY. - COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY condenses ~i itie: ~ ~ A RESOLUTION. OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,a FLORIDA TO ORGANIZE AND PRODUCE A "ROCK FOR HAITI" BENEFIT CONCERT ASS PART OF THE CITY'S HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS; `AND AUTHORIZING:'THE DONATION OF{ ANY PROCEEDS 'FROM TH'f CONCERT, . AS :WELL AS ANYOTHER` FUNDRAISING] EFFORTS FOR.HAITI RELIEF, TO PROJECT MED.ISHARE, INC... j . - _ ~ ~A\/ IMLA NNA~ I \...~AAM1\A `~.MMA ~AM.• ~ , r~G n nG~ ~a,~Gaa vuwv~ ~ ~G vu V~'bGM.. Promote and celebrate our Cit s diversit - i :Supporting data (Surveys, Environmental Scan, etc.): Under development r . ~~ - , Issue;... Should the Commission organize and. produce a "Rock for Haiti" benefit coricert as part of the City's Haiti relief efforts, and authorize the donation of: any proceeds from the concert, as well. as any other '~ furidraisin efforts for Haiti relief, to Pro'ect Medishare, Inc.? ,_ Item Summa' -/Recommendation: Following the devastating earthquake ~in Haiti; -the City of Miami Beach .immediately resporided by establishing donation sites- at fire stations and collecting non-perishable food items, clothes, water and ~ other goods to donate to the people of Haiti as part of aCounty-organized effort. We coordinated pick up sites..on a weekly basis with Miami-Dade County to deliver goods to their collection points,. in order toy 'coordinate shipments to .Haiti. The Parks Department has also been. picked up and .dropped off supplies. ~; ` This initiative was inn place through April 1, 2010. { At,the April 2010 Commission Meeting,: the City of Miami Beach declared as surplus three emergency ;( transport vehicles, and approved the donation of two of the vehicles to Project Medishare for-Haiti, Inc. .The two surplus rescue vehicles will require retrofit. To assist in covering the costs of the retrofit, the City Administration is sponsoring an employee paycheck donation program for Haiti via a.one-time payroll deduction. ,. ~~. ~ .- Recently, Commissioner Tobin has been working on producing a "Rock. for Haiti" concert to assist in ~. raising funds to also cover the retrofit. This event is scheduled to be held at 7:00pm on May 22, 2010 at the Byron Carlyle Theater and features Haitian bands, local band "Jetstream,"and. our very own talented , employees who will. performfree~of charge to.raise money to donate to Project.Medishare, .Inc. to assist incovering the-costs of preparing the vehicles for use in Haiti,. In light ofthe desire of the City to support relief efforts for Haiti, it is recommended that the Mayor and '.City Commission adopt the attached-resolution adopting. and supporting the "Rock for Haiti" benefit concert,, including support; from City staff and resources to organize the event, and accepting any donafiions received from this and any other fundraising event, to be provided to Project Medishare, Inc. . for their Haiti Relief efforts. i .. ~/1 I A~/1 I BEAC H : - .. ' ~ City of Miami-;Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov ., :. COMMISSION MEMORANDUM ~ ' TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission . ~~ ~ -. FROIvI: Jorge M.' Gonzalez, City Manager ~ ~. .. ~ ~~, .. - ~ pATE: May 12, 2010 `; :. .~ SUBJ:ECT: A~RESO'LUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY. COMMISSION OF THE ,,. / ~ . CITY OF M1AM1 BEACH, 'FLORFDA TO ORGANIZE AND PRODUCE A "ROCK FOR ~IAITI" BENEFIT -CONCERT AS PART OF THE CITY'S , HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS; ~ AND ,AUTHORIZING THE DONATION Of ' .ANY PROCEEDS ;FROM ~ THE CONCERT, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER y FUNDRAISLNG EFFORTS FOR ~ HAITI RELIEF, TO PROJECT ' . ~. ~ A MEDI~$HARE, INC. ~. ADMINISTRATION R'fCOMMENDATION ~: o ,. - . Adopt the resolution: - ;~ BACKGROUND ' - , __ _ - . n . - Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the City of Miami Beach. immediately responded by establishing donation sites at,fire stations and collecting non-perishable food items, clothes, water and other goods to donate to the people of Haiti as part of aCounty-organized effort. We - ~ coordinatedpick up sites on a weekly basis with Miami-Dade .County to deliver goods to their . collection points, in order to coordinate shipments to Haiti. The. Pa'rks~ Department has also .been picked up and dropped off.supplies. This initiative was in .place through April 1, .2010. . ~ - ~~ ~ - At - the.Februar. n 3~ . y ,, 2020 :Commission Meeting, Commissioner Tobin referred a discussion on the . .City's efforts for Haiti relief to the Neighborhoods & Community .Affairs Committee. At its meeting on February.16, 2010' the Committee directed the Administration to look at additional ways to . - support Haiti relief. The Committee discussed various options for the City#o continue .supporting relief efforts in :Haiti,, and staff was. directed' #o identify. opportunities to raise funds or otherwise . ~~ - ~ support„relief efforts. , ~ . :, ~ . -. . Staff researched other efforts underwa in the Count to su y y pport Haiti relief. For example, they contacted= the .Miami-Dade League .of. Cities regarding their program. This program tasked municipalities fora .monetary contribution. However, the League recommended that any decision ~. ~ on where the funds. would be donated should .wait until it was known what impacts there :are to Miami-Dade, County as a. result of the. disaster and, if necessary, the decision could. be made to spend -the money locally As.:a result,.staff focused. their efforts on any activities. that could be implemented within the City to assist with the recovery efforts. Subsequently, the Parks and Recreation, sponsored a "Teen ;dance for Haiti on April; 24 with all proceeds for Haiti Relief. The Parks Departmerit has also "been fundraising. at other. community events since "February (e:g, Arts in the Parks; Movie in the .Parks, . _ -. ~., ~ ~ . y i - ~ - . .. f City Commission Memorandum .. .Resolution - "Rock for Haiti," , . ~ ~ + May~12, 2010 Page 2 .. .. E ;: ~ i Easter egg hunt etc.), and organized a soft ball league tournament this-corning Saturday., Ma;y 1:5t", with teams donating the entrance fee ($100 each) to the Haiti: efforts. An. account has beenset~ pp to. receive funds: . .~ _ .~ ~. The Admini tration also began; researching whether there might be vehicles in the City fleet that. might become surplus in the near future ands could be appropriate to donate to assist in recovery efforts: As part of the replacement cycle for City vehicles., it was determined that three Fire Rescue ~tr-ticks re.~ scheduled for rep acement at this time.. Concurrently, staff began researching organizations that might be able to use these surplus vehicles. We were able to .discuss this gpportunity with Ron Bogue from Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc., a 501(c) 3non-governmental organization organized in 1984, and affiliated. with the ~ University of -Miami, that works to assess 'the ,need. for healthcare in. Haiti and coordinate much-needed medical ,services. Project Medishare . responded::to fhe -Haiti disaster immediately, erecting a tent hospital. in-Port Au Prince irnrnediately to provide emergency medical care for the many earthquake victims. They continue to provide. relief.efforts in Haiti, .with-a goal of moving :their temporary hospital into a building, and expanding other facilities throughout the island _to care for the many who were injured and continue to require medical services. .Mr. rogue .advised us that .they. wouldwelcome the receipt of these two vehicles,- as they would .greatlyassist, them. with their medical response efforts in ~ Haiti. . Additionally, ~ Mr: ~$ogue indicated that they .would be able. to coordinate (at -their cost) the transportation of the two vehicles. Subsequently, at the April 2010 Commission Meeting, the City of Miami Beach declared as surplus three emergency transport vehicles, and approved fhe donation.of,two of the vehicles to Project Medishare for Ha:iti,.Lnc.~The two surplus rescue vehicles wi'II require retrofit. To assist in covering the. costs of. the retrofit, the City Administration is sponsoring an employee .paycheck donation program for' Haiti. -via.- a one-time payroll deduction. The ..program, called "Payday Mayday" is .currently underway: Employees -that make a payroll contribution wi11 be entered into a drawing for variousprizes .that have :been donated to the City for this purpose. The raffle wilt be held on May 28#ht" at ~2 pm in the Commission Chambers. . ~ ; Recently, Commissioner Tobin has been working on producing a "Rock for Haiti" concert to; assist ;in raising funds to:also cover the retrofit. This event. is scheduled to be held at 7:OOpm .on May 22, ~~2010 at the Byron Carlyle Theater and features Haitian.. bands, .local band "Jetstream," and our very own. talented employees who will perform free of charge to raise money to donate to Project Medishare, Inc. to:assist in covering~the costs of preparing the vehi`cles.for use in Haiti: .., , CONCLUSION: ~ ~ In light of the desire of the City to support relief efforts for Haiti, it is recommended that the~Mayor and; City Commission adopt the attached- resolution .adopting and supporting the "Rock for Haiti" benefit concert, including support .from City staff and resources to organize the event,: and accepting any donations received from this and any other fundraising. event, to be. provided to Project Med'ishare, Inc. ,for their-..Haiti Relief efforts: T:WGENDA\20..10\May 12\Regular\Rock for Haiti MEMO.doc ,. _ ~ ; a ,.