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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R-18
PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R-18 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA; FORMALLY APPROVING A DECORATIONS POLICY FOR DISPLAYS ON CITY PROPERTY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE DECORATIONS POLICY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. Resolution No.25-R-18 intends to formalize the City’s long-standing practice of ensuring that displays and decorations on City property are selected by the City Administration through consideration and approval by the City Commission of the attached policy entitled “Holiday and Seasonal Decorations Policy” (the “Decorations Policy”).
2. The Decorations Policy provides that the City Manager or City Manager’s designee shall have the authority to decide on the nature and content of all City-sponsored holiday, seasonal, and artistic decorations displayed on City property.
3. As City Center’s event spaces are managed by ASM through an existing agreement between the City and ASM, this policy will not impact the decorations, symbols, or other displays within City Center resulting from the private contractual relationship between ASM and third party companies temporarily utilizing City Center as an event space.
4. As stated in City Attorney Memorandum No. 2025-64, the Supreme Court has held that “when the government speaks for itself, the First Amendment does not demand airtime for all views” Shurtleff v. City of Boston, 596 U.S. 243 (2022).
5. Formally approving the Decorations Policy helps ensure that the City’s holiday and season displays on City property continue to meet the definition of government speech.
Financial Impact
FINANCIAL IMPACT DETAIL:
a) Initial Cost: Not Applicable.
b) Amount budgeted for this item in Account No: Not Applicable.
c) Source of funding for difference, if not fully budgeted: Not Applicable.
d) 5 year projection of the operational cost of the project: Not Applicable.
e) Detail of additional staff requirements: Not Applicable.