Resolution 2025-33497RESOLUTION NO. 2025-33497
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A NEW FIVE-YEAR
SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH BEACH SEAFOOD
FESTIVAL EVENT ORGANIZER, TO PROVIDE CITY SPONSORSHIP
FUNDING FOR THE 2025-2029 SOUTH BEACH SEAFOOD FESTIVAL
IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 PER YEAR, AND A WAIVER OF
SPECIAL EVENT FEES DURING THE FIVE-YEAR TERM (INCLUDING
THE WAIVER OF FEES TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $85,000 FOR
THE 2025 EVENT), SUBJECT TO BUDGET APPROPRIATION DURING
THE FY 2026 BUDGET PROCESS (AND EACH APPLICABLE FISCAL
YEAR THEREAFTER) AND TO THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE
PUBLIC BENEFITS BY THE EVENT ORGANIZER.
WHEREAS, the South Beach Seafood Festival (the "Event") is an annual public
event celebrating and benefitting the talents of South Florida's leading chefs, restaurants,
and culinary masters; and
WHEREAS, the Event Organizer, CI Management ("Event Organizer") has
produced the Event successful for over twenty (20) years, generating a significant
economic impact (including hotel room nights) in Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2019, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution
No. 2019-30818, accepting the recommendation of the Finance and Citywide Projects
Committee and taking the following actions relating to the Event: (1) approving waivers of
special event fees in an amount not to exceed $58,970.00 (including the special event
application fee of $250.00, permit fee of $500.00, vehicle beach access passes in the
amount of $4,500, square footage fee of $45,207.75, Lummus Park user fees of
$5,911.25, and Police Department administrative fees of $2,601.00), and approving City
sponsorship funding in the amount of $25,000 for the 2019 Event, for a total City
sponsorship package valued at $83,970.00 for the 2019 Event; and (2) further approving
and authorizing the City Manager and City Clerk to execute a five (5) year sponsorship
agreement; and
WHEREAS, the original term of the 2019 South Beach Seafood Festival
Sponsorship Agreement (the "Agreement") was scheduled to conclude after the 2023
event; and
WHEREAS, due to COVID-19 related impacts, the Event did not take place in
2020, and the City and the Event Organizer executed Amendment No. 1 to the 2019
Agreement to provide for a six -year sponsorship instead, and allow for the 2024 Seafood
Festival to take place; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission wish to authorize the City Manager
and the City Clerk to execute a new five-year sponsorship agreement to. sponsor the
Event in 2025, with a sponsorship amount of $25,000 per year and a waiver of special
event fees during the five-year term of the sponsorship agreement (including fees totaling
approximately $85,000 for the 2025 Event), subject to budget appropriation during the
fiscal year 2026 budget process (and each applicable fiscal year thereafter) and to the
provision of appropriate public benefits by the Event Organizer; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute a new five-year
sponsorship agreement with the South Beach Seafood Festival event organizer, to provide
city sponsorship funding for the 2025-2029 South Beach Seafood Festival in the amount of
$25,000 per year and a waiver of special event fees during the five-year term (including
fees totaling approximately $85,000 for the 2025 event), subject to budget appropriation
during the FY 2026 budget process (and each applicable fiscal year thereafter) and to the
provision of appropriate public benefits by the event organizer.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3 day of Fib 4�a , 2025.
ATTEST:
S even Meiner, Mayor
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Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
(sponsored by Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez)
APPROVED AS TO
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MIAMi BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: City Attorney Ricardo J. Dopico
DATE: February 3, 2025
TITLE: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE A NEW FIVE-YEAR SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH
THE SOUTH BEACH SEAFOOD FESTIVAL EVENT ORGANIZER. TO PROVIDE
CITY SPONSORSHIP FUNDING FOR THE 2025-2029 SOUTH BEACH SEAFOOD
FESTIVAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 PER YEAR, AND A WAIVER OF SPECIAL
EVENT FEES DURING THE FIVE-YEAR TERM (INCLUDING THE WAIVER OF
FEES TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $85,000 FOR THE 2025 EVENT), SUBJECT
TO BUDGET APPROPRIATION DURING THE FY 2026 BUDGET PROCESS (AND
EACH APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER) AND TO THE PROVISION OF
APPROPRIATE PUBLIC BENEFITS BY THE EVENT ORGANIZER.
RECOMMENDATION
BACKGROUND/HISTORY
ANALYSIS
The attached Resolution was prepared at the request of the sponsor, Commissioner Kristen
Rosen Gonzalez.
FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
The fiscal imapct of this measure is $110,000.
Does this Ordinance require a Business Impact Estimate?
(FOR ORDINANCES ONLY)
If applicable, the Business Impact Estimate (BIE) was published on:
See BIE at: hops://www.miamibeachfl.gov/city-hall/city-clerk/meeting-notices/
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CONCLUSION
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Applicable Area
Citywide
Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item,
pursuant to City Code Section 2-17?
No
Is this item related to a G.O. Bond
Project?
No
Was this Agenda Item initially requested by a lobbyist which, as defined in Code Sec. 2-481,
includes a principal engaged in lobbying? No
If so, specify the name of lobbyist(s) and principal(s):
Department
City Attorney
Sponsor(s)
Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
Co-sponsor(s)
Condensed Title
Approve Sponsorship and Waive Special Event Fee, 2025 South Beach Seafood Festival.
(Rosen Gonzalez) CA
Previous Action (For City Clerk Use Only)
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