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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-036-3591 MOU with Hard Rock Stadium & South Florida Motorsports LLC RESOLUTION NO. 2021-036-3591 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH HARD ROCK STADIUM AND SOUTH FLORIDA MOTORSPORTS, LLC, RELATING TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO UPCOMING FORMULA 1 EVENTS AT HARD ROCK STADIUM OUTLINED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Gardens (the "City") is the third largest city in Miami- Dade County with approximately 113,000 residents, and WHEREAS, the City is the proud home of the Hard Rock Stadium sports complex (the "Stadium"), which hosts Miami Dolphins and University of Miami football, the Orange Blossom Classic, Jazz in the Gardens, Rolling Loud, the Orange Bowl and the Miami Open, and WHEREAS, since 2015, approximately $750,000,000 in private funds have been invested into the Stadium by Stephen M. Ross to modernize the venue as a global entertainment destination to attract world-class events, including Super Bowls, College Football championship games, and World Cup soccer matches to the City and South Florida, and WHEREAS, this investment has generated economic benefits for the City in the form of property tax collections, and large-scale infrastructure improvements, including pedestrian bridges to improve traffic flow, and WHEREAS, the City and South Florida Stadium LLC d/b/a Hard Rock Stadium ("HRS") have a history of partnering on high-impact community initiatives benefitting the City's residents and businesses, including education specialty, mentorship programming, direct impact programs, and the hosting of community events at the Stadium, and WHEREAS, the City wishes to continue its partnership and cooperation with HRS and its affiliate, South Florida Motorsports, LLC ("Promoter"), in hosting a world-class annual motor vehicle Formula 1 Grand Prix annually at and around the Stadium (collectively, the "Event") in the City in a manner that provides substantial economic and community benefits that directly support City residents and businesses, including defined opportunities for local residents and locally-owned businesses to participate in the Event and promote the City as the first majority African-American city to host a Formula 1 race of the 23 cities around the world that host a Formula 1 Grand Prix, as currently sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de ('Automobile, and WHEREAS, the City wishes to ensure that HRS and the Promoter will make certain commitments regarding (A) Event operations, including with respect to track design, noise mitigation, air quality monitoring, and racing hours that minimize any disruptions to local schools and neighborhoods; and (B) ensuring that the substantial regional economic benefits generated by the Event include direct community benefits for the residents and businesses of the City. WHEREAS, the City Council resolves that the Event will include the measures outlined below in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with HRS and the Promoter as follows: 1. Race Planning & Operations. In order to mitigate disruption to the local community leading up to and during the Event, the following mitigation measures shall be implemented by the City and the Promoter: a. The Event may take place at and around the Stadium, but no portion of the proposed track shall utilize Northwest 199th Street or N.W. 27th Avenue: b. No race shall start: (a) prior to 2:30pm (ET) on any weekday on which public schools are in session prior to 2:30pm (ET); or (b) after sunset in the City on any day; c. Noise mitigation barriers of industry quality shall be erected on the north side of any section of the track adjacent to the Snake Creek Canal to protect the City's residents adjacent to Snake Creek Canal; d. The Promoter shall provide for industry standard air quality and noise monitoring during the Event; e. The Event shall include variable message signage around the Stadium alerting residents to the dates of the Event and any applicable road closures, as well as a dedicated shuttle bus program designed to efficiently transport rideshare customers to an off-site hub to help reduce the number of rideshare vehicles around the Stadium after the Event; and f. Promoter and HRS shall be allowed to commence demolition and site work, subject to ongoing inspection by the City, as the construction plans for the Event facilities are being reviewed, processed, and approved by the City. g. To ensure effective coordination with City resources, the Promoter and HRS shall; (a) operate a multi-jurisdictional command center at the Stadium during each event designed to coordinate communications and operations amongst applicable City, County, and State resources; and (b) meet and confer with the City Manager and staff not more than thirty (30) days following each Event to discuss and recap the City's community benefits program, as well as the ingress, egress and management plans, Page 2 of 5 Resolution No. 2021-036-3591 as well as the results of the required air/noise monitoring and mutually- agreed upon measures that could be taken to improve each of the foregoing. 2. Community Benefits. In order to ensure a lasting and meaningful positive impact for City residents and businesses in connection with Event, the following community benefits shall be provided by the Promoter: a. The Promoter shall provide Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) of funding for community benefits programs to be administered by the City with such funding to be provided as follows: (1) One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) shall be funded not later than thirty (30) days following in connection with the first Event with fifty (50%) due not later than thirty (30) days prior to the first Event and fifty (50%) due not later than thirty (30) days after the first Event; and (2) Four Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Four and 44/100 Dollars ($444,444.44) shall be funded in the same manner (i.e. 50% thirty days prior to each Event and 50% not later than thirty days after each Event .. - - - - . ! _- . - - . e for each of the next nine (9) subsequent annual Events (it being understood that any prepayments shall be credited towards the following year's Promoter financial commitment if the applicable Event is cancelled for any reason, such as force majeure) {and the City acknowledges and agrees that any dollar amounts provided by Event corporate sponsors and/or Formula 1 dcdicat e _ . - - against this $5,000,000.00 commitment, while any such amounts dedicated to third parties {i.e., other than the City) for the benefit of Miami Gardens b. The Promoter shall ensure that Formula 1 implements, through the City's Parks and Recreation Department, the "F1 in Schools" STEM program (or successor STEM program) in the City at no cost to the City, for both elementary, middle and high school students as well as behind-the-scenes learning tours for students and interaction with the motorsports teams at the Event; c. The Promoter shall provide at least five (5) paid Event internships to high school and/or college students and five (5) paid internships for graduate students attending schools located in the City in connection with each Event, with such internships to be structured in a way that prepares and empowers internship participants to pursue full-time employment opportunities with the provider; d. The Promoter shall create and administer a program that allows local restaurants to participate in the sale of food and non-alcoholic beverages, especially authentic and local products, at the Event, without a buyout fee; Page 3 of 5 Resolution No. 2021-036-3591 e. The Promoter shall provide for an allotment of discounted tickets to be made available for the Event for City residents; f. HRS shall extend the Jazz in the Gardens agreement entered into by and between the City and HRS by a period of ten (10) years to be coterminous with Promoter's agreement to host the Event on substantially similar terms. Prior to executing the Memorandum of Understanding, the parties will negotiate in good faith with respect to sponsorships, vendors, parking and other terms related to Jazz in the Gardens; and g. Said MOU shall continue in effect for so long as Promoter and HRS continue to host Formula 1 racing at the Stadium. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS: The foregoing Whereas paragraphs are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true, and the same are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution. Section 2: AUTHORIZATION: The City Council of the City of Miami Gardens hereby authorizes the City Manager to (a) execute an MOU with Hard Rock Stadium and South Florida Motorsports, LLC, relating to certain conditions applicable to upcoming Formula 1 events at Hard Rock Stadium in accordance this Resolution; and (b) immediately provide for the City's cooperation with, and support of, HRS and the Promoter in connection with the preparation for, and execution of, the Event, including expeditious issuance of all necessary permits, consents and other approvals deemed necessary to effectuate the Event and its related activities in the City beginning with the first Event (currently contemplated to take place in 2022). Section 3: EFFECTIVE DATE: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its final passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF E CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD ON/AP'I 14, 2021 /11 iii / ODNE , ARRIS, MAYOR ea,ATTEST:nMARI BATAILLE, CMC, CITY CLERK Page 4 of 5 Resolution No. 2021-036-3591 PREPARED BY: SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, CITY ATTORNEY SPONSORED BY: MAYOR RODNEY HARRIS Moved by: Mayor Harris Seconded by: Councilman Stephens VOTE: 5-2 Mayor Harris Yes Vice Mayor Leon Yes Councilwoman Campbell No Councilwoman Ighodaro No Councilwoman Julien Yes Councilman Stephens, III Yes Councilwoman Wilson Yes Page 5 of 5 Resolution No. 2021-036-3591