83-17447
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RESOLUTION NO. 83-17447
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CREATING THE COMMUNITY
BENEFIT COMMITTEE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AS A
CITY ADVISORY BOARD; AND ESTABLISHING ITS
DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, MEMBERSHIP AND
FUNDING.
WHEREAS, the Theatre of the Performing Arts (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as "TOPA") is a municip~l facility which the
Ci ty Commission is desirous of making readily available to the
residents of the Ci ty of Miami Beach to enhance the public good
and to enr ich the public amusement and general welfare of the
residents of the City of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Ci ty Commission hereby intends to create
and implement the Community Benefit Committee for the Performing
Arts as an advisory board to the City for the purpose of
recommending the utilization of funds as hereinafter set forth,
which funds shall be used to present and promote performances,
programs, shows and entertainment at reduced admission pr ices or
free admissions for the residents of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach and its residents shall
benefit from this increased awareness, use and enjoyment of the
Theater of the Performing Arts, which shall be facilitated by the
creation of the Advisory Board to be known as the Community
Benefit Committee for the Performing Arts,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
l. That an Advisory Board to be called the "Communi ty
Benefit Committee for the Performing Arts" is hereby created,
which shall consist of eleven (11) members, which members shall be
appointed at large by the City Commission.
2. The eleven (ll) members of the Communi ty Benef i t
Committee for the Performing Arts shall include six (6) members
who are primary users of the Theater of the Performing Arts and
five (5) members who are local community and civic leaders.
3. The duties and responsibili ties of this Advisory
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Board shall include:
a. Advise and recommend to the City Commission the most
efficient allocation of City of Miami Beach Endowment funds
mentioned below for the purchase of tickets for general
performances and resale to senior citizens residing in Miami Beach
at discounts of fifty (50%) per cent or more and to consider the
presentation and promotion of performances, programs, shows and
entertainment for the benefit and enjoyment of the residents of
the City of Miami Beach to be held at the Theater of the
Performing Arts at reduced admission prices, or for free admission
to senior citizens residing on Miami Beach;
b. Advise and recommend to the City Commission and the
City administration the best procedures for publicizing the
existence and availability of the above-mentioned tickets and
performances, programs, shows and entertainment to the residents
of the Ci ty of Miami Beach, including the method of distributing
or selling such tickets to senior citizens residing on Miami
Beach~
c. Advise and recommend to the City Commission and the
City administration suitable and first-class entertainers,
artists, performances and presentations for the Theater of the
Performing Arts as set forth herein;
d. Such related duties and responsibi1i ties as may be
further resolved by the City Commission.
4. There is hereby established and created a separate
and independent City of Miami Beach interest-bearing bank account,
which municipal bank account shall be administered and managed by
the Ci ty of Miami Beach for the funding of the foregoing ticket
purchases and addi tiona1 performances, programs, shows and
entertainment.
5. The funding for this bank account shall be attained
by imposing a One Dollar ($1.00) per ticket surcharge on the
tickets sold for each performance, inclusive of taxes, if any, on
the surcharge above and beyond the standard rental fee paid by the
lessees of the Theater of the Performing Arts. This funding shall
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commence with the 1984-1985 fiscal year on October 1, 1984 and be
applicable to the Theater of the Performing Arts' performances
thereafter.
The aforementioned surcharge
shall be contingent
upon a major i ty of the votes in the Ci ty of Miami Beach Special
Election on November 1, 1983, being in favor of the issuance of
general obligation bonds for structural and acoustical additions,
renovations and improvements to the Theater of the Performing
Arts.
6. This resolution shall remain in effect, unless
repealed, until the retirement or matur i ty of the aforementioned
Theater of the Performing Arts general obligation bonds, whichever
first occurs.
1983.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of September
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MAYOR
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CITY CLERK
(REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER MALCOLM FROMBERG)
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