HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-025-1207 - NFL Nunc Pro Tunc
City of Miami Gardens Agenda Cover Memo Council Meeting Date: January 27, 2010 Item Type: (Enter X in box) Resolution Ordinance Other X Fiscal Impact: (Enter X in box) Yes No Ordinance
Reading: (Enter X in box) 1st Reading 2nd Reading X Public Hearing: (Enter X in box) Yes No Yes No X Funding Source: N/A Advertising Requirement: (Enter X in box) Yes No X Contract/P.O.
Required: (Enter X in box) Yes No RFP/RFQ/Bid #: X Sponsor Name Dr. Danny Crew, City Manager Department: Office of the City Manager Short Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THAT CERTAIN AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTING NFL PROPERTIES, LLC’S (“NFLP”) REQUEST FOR A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AND ORDER
OF SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT FOR THE 2010 PRO BOWL AND SUPER BOWL XLIV ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT “A”; PROVIDING FOR NUNC PRO TUNC EFFECT; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Staff Summary: On Sunday, January 31, 2010 – Sunday, February 7, 2010, the City of Miami Gardens will be host to thousands of visitors for the ProBowl 2010
and Super Bowl XLIV at Dolphin Stadium. As with past Super Bowl and ProBowl games, vendors will appear in the week preceding the games to sell unlicensed souvenir merchandise bearing
counterfeit NFL trademarks. In an effort to curb these activates, the City of Miami Gardens Police Department and the Code Compliance Division have been trained by the NFL and United
States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Customs Enforcement on how to identify counterfeit merchandise. The City’s Police and Code Departments will be working with other
law enforcement agencies and the NFL to remove illegal vendors from the City, identify, and confiscate counterfeit merchandise. ITEM J-11) CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION Supporting NFL Properties,
LLC
1515 NW 167 Street, Building 5 Suite 200 Miami Gardens, Florida 33169 In order to obtain the power to seize counterfeit merchandise, each year the NFL in coordination with various local,
state and federal agencies file for a Temporary Injunction and Order of Seizure and Impoundment with the Court. These requests for relief from the NFL in partnership with local municipalities
have been granted by the courts every year since 1983. In light of these facts, the NFL requested that the City sign an Affidavit supporting their request in preparation for a hearing
on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Since the hearing was scheduled prior to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting, the Affidavit is being brought to the Council after the fact. Proposed
Action: Staff is requesting the City Council to approve the attached resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign Nuc Pro Tunc, the Affidavit supporting the NFL’s request for a Temporary
Injunction and Order of Seizure and Impoundment for the ProBowl 2010 and Super Bowl XLIV. Attachment: Attachment A: Affidavit