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RESOLUTION 21-3255 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF <br />CASSELBERRY (HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THIS "GOVERNMENTAL <br />UNIT") TO JOIN WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OTHER LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENTAL UNITS AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND FORMAL AGREEMENTS <br />IMPLEMENTING A UNIFIED PLAN; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, <br />SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry has suffered harm from the opioid epidemic; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry recognizes that the entire State of Florida has suffered <br />harm as a result from the opioid epidemic; and <br />WHEREAS, the State of Florida has filed an action pending in Pasco County, Florida, and a <br />number of Florida Cities and Counties have also filed an action in re: National Prescription Opiate <br />Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio) (the "Opioid Litigation") although the City of Casselberry is <br />not a litigating participant in that action; and <br />WHEREAS, the State of Florida and lawyers representing various local governments <br />involved in the Opioid Litigation have proposed a unified plan for the allocation and use of <br />prospective settlement dollars from opioid related litigation; and <br />WHEREAS, the Florida Memorandum of Understanding (the "Florida Plan") sets forth a <br />framework of a unified plan for the proposed allocation and use of opioid settlement proceeds and it <br />is anticipated that formal agreements implementing the Florida Plan will be entered into at a future <br />date; and <br />WHEREAS, participation in the Florida Plan by a large majority of Florida cities and counties <br />will materially increase the amount of funds to Florida and should improve Florida's relative <br />bargaining position during additional settlement negotiations; and <br />WHEREAS, failure to participate in the Florida Plan will reduce funds available to the State, <br />the City of Casselberry, and every other Florida city and county. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE <br />CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION 1. That this Governmental Unit finds that participation in the Florida Plan would <br />be in the best interest of the Governmental Unit and its citizens as such a plan allows for almost all of <br />the settlement funds go to abate and resolve the opioid epidemic and each city and county receives <br />funds for the harm that it has suffered. <br />