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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2008-j2Q3 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN <br />AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE <br />INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND OF THE STATE OF <br />FLORIDA AND THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH <br />RELATING TO A SOVEREIGNTY SUBMERGED LANDS LEASE <br />FOR OPERATION OF THE NEWPORT FISHING PIER, IN <br />SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM ATTACHED HERETO AS <br />EXHIBIT "A"; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE <br />SAID AGREEMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY <br />AND THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY <br />TO EFFECTUATE THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT; <br />PROVIDING FOR RATIFICATION BY THE CITY <br />COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the property known as the Newport Fishing Pier (the "Pier") located at <br />16701 Collins A venue was originally built in 1936 and has long been a major attraction for local <br />residents and tourists; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Pier was designated as a historic site by the Miami-Dade County <br />Historic Preservation Board on January 21. 1982, by the City of Sunny Isles Beach Historic <br />Preservation Board on June 6, 2005, and by the City Commission on .July 14, 2005, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Pier was operated by its current owner Newport Operating Corporation, <br />through a submerged land lease with the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust <br />Fund of the State of Florida, from 1984 until April 23, 2007; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Newport Operating Corporation has asked the City to take over the <br />operation of the Pier; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission has expressed a desire to enter into a new submerged <br />land lease agreement with the State of Florida in order for the City to operate the Pier; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that entering into this submerged land lease with <br />the State of Florida is in the City's best interest and is a necessary step in a myriad of procedural <br />actions required to successfully repair and re-open the Pier. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VEO BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE <br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section I. Approval of Agreement. The Sovereignty Submerged Lands Lease with the <br />Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida, providing for <br /> <br />Approving Sovereignty Submerged Lands Lease with the State of Florida <br /> <br />Page I 0 I' 2 <br />