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RESOLUTION NO. 2022 - Sfal A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, RATIFYING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE CITY'S ALLOCATION OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Sunny Isles Beach ("City") recognizes that Miami Dade County (the "County"), and the entire State of Florida, has suffered harm as a result of the opioid epidemic; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida filed an action in Pasco County, Florida, and a number of Florida cities and counties also filed actions In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio) (the "Opioid Litigation"), against various pharmaceutical companies; and WHEREAS, the County was one of such counties and was therefore a litigant in the Opioid Litigation; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida and lawyers representing certain various local governments involved in the Opioid Litigation have proposed the Florida Memorandum of Understanding (the "Florida Plan") which sets forth a framework of a unified plan for the proposed allocation and use of opioid settlement proceeds; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida has agreed to resolve the litigation through settlement and other means in the Opioid Litigation, and to that end, established a City/County Fund (the "Local Fund") and Regional Fund for the disbursement of opioid settlement proceeds (the "Opioid Funds") among governments in Florida; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Florida Plan, separate payments are to be distributed directly to the cities through the Local Fund; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Florida Plan, the City is eligible to receive a combined total of approximately $31,000.00 of the Opioid Funds, which amount would be paid over the course of 18 years; and WHEREAS, the Opioid Funds can only be utilized for approved uses, such as opioid and substance abuse education, treatment and other related programs and services; and WHEREAS, the City's receipt of a separate payment from the Local Fund will require separate programs and reporting requirements by the City; and WHEREAS, the costs to the City of administering a program and complying with the reporting requirements for the use of the funds will exceed the City's annual allocation of Opioid Funds, which is estimated to be less than $1,800 per year; and @BCL@980834E0.doc Page 1 of 3