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RESOLUTION 89-19528 RESOLUTION NO. 89-19528 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING THE AUTHORIZATION AND EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF POOLED MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY LOAN PROGRAM FOR THE FINANCING AND REFINANCING OF QUALIFYING CAPITAL PROJECTS AND LIABILITY COVERAGE CONTRACTS. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach, a Florida municipal corporation, has determined that there is a substantial need to obtain low-cost funds to finance and refinance the ongoing needs of Miami Beach for capital projects which will enable the City to provide its citizens with new services and facilities, to continue to provide present services and facilities, and to finance liability coverage contracts, all of which are necessary to maintain the quality of life of the inhabitants of the City of Miami Beach and the State of Florida; and WHEREAS, by pooling the needs of other municipalities and counties in the State of Florida, a program was developed which, due to its economies of scale; has enabled the municipalities and counties to obtain such needed funds at the lowest possible cost and helped to alleviate the burden on the citizens and taxpayers of the municipalities and counties from the cost of providing such necessary services and facilities; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to join this program in order to obtain such needed funds at the lowest possible cost to provide necessary services, facilities and liability coverage for the citizens of Miami Beach; and WHEREAS, such a pooled municipal and county financing program can be and is being accomplished by interested municipalities and counties in the State of Florida joining in an interlocal agreement in substantially the form now being considered before the City Commission, and pursuant thereto creating an entity to establish programs on behalf of and as the agent of the municipalities and counties entering into the interlocal agreement; and 1 WHEREAS, the municipalities and counties participating in the program wish to amend the interlocal agreement by a first amendment to interlocal agreement in substantially the form now being considered by the City Commission and pursuant thereto provide for the use of such pooled funds by the municipalities and counties to provide liability coverage contracts for the benefit of their citizens and taxpayers; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida may desire to participate in such a program; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida as follows: Section 1. The City's joining of the pooled municipal and county financing program is hereby approved and Alex Daoud and Elaine Baker, Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Miami Beach, are hereby directed to execute and deliver on behalf of the City of Miami Beach, a signature page in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1, and attach the same as part of composite Exhibit A, to the interlocal agreement and first amendment to the interlocal agreement, in order that the City may enter into the interlocal agreement and first amendment to the interlocal agreement with other participating municipalities and counties in the State of Florida and participated, to the extent to be hereafter approved by Resolution, in said pooled financing programs. Section 2. The City of Miami Beach is entering into the interlocal agreement and first amendment to the interlocal agreement to more effectively perform its service function relating to the provision of adequate services, facilities and liability coverage for the inhabitants of the City of Miami Beach. Section 3. The interlocal agreement and first amendment to the interlocal agreement shall in no way be interpreted to authorize the delegation of the constitutional and statutory duties of the City of Miami Beach or the City Commission, nor in any way obligate the City of Miami Beach for any debt, obligation 2 or liability, except to the extent as may hereafter be approved through the execution and delivery of a participation agreement whereby the City would actually draw down funds from the program to finance or refinance the City's capital project needs. PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of F b uary , 1989. Or By: At "r • Attest: /,7 City Clerk Approved as to Form and Correctness: By: 4 .,?.C;; L•?;? dt_try _.-- Date: 0-2/# PNB/mml 1/27/89 3 ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO. 89-19528 (Approving the authorization and execution of an interlocal agreement and first amend- ment to the Interlocal Agreement providing for the creation of pooled municipal and county loan program for the financing and refinancing of qualifying capital projects and liability coverage contracts)