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L.T.C. No. 162-1999
LETTER TO COMMISSION
July 21, 1999
TO: Mayor Neisen O. Kasdin and
Members of the City C mmission
FROM: Sergio Rodriguez
City Manager
SUBJECT: CLARlFICA ON ON THE MOTION PASSED APPROVING THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND THE
GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AT THE
COMMISSION MEETING OF JULY 7, 1999
At the July 7, 1999 City Commission meeting, Commissioner Cruz made a motion approving the
agreement between the City of Miami Beach and the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
which was unanimously passed by the City Commission. (Commissioner Susan Gottlieb was absent).
A clarification of the motion passed is presented below.
Accept the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Committee with the exception of items 13
(incentive), 14 (as recommended by the Administration to receive a "proportionate share"defined
as $1 million upon termination or expiration of the Agreement with the Bureau), and 15
(reimbursement to the City for the actual annual cost incurred in collecting and auditing resort tax).
The following is added to the motion:
1) In the event the penny tax is approved by the voters and the Bureau receives $5 million from
the County, the Bureau will return to the City, on an annual basis, $750,000;
2) The incentive formula is 50% of the VCA's portion of the increase in Resort Tax received
by the VCA, beginning in the 2nd year; no additional funding from VCA or the City of
Miami Beach will be granted to the Bureau;
3) The existing agreement language regarding Watson Island will remain in effect.
[Section 2.02 (c): Additionally, the City and the Bureau acknowledge that the Bureau may
intend to use public funds for the construction of the Bureau's proposed headquarters and
visitor center (to include a sea plane and helicopter facility), to be located on Watson Island,
in the City of Miami, Florida (the visitors center or the facility). The City agrees to the use
of any public funds for this purpose, only to the extent that the Bureau agrees that any City
funds used for the visitors center be used solely for that purpose. Accordingly, the Bureau
herein warrants, and agrees to memorialize same in any current or future agreement regarding
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said visitor center, that any change in use of the proposed facility, other than the stated public
purpose of a visitor center (which may include the Bureau's headquarters and administrative
offices as well) shall not be made without the prior written consent of the City. In the event
the City does not agree to a change in use of the facility, then the Bureau shall, upon notice
from the City, immediately remit any City funds (i.e. the City's proportionate share) that
were utilized toward the construction of said facility. Pursuant to this subsection @, the City
reserves the right to audit the Bureau to determine the City's proportionate contribution
towards the construction of said facility.]
If you have any questions, please contact Assistant City Manager Mayra Diaz Buttacavoli.
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