Number
181430Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution conditionally approving an agreement with DNC Services Corp. and The Good Land Committee to be entered into if the City of Milwaukee is chosen by the DNC as the host city for the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
Analysis
This resolution approves an agreement with DNC Services Corp. and The Good Land Committee to be entered into only if the City of Milwaukee is selected by the Democratic Party of the United States to be the host city for the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee is one of three finalist cities, along with Houston and Miami, to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention (the “Convention”); and
Whereas, If selected as the host city, the Convention is expected to bring approximately 50,000 visitors to the City and provide an estimated economic benefit of $200 million; and
Whereas, The Democratic Party, through DNC Services Corp., (“DNC”) is negotiating agreements with all three cities still in the running to host the Convention and each city’s host committee and expects agreements to be finalized, approved and ready to be signed by the host city and its host committee as soon as the selection is announced; and
Whereas, The Good Land Committee, Inc. (“Host Committee”) is the entity that will serve as the host committee if the City of Milwaukee is selected to host the Convention and will be responsible for, among other things, fundraising and assisting the DNC with planning and putting on the Convention -- all of which will be the subject of another agreement that the City is not party to; and
Whereas, If selected as the host city, the City will enter into the agreement attached to this file between the City, the DNC and the Host Committee regarding the City’s role in hosting the Convention (“City Agreement”); and
Whereas, Under the terms of the City Agreement, the City will be required to, among other things,...
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