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<br />Attorney, department director or employee shall, for a period of two years after service or
<br />employment has ceased, communicate orally, in writing, or in any other manner on behalf
<br />of any other person or entity with the intent to influence a government decision, exploit
<br />for personal gain, subordinate the interests of the City to those of a current or prospective
<br />employer or any other person or entity, act in any way as to give an appearance of
<br />impropriety, corrupt the government decision making process, lobby, or testify as a fact
<br />or expert witness whether paid or unpaid, or otherwise attempt to unduly influence any
<br />City officer or employee in connection with any judicial, quasi judicial or other
<br />proceeding, application, RFP, RFQ, bid, request for ruling, other determination, contract,
<br />claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular subject matter in which
<br />the City or one of its agencies or instrumentalities is a party or has any interest whatever,
<br />whether direct or indirect or in which such person participated personally and
<br />substantially in the subject matter. Additionally, no person who has served as a City
<br />Commissioner member, elected City official. Mayor, or member of the staff of an elected
<br />official. or as City Manager, an assistant to the Manager, City Attorney, Deputy or
<br />Assistant City Attorney, department director or employee shall, for a period of two years
<br />after his/her service or employment has ceased, communicate orally, in writing. or in any
<br />other manner on behalf of any other person or entity with the intent to influence a
<br />government decision, exploit for personal gain, subordinate the interests of the City to
<br />those of a current or prospective employer or any other person or entity, act in any way as
<br />to give an appearance of impropriety. corrupt the government decision making process,
<br />lobby, or testify as a fact or expert witness whether paid or unpaid, or otherwise attempt
<br />to unduly influence with regard to any zoning or land use issue, any City officer,
<br />departmental personnel or employee in connection with any judicial. quasi iudicial or
<br />other proceeding, application, request for ruling, or other determination, contract, claim,
<br />controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular subject matter in which the City
<br />of Sunny Isles Beach or one of its agencies or instrumentalities is a party or has any
<br />interest whatever, whether direct or indirect or in which such person participated
<br />personally and substantially in the subject matter. Nothing contained in this subsection
<br />shall prohibit any individual included within the provisions of this subsection from
<br />submitting a routine administrative request or application to a City department or agency
<br />during the two-year period after service or employment has ceased. The two year post
<br />employment restrictions contained herein shall operate as an unequivocal and absolute
<br />prohibition, unless such person is exempted as provided in Subsection PO) below. The
<br />definition of "lobbyist" set forth in Section 33-2.B. of the City Code shall not apply to, or
<br />otherwise conflict with, the two year post employment restriction set forth herein.
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<br />(3) The provisions of Subsection P(2) above shall not apply to officials or employees who
<br />become employed by governmental entities, 501 (c )(3) nonprofit entities or educational
<br />institutions or entities, and who lobby or make an appearance on behalf of such entities in
<br />their official capacities. The provisions of Subsection P(2) above shall not apply in the
<br />case of an elected City official or employee who is personally served with a subpoena to
<br />testify under oath as a fact witness in a judicial proceeding in which the City of Sunny
<br />Isles Beach or one of its agencies or instrumentalities is a party. The provisions of
<br />Subsection P(2) shall also not apply to any former employee who receives a zoning
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