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RESOLUTION NO. 03— 448
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION,
WITH ATTACHMENT(S), RELATED TO THE
REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE JURISDICTIONAL
BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY COMMISSION DISTRICTS
FOR USE IN THE NOVEMBER 4, 2003 ELECTION AND
EACH ELECTION THEREAFTER; OFFICIALLY
DELINEATING THE BOUNDARIES OF EACH DISTRICT
AS SET FORTH IN "EXHIBIT A," ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED.
WHEREAS, the voters of the City of Miami adopted a Charter
Amendment on September 4, 1997, providing for a non-voting
Executive Mayor elected City-wide, and five City Commissioners
elected from districts; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Resolution 97-495
providing for the jurisdictional boundaries of the City
Commission Districts; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 02-612, adopted June 13, 2002, to
facilitate the retention of Special Counsel and Advisors, and to
fund any requisite reapportionment process; and
WHEREAS, said Special Counsel conducted publicly noticed
public meetings and workshops on the subject of City Commission
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Redistricting for purposes of apprising the public of the
potential district boundary changes and obtaining the public's
input and participation; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned public hearings, the complete
records of which are attached and incorporated, were held:
February 18, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. at Legion Post, 6445 Northeast
7th Avenue, Miami, Florida; February 19, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. at
Verrick Park, 3580 Day Avenue, Miami, Florida; and February 24,
2003, at 6:00 p.m. at Temple Israel, 137 Northeast 19th Street,
Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2003, during its Regular Meeting, the
City Commission and Special Counsel conducted a Public Workshop,
the complete record of which is incorporated herein by reference
thereto, to apprise the City Commission of the Special Legal
Counsel's findings and recommendations regarding implementation
of the 2000 Census prompted modification of City Commission
district boundaries, and receive the City Commission's input,
recommendations and direction relative to such modification and
implementation; and
WHEREAS, the results of the 2000 Census show changes in the
City's population and population deviations between the existing
districts which exceed ten percent (10%); and
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WHEREAS, as a result of the aforementioned population
changes, it is necessary to officially reapportion the City of
Miami City Commission districts pursuant to the requirements of
law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City delineates the jurisdictional
boundaries of each of the five delineated districts, as set forth
in Exhibit 1, attached and incorporated, which shall be used in
the November 4, 2003 election and all elections subsequent
thereafter.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.11
1� If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become
effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was
passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it
shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by
the City Commission.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of May , 2003.
ATTEST:
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P SCILLA A. TH MPSON
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
7CLEtJANDRO VILARE O
cvrY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT A
OVERALL CITY MAP, DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS,
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CITY OF MIAMI SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS
DISTRICT 1
Beginning at the intersection of the Tamiami Canal and NW
65 Avenue and its northerly extension, run south on the center
line of NW 65 Avenue and its northerly extension to NW 3 Street,
then run east to NW 53 Avenue, then run north to NW 4 Street,
then run east to NW 45 Avenue, then run south to NW 3 Street,
then run east to NW 43 Avenue, then run north to NW 7 Street,
then run east to NW 22 Avenue, then run north to the SR 836,
then run northeast to NW 7 Avenue, then run north to NW 36
Street, then run west to NW 19 Avenue, then run north to NW 38
Street, then run west and south along the City of Miami
boundary to NW 65 Avenue and its northerly extension.
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DISTRICT 2
Beginning at the intersection of SW 37 Avenue and SW 24
Street, run east along the center line of SW 24 Street to SW 27
Avenue, then run south to South Dixie Highway, then run
northeast to I-95, the run northeast to SW 1 Avenue, then run
northeast to SW 15 Road, then run southeast to the center of the
Metrorail line, then continue north to the intersection with the
railroad, then north on the railroad right of way to NW 14
Street, then run west to NW 2 Avenue, then run north to NW 36
Street, then east to Federal Highway, then run north to NE 55
Terrace, then north along NE 4 Court to NE 79 Street, then east
to NE 5 Avenue, then north to NE 81 Street, then west to NE 4
Place, then north to the City of Miami boundary, then east and
along the City of Miami boundary to the point of origin.
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Beginning at the intersection of NW 27 Avenue and NW 7
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Avenue, then run north to the SR 836, then run east to the Miami
River, then run southeast along the centerline of the Miami
River to the center of the Metrorail line, then run south to SW
15 Road, then run NW to SW 1 Avenue, then run southwest to I-95,
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then run east to NW 53 Avenue, then run north to NW 4 Street,
then run east to NW 45 Avenue, then run south to NW 3 Street,
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Highway, then run south west to SW 27 Avenue, then run north to
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38 Street, then south to the intersection of NW 19 Avenue and NW
36 Street, then run east to NW 7 Avenue, then run south to SR
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CITY OF MIAMI
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
MEMORAND
TO: Priscilla A. Thompson, Cit le
FROM: Alejandro Vilarello, Ci At e
DATE: July 9, 2003
RE: Redistricting; G�ection of Scrivener's Errors; Resolution
City Commission Meeting of May 8, 2003
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On May 8, 2003, the Commission adopted Resolution 03-448, which provided the boundaries for
the five (5) City Commission Districts. The districts were drawn with software that utilized TIGER
(Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) street descriptors. This is the same
software used by the Florida Legislature to redistrict the State's House, Senate and Congressional
delegations. After the maps were drawn, street descriptions were created following the boundaries lines
contained in the generated maps. As you may recall, the City Commission amended the draft resolution
on May 8`h by altering the boundary between districts 2 and 5. On short order, the border between
Districts 2 and 5 was moved westward. New maps and street -by -street descriptions were prepared and
presented to the City Commission the very same day.
However, when the street -by -street descriptions were given to the GIS Division of the Planning
and Zoning Department, it was discovered that some of the streets identified using the TIGER line files
were mislabeled and other streets did not actually connect, although the Census description claimed that
they did. In order to have maps that reflect the intent of the City Commission and the present state of the
City of Miami's topography, the attached replacement "Exhibit A" contains corrections to what are
"scrivener's errors" and ambiguities. In making these corrections, no population was moved and the
demographics of the districts as passed on May 8th remain the same.
Please replace all the existing "Exhibits" currently attached to Resolution 03-448 with the
corrected "Exhibit A" that accompanies this memo. Again, the new "Exhibit A," which, like its
predecessor, also consists of the Overall Map, District Descriptions and District Maps, should be
substituted in lieu of the existing "Exhibit 1" to Resolution No. 03-448. These corrected pages carry the
initials "CCM" on the bottom of ea, -h page.
It is the opinion of this Office that this matter is purely one of correcting Scrivener's errors and
ambiguities. Thus, no further action by the City Commission is necessary.
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Attachment
c: Mayor and Members of the City Commission
Joe Arriola, City Manager
Jorge Cano, Acting Chief of Neighborhood Services
Ana Sanchez-Gelabert, Director, Department of Planning and Zoning
Harold Ruck, GIS Section, Department of Planning and Zoning
Miguel A. De Grandy, Esq.
Stephen M. Cody, Esq.
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CITY OF MIAMI SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS
DISTRICT 1
finning at the intersection of the Tamiami Canal and NW
65 Avenue%65venue
ts northerly extension, run south on the center
line of NW and its northerly extension to NW 3 Street,
then run east to
53 Avenue, then run north to NW 4 Street,
then run east to NW I
Avenue, them -r -un east to NW 52 Avenue
then run south to NW 3 Str&pt, then run east to NW 43 Avenue,
then run north to NW 7 Street,\then run east to NW 22 Avenue,
then run north to the SR 836,
then run northeast to NW 7 Avenue, then
Street, then run west to NW 19 -1-9 Avenue,
38 Street
north to NW 36
an run north to NW
Avenue -T then run south and west to along the City\of Miami
boundary to NW 65 Avenue and its northerly extension'
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ITY OF MIAMI SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS
DISTRICT 2
Beginnlqig at the intersection of SW 37 Avenue and SW 24
Street, run edgt along the center line of SW 24 Street to SW 27
Avenue, then run south to South Dixie Highway, then run east to
1-95, then run nort"keast to SW 1 Avenue, then run northeast to
the center of the Meti\prail line, then run north to NE 14
Street, then run west to\NE 14 Street, then run north to NW 36
Street, then east to Feder Highway, then north to NE 55th
Terrace, then northwest along\,NE 4th Court to NE 79th Street,
then east to NE 5th Avenue, the\nort
NE 81st Street, then
west to NE 4th Place, then northh Court, then north to
the City of Miami boundary, thenast, and south along
the City of Miami boundary.
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CITY OF MIAMI SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS
DISTRICT 3
S,nning at the intersection of NW 27 Avenue and NW 7
Street, runast along to the centerline of NW 7 Street to NW 22
Avenue, then r north to the SR 836, then run east to the Miami
River, then run soXtheast to center of the Metrorail line,—Sid-2
neEthwest to—Seuth Miami AvenueT then run"'Xouthwest to SW 1
Avenue, then run southwest to I-95, then run �kputhwest to South
Dixie Highway, then run west to SW 17 Avenue, th�i run north to
SW 9 Street, then run west to SW 27 Avenue, then
7 Street.
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DISTRICT 4
Bethe intersection of the Tamiami Canal and NW
65 Avennortherly extension, run south on the center
line of and its northerly extension to NW 3 Street,
then ruW 5 Avenue, then run north to NW 4 Street,
then ruW 45 A nue then run east to NW 52 Avenue,
then run south to NW 3 Street, the\rune
o NW 43 Avenue,
then run north to NW 7 Street, theno NW 27 Avenue,
then run south to SW 9 Street, theno SW 17 Avenue,
then run south to South Dixie Highway \the
then run
south west to SW 27 Avenue ;rest to GALT 19 Avenue,n run north
to SW 24 Street, then run west to SW 37 Avenurun along
the boundary of the City of Miami te the Tamiami G--.
nertheast along the—Tamiami Ga to the northerly extensi n of
NW 65 Avenue.
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DISTRICT 5
nq at the intersection of NE 83 Street and the Cit,
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of Miami bounkry, run west and south along the City of Miami
boundary to the 'ntersection of NW 19 Avenue and NW 36 Street.
then run east to NA
southeast to the
\7 Avenue, then run south to SR 836, then run
nom. River. then run southeast to the npntar
of the Metrorail line
west to NW 2nd Avenue
run north to NE 14 Street, then run
run north to NW 36th Street, then
east to Biscayne Boulevard,\hen northeast to Federal Hiqhwav,
then north to NE 55th Terrace
to NE 79th Street then east to
81st Street, then west to NE 4th Pl
Court, then north to NE 83 street.
northwest along NE 4th Court
5th Avenue, then north to NE
then north to NE 4th
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CITY OF MIAMI
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
TO: Priscilla A. Thompson, City C
FROM: Joel E. Maxwell, Deputy City me
DATE: May 29, 2003
RE: Agenda Item No. 16; May 8,e20;. olution 03-448; Amendments
Attached, hereto, please find copy of letter from Stephen Cody, Esq., one of the City's
Special Counsel in the Redistricting matter. Accompanying his letter are the formal amended
pages for the attachments to Resolution 03-448, adopted by the City Commission on May 8,
2003. Please substitute said pages (description and maps) for "District 2" and "District 5" in
said Resolution's attachments.
The attached new district descriptions and maps reflect the Commission's amendatory
action regarding those districts. The maps and descriptions of the other districts is
unchanged from those currently in the packet. Therefore, after the aforementioned actions,
the Resolution should be sent to the Mayor for his execution.
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CODY, P.A.
VIA HAND DELIVERY
May 22, 2003
Joel P. Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney
City of Miami
444 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Suite 945
Miami, Florida 33133
RE: City of Miami Reapportionment/Re-precincting
Dear Joel;
Please find enclosed the boundary language for districts 2 and 5. You requested that I reformat the
descriptions to match the format used in the resolution. The descriptions also include new maps
showing the boundaries districts 2 and 5.
This letter will also serve as a follow-up to my previous correspondence with you concerning the re-
precincting of the City of Miami. I still have not received a list of the "problem" precincts as I had
requested. Time is growing short and if we are to have an effect on changing the precincts, we need
to identify those precincts where voters are asked to leave the precincts to cast their ballots. In
additiae,,Aw a I previously requested, we need to have the City's net offices identify alternative
voting sites which meet the accessibility requirements that I sent with my previous correspondence.
If the Elections Department is going to change the precinct map, it needs to submit the changes to
the Board of County Commissioners Elections Committee in June and then to the full Commission
in July. The Commission does not meet in August. Please get back to me as soon as you can.
I look forward to speaking with you in the near future.
Sincerely,
Stephen M. Cody, Esq.
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cc: Miguel A. De Grandy, Esq.
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CITY OF MIAMI SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS
DISTRICT 2
Begi ning at the intersection of SW 37 Avenue and SW 24
Street, run ast along the center line of SW 24 Street to 27
14 south te SW 24 TeEraee, then Eu- e -SW
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17 Avenue, then n south to South Dixie Highway, the run east
to I-95,, then run northeast t/etrorail
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26 Read, then run nort east to the center of the line
then north to NE 14 Stre6,t, then west to NW 2n Avenue then
north to NW 36 Street then east to Biscayne/Blvd, then north to
NE 83 Street then west to the City of Mi i boundary, then
north, east and south along the Oity of iami boundary, the
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ITY OF MIAMI SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS
DISTRICT 5
Be inns at the intersection of NE 83 Street and B'sca ne
Boulevard run est and south alongthe Cit of Miami oundar
to the intersects . of NW 19 Avenue and NW 36 Stree then run
east to NW 7 Avenue then run south to SR 836 t en run
southwest to the Miami Iver then run southe t to the center
of the Metrorail line th n north to NE 14 /treet,then west to
NW 2nd Avenue then north t NW 36 Street/then east to Bisca n
Blvd, then north to NE 83 Stre t.
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CITY OF MIAMI
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Members of City Commission
FROM: C,Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorne I �+
DATE: April 29, 2003
RE: Resolution; Officially Reapportioning and Delineating new City Commission
District Boundaries as a result of 2000 Census; Regular City Commission
meeting of May 8, 2003
As you are aware, the voters of the City of Miami adopted a Charter Amendment on
September 4, 1997, providing for a non-voting Executive Mayor elected citywide and five City
Commissioners elected from districts. As a consequence thereof, City Commissioners adopted
Resolution 97-495 providing for the jurisdictional boundaries of the first single -member City
Commission districts.
In order to facilitate and fund any reapportionment process to redraw the current single -
member City Commission district boundaries necessitated by the 2000 Census, the City
Commission, on June 13, 2002, adopted Resolution 02-612, which initiated, facilitated and
funded the review process, as well as provided for retention of a Special Counsel and Advisor in
connection with matters relating to Commission Redistricting.
Special Counsel conducted several noticed public meetings and workshops on the subject of
City Commission Redistricting to apprise the public of potential district boundary changes and
obtain public input and participation. The aforementioned public hearings were held: February
18, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. at Legion Post, 6445 NE 7th Avenue; February 19, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. at
Verrick Park, 3580 Day Avenue; and February 24, 2003, at 6:00 p.m. at Temple Israel, 137 NE
19th Street.
A Public Workshop is also scheduled for May 8, 2003, during the Commission's meeting of
that date, prior to the public hearing on the subject resolution, to apprise the City Commission of
the Special Counsel's findings and recommendations regarding implementation of the 2000
Census prompted modification of City Commission district boundaries, and receive the
Commission's input, recommendations and direction relative to such modification and
implementation.
Based upon the recommendations of Special Counsel, as well as the record of these and all
preceding proceedings regarding the subject of the 2000 Census prompted Miami City
Commission District reapportionment process, this Resolution, if adopted, would officially
reapportion and delineate the jurisdictional boundaries of each City Commission district, as set
forth in the Exhibit attached thereto, for the November 4, 2003 Election and each election
thereafter.
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A public hearing will
May 8, 2003, at 10:1
Florida, for the purpo!
CITY OF MIAMI
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
be held by the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, on
)0 a.m., at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami,
;e of considering the following resolution:
A Resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachment(s), related
to the reapportionment of the jurisdictional boundaries of the City
Conunission Districts for use in the November 4, 2003 Election and each
election there er; officially delineating the boundaries of each district as
set forth in "E 'bit A", attached and incorporated.
All interested persons
resolution. Should ail
respect to any matter
record of the proceedi
may be based.
(City Seal)
(#11034)
are invited to appear and may be heard concerning such proposed
y person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with
considered at this hearing, that person shall ensure that a verbatim
ngs is made, including all testimony and evidence upon any appeal
Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
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