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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO Honorable Members of DATE August 12, 1999 FILE
the City Commission
SUBJECT Vetoed Legislation passed on
August 2, 1999 Commission
Meeting,
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Walter . Foe
ENCLOSURES
City Cler - Mayoral Vetoes, Resolutions
Pursuant to Code Section 2-36, the City Clerk is directed to place any item(s) vetoed by the Mayor,
together with veto forms (including Mayor's veto and veto message), on the next regularly
scheduled or Special Commission meeting agenda as the first substantive item(s) for Commission
consideration. The City Commission passed Motion No. 99-607 on August 2, 1999, which
scheduled a special meeting in the event that Mayor Carollo vetoed legislation passed and adopted
in connection with proposed charter amendments. Said meeting was decided by the Commission
to be held on Monday, August 16, 1999 at 5 p.m. in City Hall.
This office is in receipt of mayoral vetoes (received on August 12, 1999 at 12:24 p.m.), of actions
taken by the Commission in connection with the following items:
1. Resolution 99-608, from the August 2, 1999 Commission meeting, which set forth and
submitted to the electorate a proposed Charter Amendment No. 3, to establish and create,
commencing January 1, 2000, the position of an independent auditor general and the office of
the independent auditor general;
2. Resolution 99-609, from the August 2, 1999 Commission meeting, which set forth and
submitted to the electorate a proposed Charter Amendment No. 4, to (1) make management
agreements with for -profit commercial entities subject to the requirements of Section 29-B of
the Charter; (2) eliminate the requirement of a referendum for the sale or lease of non -
waterfront, City -owned property, or the execution of a management agreement with a
commercial, for -profit entity on non -waterfront, City -owned property when the value of the
property is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or less, as determined by an appraisal
performed by a state -certified appraiser; and (3) exempt the execution of management
agreements with not -for -profit entities from any competitive bidding requirements;
3. Resolution 99-610, from the August 2, 1999 Commission meeting, which set forth and
submitted to the electorate a proposed Charter Amendment No. 5, to: (1) exempt from the
provisions of Section 29-B the conveyance of City -owned non -waterfront property to an
adjacent property owner when the subject property is 7,500 square feet or less or when the
non -waterfront City -owned property is not buildable, and (2) authorize the City Commission
to waive all competitive bidding requirements when extending an existing lease, subject to
said extension providing a fair return to the City based on two (2) independent appraisals;
4. Resolution No. 99-611, from the August 2, 1999 Commission meeting, which set forth and
submitted to the electorate a proposed Charter Amendment No. 6, to (1) require the
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involvement of members of the public having expertise in the field of real estate development
or related technical areas and/or who reside within the vicinity of a proposed unified
development project site in providing input to the city manager concerning a particular
unified development project; (2) allow the competitive process for a unified development
project to be conducted as a single request for proposals process and/or as a two step process
providing for the prequalification of proposers;
5. Resolution No. 99-612, from the August 2, 1999 Commission meeting, which set forth and
submitted to the electorate a proposed Charter Amendment No. 7, to exempt from the
provisions of Section 29-B and from competitive bidding requirements the sale or lease of
county delinquent tax land property acquired by Miami -Dade County which has been
conveyed to the City by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade County under
the provisions of Section 197.592, Florida Statutes (1997); and
6. Resolution No. 99-614, from the ?august 2, 1999 Commission meeting, which set forth and
submitted to the electorate a proposed Charter Amendment No. 1 providing for, commencing
March 14, 2000, on which date an election for mayor shall be held establishing 1) a "Strong
Mayor -Commission" form of government whereby the Mayor is chief executive officer of
the City of Miami, acquiring powers and duties previously vested in the City Manager and
acquiring certain other powers, and 2) the succession of the office of the Mayor.
In closing, these issues have been forwarded to you, in order that the Commission either adopt the
override of the aforementioned mayoral vetoes (by 4/5ths of all of the Commissioners present), or
otherwise the mayoral veto shall be deemed sustained.
If you have any questions regarding the mayoral veto, please do not hesitate to call.
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C: Honorable Mayor Joe Carollo
Donald H. Warshaw, City Manager
Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney
Marva Wiley, Assistant to the City Manager