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7/27/89
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A RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
DRAFT A CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT TO BE KNOWN AS
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2 FOR REFERENDUM ON
NOVEMBER 7, 1989, TO PROVIDE FOR EXPANDING
THE COMMISSION FROM FIVE TO NINE MEMBERS,
FIVE OF WHOM ARE TO BE ELECTED ON THE BASIS
OF SINGLE -MEMBER DISTRICTS AND FOUR OF WHOM,
INCLUDING THE MAYOR, ARE TO BE ELECTED AT
LARGE; ALSO PROVIDING FOR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
TO BE ESTABLISHED AND REDEFINED, SUBJECT TO
COMMISSION APPROVAL, BY A BOUNDARIES
COMMITTEE, WHICH SHALL BE IMPANELED IN 1991
AND AFTER EACH FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS;
PROVIDING FOR STAGGERED TERMS OF OFFICE AND
FOR THE DATES AND MANNER OF ELECTIONS FOR ALL
COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR; AND CHANGING THE
REQUIREMENT FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY VOTE OF THE
CITY COMMISSION.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Attorney is hereby instructed to
draft a City Charter amendment to be known as Charter Amendment
No. 2 for referendum on November 7, 1989, to provide for
expanding the Commission from five to nine members, five of whom
are to be elected on the basis of single -member districts and
four of whom, including the mayor, are to be elected at large;
also providing for district boundaries to be established and
redefined, subject to commission approval, by a boundaries
committee, which shall be impaneled in 1991 and after each
Federal Decennial Census; providing for staggered terms of office
and for the dates and manner of elections for all commissioners
and the mayor; and changing the requirement for an extraordinary
vote of the City Commission.
Section 2. To the extent that the provisions of the
herein Resolution conflict with the provisions of Resolution
No. 89-686, adopted July 13, 1989, the provisions of the latter
#esolution are hereby superseded.
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MEETING OF
JUL 27 1989
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