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RESOLUTION NO. ________ _
A Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to hire outside counsel to provide
legal services in the area of land use, including services involving the
purchase and sale of municipal property, the Land Development Code and
the City's Comprehensive Plan.
WHEREAS, the City is involved in many land use issues that require consultation with
experts in this specialized field of law; and
WHEREAS, the City's Land Development Code needs to be overhauled due to the
fact that it has become burdensome and contradictory due to numerous amendments over
the years; and
WHEREAS, there are attorneys who specialize in land use and relative issues and who
can provide the City with the best representation in this complicated field oflaw.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Attorney is hereby authorized, without the need for a resolution from
the City Commission, to hire outside counsel specializing in land use and development
regulations and to provide related legal services up to the limit of$IOO,OOO during the 2015-16
fiscal year. The City Manager and his staff are hereby authorized to issue payment fot these legal
services without the need for a special resolution for approval.
Section 2. Severability. If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by vote of the City Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this __ day of _____ -"', 2015.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM,
LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND
EXECUTION THEREOF
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Harris:
Commissioner Edmond:
Commissioner Liebman:
Commissioner Welsh:
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