97-22261 RESO
RESOLUTION NO.
97-22261
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING
AN EXPENDITURE OF UP TO $5,000 FROM THE JACKIE
GLEASON THEATER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
DOLLAR SURCHARGE FUND OF THE COMMUNITY
BENEFIT COMMITTEE (CBC) TO THE UNITED
FOUNDATION FOR AIDS (UFA) FOR THE PROMOTION OF
"WEST SIDE STORY" AT THE JACKIE GLEASON
THEATER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS (TOPA) .
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 93-20871 allows the CBC to make recommendatior s
relating to the promotion of events within TOPA; and
WHEREAS, the CBC has recommended an expenditure of up to $5,000 for
advertising "West Side Story", scheduled on February 6, 1997, at TOPA; and
WHEREAS, the United Foundation for Aids (UFA) will be purchasing tickets froln
Pace Theatrical Group at face value and will be reselling these tickets to supporters of t~ e
fight against AIDS for a benefit performance of "West Side Story"; and
WHEREAS, the sale will be made at a price higher than that afforded through t~e
TOPA box office; and
WHEREAS, the Administration would concur with the CBC's recommendation ar d
requests that the Mayor and City Commission approve the expenditure of up to $5,OC 0
from the TOPA dollar surcharge fund of the CBC, to UFA for the promotion of "West Sice
Story" .
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that an expenditure up to $5,000 from tt e
TOPA dollar surcharge fund of the CBC be authorized to the UFA organization for tt e
promotion of "West Side Story", to be held at TOPA on February 6,1997.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 22th DAY
Attest:
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO Funding approved:
FORM & LANGUA~ffice of Man~gement and Budgat
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. 31- U
TO:
Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Members of the City Com ission
DATE: January 22,1997
FROM:
Jose Garcia-Pedrosa
City Manager
SUBJECT:
RESOLUTION A THORIZING AN EXPENDITURE OF UP TO $5,000 FROM THE
COMMUNITY BENEFIT COMMITTEE TO THE UNITED FOUNDATION FOR AIDS
(UFA) FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE WEST SIDE STORY BROADWAY SHOW AT THE
JACKIE GLEASON THEATER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
ADMINISTRATION:
The Admiriistration recommends for the Mayor and City Commission to approve the resolution
authorizing an expenditure of up to $5,000 from the Jackie Gleason Theater dollar surcharge fund
of the Community Benefit Committee to UP A for the promotion of the West Side Story Broadway
show.
BACKGROUND:
Resolution No. 93-20871 provides for the Community Benefit Committee to make recommendatic>lls
relating to the promotion of events within the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts. In this
effort, the Community Benefit Committee is recommending an expenditure of up to $5,000 for 1he
advertising of the West Side Story Broadway show at the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing
Arts scheduled on February 6, 1997. UFA organization will be purchasing tickets from Pc.ce
Theatrical Group at face value and will resell these tickets to supporters of the fight against AIDS.
The sale will be made at a price higher than that afforded through the Box Office. This premium
will go to support the fight against AIDS.
The UF A organization promoted the Liza Minelli concert last February 1996, at the Jackie Gleason
Theater of the Performing Arts utilizing this same concept. Through these efforts, an approximately
five hundred additional tickets were sold which raised funds for the UF A organization.
CONCLUSION:
The City Administration recommends approval of up to $5,000 from the Community Benefit
Committee, from the dollar surcharge fund at the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts ::OI
the advertising of the West Side Story Broadway show.
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