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RESOLUTION NO. [INSERT] A Resolution authorizing [City/County] (herein referred to as this "Governmental Unit") to join with the State of Florida and other local governmental units as a participant in the Florida Memorandum of Understanding and Formal Agreements implementing a Unified Plan. WHEREAS, the [City/County] has suffered harm from the opioid epidemic; WHEREAS, the [City/County] recognizes that the entire State of Florida has suffered harm as a result from the opioid epidemic; WHEREAS, the State of Florida has filed an action pending in Pasco County, Florida, and a number of Florida Cities and Counties have also filed an action In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio) (the "Opioid Litigation") and [City/County] [is/is not] a litigating participant in that action; WHEREAS, the State of Florida and lawyers representing certain various local governments involved in the Opioid Litigation have proposed a unified plan for the allocation and use of prospective settlement dollars from opioid related litigation; WHEREAS, the Florida Memorandum of Understanding (the "Florida Plan") sets forth sets forth a framework of a unified plan for the proposed allocation and use of opioid settlement proceeds and it is anticipated that formal agreements implementing the Florida Plan will be entered into at a future date; and, WHEREAS, participation in the Florida Plan by a large majority of Florida cities and counties will materially increase the amount of funds to Florida and should improve Florida's relative bargaining position during additional settlement negotiations; WHEREAS, failure to participate in the Florida Plan will reduce funds available to the State, [City/County], and every other Florida city and county; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: SECTION 1. That this Governmental Unit finds that participation in the Florida Plan would be in the best interest of the Governmental Unit and its citizens in that such a plan ensures that almost all of the settlement funds go to abate and resolve the opioid epidemic and each and every city and county receives funds for the harm that it has suffered. SECTION 2. That this Governmental Unit hereby expresses its support of a unified plan for the allocation and use of opioid settlement proceeds as generally described in the Florida Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A." SECTION 3. That [official name] is hereby expressly authorized to execute the Florida Plan in substantially the form contained in Exhibit "A." SECTION 4. That [official name] is hereby authorized to execute the any formal agreements implementing a unified plan for the allocation and use of opioid settlement proceeds that is not substantially inconsistent with the Florida Plan and this Resolution.