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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
FROM: �O^' Carlos . Gimenez
ll City Manager
DATE:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
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October 16, 2001
Parking Surcharge Extension
Per your request at the City Commission meeting of October 11, 2001, I am including a
draft bill that would extend the parking surcharge for an additional 33 years ---giving a
potential term of 40 years for a surcharge.
Inasmuch as the bill may go through several iterations during the legislative process, I
encourage you to consider the bill in terms of concepts rather than exact language. In
addition to the infrastructure language that several commissioners have requested we add
to the language, I have also directed the inclusion of a referendum requirement that
seemed to define the will of many members of the Miami -Dade Delegation during
Session 2001.
I welcome your direction as we attempt to craft the legislation that will best reflect the
needs and interest of the City of Miami.
CAG/MLWVA�
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Amendment tofarking Surcharge Statute
Referendum Language Change
10/16/2001
Determination of financial emergency. —
(5) (a) The governing authority of any municipality with a
resident population of 300,000 or more , o April -1, 1999, and
which has at any time been declared in a state of financial
emergency pursuant to this section
may impose a discretionary per -vehicle surcharge up to
20 percent on the gross revenues of the sale, lease, or rental of
space at parking facilities within the municipality that are
open for use in the general public fora Deriod of seven years.
No municipality shall impose a er-vehicle surcharge for a
period that shall exceed a 12eriod of seven 7 ears unless an
extension is approved by Rublic referendum submitted to the
electorate of the iMlementing municipality. In no event
however, shall the extension exceed a period of forly years.
(b) A municipal governing authority that imposes the
surcharge authorized by this subsection may use the
proceeds of such surcharge for the following purposes
only:
1. No less than 60 percent and no more than 80 percent of
the surcharge proceeds shall be used by the governing
authority to reduce its ad valorem tax mileage rate, or to
reduce or eliminate non -ad valorem assessments.
2. A peFfien of the The balance of the surcharge proceeds
shall be used by the governing authority to increase its
budget reserves, however, the governing authority shall not
reduce the amount it allocates for budget reserves from
other sources below the amount allocated for reserves in
the fiscal year prior to the year in which the surcharge is
initially imposed. When a 15 percent budget reserve is
achieved, based on the average gross revenue for the most
recent 3 prior fiscal years the remaining proceeds from this
subparagraph shall be used for the payment of annual debt
service related to outstanding obligations backed or
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• Amendment tot king Surcharge Statute
Referendum Language Change
10/16/2001
secured by a covenant to budget and appropriate from non -
ad valorem revenues, and/or for the moose of
infrastructure improvements in the downtown/urban core
areas industrial areas suburban areas or other areas from
where the facilities are located that Renera te the funds.
Areas shall be defined consistent with Florida Statutes and
local law. In no event shall the municipality use Iess than
10 percent and nor more than 20 percent of the pEpceeds
for the DMose of infrastructure improvements.
a) Downtown/urban core shall be coterminous with
any Downtown Development District established
pursuant to section 166.047 Florida Statutes or
chapter 65-1090. Laws of Florida or to any
Community Redevelopment Agency T established
Pursuant to section 163.356.,Florida Statutes.
AlternativelL my eligible local governmental entity
may identify the downtown/urban core area as any
conti ous area consisting of lands where the
predominant acreage is designated as commercial or
its substantial a uivalent in anaDDlicable local
government comprehensive nlan,•
a. Industrial area is my contiguous area
consisting of lands where the lDredominant
acreage is desigLiated industrial or its
substantial a uivalent in an a licable local
government comprehensive plan.
b. Suburban area is any contiguous area
consisting of lands where the predominant
acreage is desiggated residential or its
substantial a uivalent in an-gpRlicable local
government comprehensive plan
Any__ number of areas may be used by the local
overnmental entilL provided that the areas are
defined by ordinance and Florida.
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Amendment to Parking Surcharge Statute
Referendum Language Change
10/16/2001
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