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7/27/99
RESOLUTION NO. 89':.729.
A RESOLUTION, WITH ATTACHMENTS, APPROVING,
SETTING FORTH AND SUBMITTING THE DRAFT OF A
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT, AMENDING THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, KNOWN AS CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2, TO
PROVIDE, EFFECTIVE IN 1991, 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; CHANGING THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN
EXTRAORDINARY VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION;
MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTIONS 4, 6,
7, 12, 13, 19, 32 AND 39 OF SAID CHARTER;
FURTHER CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 7TH DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1989 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SUBMITTING CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE
ELECTORATE AT SAID ELECTION; FURTHER,
DIRECTING THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION BE DELIVERED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF
ELECTIONS OF METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, NOT LESS THAN 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE
DATE OF SUCH SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS, on July 27, 1989, by its adoption of Resolution
No. 89-728, the City Commission directed the City Attorney to
prepare the herein proposed Charter Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney's draft of the proposed charter
amendment is set forth in its final form in this Resolution, said
draft being submitted to the electors of the City this date by
means of the herein resolution; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment shall be submitted to the
electorate at a special municipal election on November 7, 1989 as
called for and provided herein, and shall become effective upon
its approval by the electors;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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CITY COMMISS11
MEETING OF
JUL 271'9;899
ESOLUTION No. 139` `
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble of this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. (a) Sections 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 32 and 39
of the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, Chapter 10847,
Special Acts, Laws of Florida, 1925, as amended, are hereby
further amended in the following particulars: 1/
"Sec. 4. Form of government.
(a) General description. The form of government
of the City of Miami, Florida, provided for under this
charter shall be known as the "commission -manager
plan," and the commission shall consist of €#%,e nine
(9) citizens, who are qualified voters of the city
w o shall be elected at large and from districts in the
manner hereinafter provided. The commission shall
constitute the governing body with powers +as
hereinafter provided+, to pass ordinances, -adopt
regulations, and appoint a chief administrative officer
to be known as the "city manager", and exercise all
powers conferred upon the city except as hereinafter
provided.
(b) Election of commission; terms of office;
recall; sin le -member districts and at -large groups.
The commission shall consist of f4ve nine (9) members
as follows: five (5) members who shall be elected from
districts, in districts numbered District I rou
District V, as hereinafter provided and four 4
members who shall e elected from the city at large in
groups numbered At -Large Group I through V At-Lar e
Group IV, as hereinafter provided. One 1 of said
commissioners shall e the mayor and shall --Fe elected
by the people from the group to be numbered At -Large
Group I and all persons desiring to qualify
ca�nrfdate for mayor shall file in At-Lar a gGroup I.
The mayor shall have the power set forth the charter
of the City of Miami in Dade County, Florida. Aal
perseas des# g—fie--quaff—€ems-eemmis-siern.v shall
file in greups--numbered-!I through V. Gemmise€efters in
gveups numbered 34 and 3E3;1 shall rise--elected--at the
geaeEal eleetleas to--be--stela—In the year , 955--anted--at
^eeh general "' eetlen—eaehfeuF years tbereatrue--.
Gem#sekeecrs In-g eups numbered IV and : shall be
elected --at t-he-geaeFal eleetleas te-be-held in theyear
7.
1/ words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted.
Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The
remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged.
Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material.
1. Single -member districts.
For the purposes of electing members to the city
commission, the city shall a divi2led in o five
5geographicdistricts o e es a s e an
redefined after each Federal Decennial Census T'n
e manner set forthin section 4(c) of the
charter. These districts shall be numbered
District I through Dis ric V.
All persons desirin2 to qualify as candidates for
commissioner romdistricts shall a in e-
particular district in which ev reside.
2. At -large groups.
There shall also be four (4) members of the city
commission on elected ai-"large. All ersons desiring
o qualify as candidate for mayor shall i e in
At -Large Group I. All persons desiring to qualifV
AR candidates tor commissioner at large shall e
n At -Large Groups numbered If-Effr—ough IV.
3. Terms of office and recall.
The commissioners in Districts I through V shall
e elected at the 1991 general municipal election.
The terms of an t�iree 3 of those commissioners,
as determined herein, shall be for four 4
ears.=ll The initial erm of the remainin two
(2) district members of the commission shall e
For two (2) years, ollowed by terms o four (4)
years thereafter.
The ma or and commissioners in the at -large groups
shall e elected at the 1991 general munic a
election. The terms o an wo 2 0 those a -
large members of the commission, as a ermine
herein, shall be for four (4) years._2 T e
initial term of each of the remaining at -large
members o e commission sHall be for two (2)
�earrs�, followed y terms of four ( 4 ) years
thereafter.
11 The words "District -I", "District -II", "District -III",
"District -IV" and "Dis r -V" s written se ra
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Determination
The mayor and all commissioners (are-) are to hold
office until their successors are elected anW qualified
from twelve o'clock noon of the day after the canvass
of the vote and the declaration of the result of the
election. The mayor and all other members of the
commission shall be subject to recall. Vacancies shall
be filled as provided in section 12 of the charter of
the City of Miami.
If a candidate for office of mayor or commissioner
receives a majority of votes in the primary election in
his group or district, he shall be considered elected
upon and after the canvass of the vote and the
declaration of the result of the election as
hereinafter provided. If there be no majority, the two
.() candidates for nomination to the office of mayor or
commissioner who receive the greatest vote in the
primary election in each group or district shall be
placed on the ballot at the next regu ar municipal
election following the primary as provided in section 7
of this charter. The candidate for nomination
receiving the greatest vote in the regular municipal
election following the primary election, if otherwise
qualified, shall be elected to office from the group or
district in which he is qualified.
Any incumbent commissioner desiring to run for the
office of mayor or for another commission seat shall
present an irrevocable resignation of his resent
office of city commissioner to the city commission no
less than ninety (90) days prior to the date of
election, whether primary or general, and said
resignation shall become effective on the date of the
election. Upon receipt of said resignation the
commission shall make public announcement of the
resignation and instruct the clerk to accept qualified
candidates to run for election for the unexpired term
of the commissioner resigning for the purpose of
running for mayor or for another commission seat. If
any mayor or commissioner a ec ea under the provisions
of this act desires to run for some elective office
other than the mayor or city commissioner, then under
such circumstances he shall not be required to resign
his city office unless and until he has been elected to
such other elective office. In the event that such
mayor or commissioner is elected to such other elective
office other than that of mayor or commissioner, he
shall immediately resign his office as mayor or
commissioner and upon his failure or refusal to do so
he shall be discharged and ousted from his office and
said office declared vacant by a majority vote of the
remaining members of the city commission.
district
boundaries will e determined
as ere na er
Decennia Census.
The boundaries committee shall convene within
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ers, who are residents o e City o Miami,
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conc usions of tHe oun aries committee shall e
su Jec to the approval of the commission. Wi in
it y �30 days from the date the commission adopts
district boundaries, the boundaries committee s M
cease to function until next impaneled as provided
herein.
The boundaries committee shall submit its written
and constitutional requirements, no later than r
(30) days prior to the last dav of cxua vino provi e
for in section 7 of this charter. The district
oun aries, as adopted by the commission, shall e
applicable for the next general municipal election
following adoption thereof._
+e+ (d) Qualifications of commission; commissioners
and o er officers and employees not to be interested
in contracts, etc.; franks, free tickets, passes or
service. Members of the commission shall be residents
of the city and of the district from which elected, if
elected to a district seat, and have the qua ifica ions
ef therein as set forth in section 7 of this
charter. Commissioners and other officers an
employees shall not be interested in the profits or
emoluments of any contract, job, work or service for
the municipality. Any commissioner who shall cease to
possess any of the qualifications herein required shall
forthwith forfeit his office, and any such contract in
which any member is or may become interested may be
declared void by the commission.
No commissioner or other officer or employee of
said city shall accept any frank, free ticket, pass or
service directly or indirectly, from any person, firm
or corporation upon terms more favorable than are
granted to the public generally. Any violation of the
provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor.
Such prohibition of free service shall not apply to
policemen or firemen in uniform or wearing their
official badges, where same is provided by ordinance.
+d e) Commission to be judge of its own election;
not to dictate appointments by or interfere with city
manager. The commission shall be the judge of the
election and qualification of its own members, subject
to review by the courts. Neither the commission nor
any of its committees or members shall dictate the
appointment of any person to office or employment by
the city manager, or in any manner interfere with the
city manager or prevent him from exercising his own
judgment in the appointment of officers and employees
in the administrative service. Except for the purpose
of inquiry, the commission and its members shall deal
with the administrative service solely through the city
manager, and neither the commission nor any member
thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of
the city manager, either publicly or privately. Any
such dictation, prevention, orders or other
interference on the part of a member of the commission
with the administration of the city shall be deemed to
be violation of the charter, and upon conviction before
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the city court any member so convicted shall be subject
to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or imprisonment for a term of not exceeding sixty (660
days or both, and in the discretion of the court shall
forfeit his office.
{ e-f ) Election of officers by commission; rules of
commission; quorum. The commission shall elect a city
manager, a clerk, a city attorney, a judge of the
municipal court and civil service commission, but no
member of the commission shall be chosen as manager or
as a member of the civil service commission or to any
other city office or employment. The commission may
determine its own rules of procedure, may punish its
own members for misconduct and may compel attendance of
members. A majority of all the members of the
commission shall constitute a quorum to do business,
but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time.
+" J2J Meetings of commission; to act by ordinance
or resolution; form of, manner of passage and
publication of ordinances; extraordinary vote of
commission.
1. At twelve o'clock noon on the day the
commissioners take office, they shall meet at the
city hall. Thereafter the commission shall meet
at such time and place as may be prescribed by
ordinance or resolution. The meetings of the
commission and all sessions of committees of the
commission shall be public. The commission shall
act only by ordinance or written resolution; and
all ordinances and resolutions, except ordinances
making appropriations, shall be confined to one
subject which shall be clearly expressed in the
title. The ordinances making appropriations shall
be confined to the subject of appropriations.
2. No ordinance shall be passed until it has been
read on two separate days or the requirement of
readings on two separate days has been dispensed
with by a fear- fif seven -ninths (7/9) vote of
the members of the commission. The use of the =
fraction seven -ninths (7/9) appearing in this
charter w—Fe—nreferring to an extraordinary vote o
e city commission is a reference to an
a irma ive vote of seven 7 members of the ci y
commission. Notwithstandin that the fraction -
wo- it s (2/3) is the equivalent o the fracHon
six -ninths (6/9), i is a intento thecomet ss. on tit a1I references in this car -er to the terms erms two-thirds (2/3 ) or four- i s ( 4/5
shall e cons rued to mean that an affirmative
vo e o seven (7) mem ers of the commission is _
required in the manner under consideration.
3. Ordinances shall be read by title only. Copies of
proposed ordinances shall be furnished to each
commissioner and shall be made available to all
interested persons. The ayes and noes shall be
taken upon the passage of all ordinances or
resolutions and entered upon the journal of the
proceedings of the commission, and every ordinance
or resolution shall require on final passage, the
affirmative vote of a majority of all the members.
No member shall be excused from voting except on
matters involving the consideration of his own
official conduct, or where his financial interests
are involved.
+g+ (h) Powers and duties of mayor. The mayor shall
pres a at meetings of the commission and perform such
other duties, consistent with his office and this
charter, as may be imposed by the commission. He shall
be recognized as the official head of the city for all
ceremonial purposes, by the courts for the purpose of
serving civil process, and by the governor for military
purposes. In time of public danger or emergency, he
may, with the consent of the commissioners, take
command of the police and maintain order and enforce
the laws. During his absence or disability his duties
shall be performed by another member appointed by the
commission.
-(-h+ ( i ) Salaries of commission. There shall be paid
to t e commissioners of the City of Miami, Florida, by
the City of Miami as compensation, the sum of five
thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per year for each
commissioner, payable monthly in twelve (12) equal
installments, and there shall be paid by the City of
Miami to the mayor eemmissiener an additional sum not
to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00)
annually to be used by the mayor eemmissiener to cover
any or all entertainment expenses of the office of
mayor eemmiselener of the City of Miami, Florida.
The said compensation of five thousand dollars
($5,000.00) per year is to be paid, as provided in
seetlen Ethe preeeding paragraphi subsection ( i )
hereof, beginning December 1, 1949, to the three
commissioners elected in the regular municipal election
to be held in November, 1949; and the said compensation
of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) is to be paid
beginning December 1, 1951, for the other two
commissioners who will be elected at the regular
municipal election to be held in November, 1951. It is
understood that the additional compensation of two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) to be paid to
the mayor mmj ,.,... neL-, as provided in seetler 4: Ethr
subsection (i) hereof, shall be
paid beginning December 1, 1949."
"Sec. 6. The referendum.
(e) Referendum election. If the petition be
found sufficient, the commission shall
proceed to reconsider such measure or such
section thereof as the petition shall
specify. If upon such reconsideration such
measure, or such part thereof, be not
repealed or amended as demanded in the
petition, the commission shall provide for
submitting the same, by the method herein
provided, to a vote of the electors at the
next municipal election occurring not less
than thirty (30) days after the receipt by
the commission of the clerk's certificate,
and such measure, or such part thereof, shall
thereupon be suspended from going into effect
until said election and shall then be deemed
repealed unless approved by a majority of
those voting thereon. Or the commission by a
f,euLc FJ - hs seven -ninths ( 7/9 ) vote may
submit such measure or paresthereof with like
effect to the electors at a special election
to be called by said commission not less than
thirty (30) days after the receipt of said
clerk's cer ificate.
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(f) Limitations on enforcement of ordinances. No
measure shall go into effect until thirty
(30� days after its passage unless it be
ec ared in such ordinance to be an emergency
measure on the ground of urgent public need
for the preservation of peace, health,
safety, or property and the measure being
passed by a vote of not less than =eur FLZIEM9
seven -ninths (7/9) of the members of the
commission. Rut no measure granting or
amending any public utility measure or
amending or repealing any measure adopted by
the people at the polls or by the commission
in compliance with an initiative petition
shall be regarded as an emergency measure.
"Sec. 7. Regular and primary elections of
commissioners.
A regular municipal election for the election of
_ commissioners shall be held on the second Tuesday after
_ the first Monday in November in odd -numbered years. A
nonpartisan primary election for the nomination of
candidates for the commission shall be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in
odd -numbered years. Any person who shall possess the
qualifications requisite to an elector at the general
state election and shall have resided in the City of
Miami and within the district from which running if a
candidate for a district for- six (6) months next
preceding the city a ec ion at which he offers to vote,
and shall have been registered by the city registration
books that have been prescribed by ordinance, shall be
a qualified elector of the city, and all elections held
in said city shall be conducted and held according to
the provisions of the general election laws of the
State of Florida, except as otherwise provided for in
the charter of the City of Miami, and except that the
city commission shall be substituted for a board of
county commissioners. The name of any elector of the
city shall be printed upon the primary ballot as a
candidate for nomination to the office of commissioner
upon paying to the City of Miami the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) to be deposited with the city clerk
as a qualifying fee not less than forty-five ((45)days
prior to the date of such primary election, and said
elector shall submit concurrently therewith a sworn
statement of his or her name, address, occupation and
willingness to serve, if elected. If said elector is a
candidate for a district seat, then he/she musta so
reside within that districtor six 6) montfis nex
receding the city electlon-at w�iic he/she seeks to e
eece .
All such qualifying fees shall be deposited with
the said city clerk no later than six o'clock 6:99 p.m.
on the forty-fifth day prior to the e.ec ion."
"Sec. 12. Filling vacancies in commission.
A vacancy on the commission caused by death,
resignation, or other causes shall be filled within ten
(10) days after such vacancy occurs by a majority of
e remaining commissioners. The person so appointed
must possess the samequalifications as is er
predecessor. The term of office of EHe person so
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appointed shall be until his successors --in office are
is elected and qualified at either
(1) the odd -year first general election for
commissioners held pursuant to section 4 of the
charter of the City of Miami, or
(2) the even -year State of Florida general election,
at which election national, state and county
offices are filled,
whichever occurs first. In the event that the
remaining commissioners shall fail or refuse to fill
such vacancy within ten �(1�0) days after it occurs, as
provided herein, then, _ in that event, the city
commission shall call a special election to be held at
a date not less than thirty _130 or more than forty-
five 45 days after the expiration of the said ten-day
(10) period, for the purpose of the district or at -
large electors as applicable selecting such
commissioner or commissioners. The person who receives
the greatest number of votes in said special election
is elected and shall be the city commissioner and his
term of office shall be until his or her successor in
office is elected and qualified at the first general
election for commissioners held pursuant to section 4
of the charter of the City of Miami subsequent to the
special election held to fill such vacancy.
Should there be more than one such vacancy on the
commission, then, and in that event, the person or
persons receiving the highest number of votes in such
election shall be the city commissioner or
commissioners.
In the event the commissioners shall fail to
comply with their duties as set forth herein, then, and
in that event, the court is hereby empowered and
authorized to enforce compliance with this act or to
call an election itself to fill such vacancy or
vacancies on the commission."
"Sec. 13. Election when terms of €eur eight 8 or more
commissioners expire simultaneously.
Where the terms of €euF eight_ � or more
commissioners expire simultaneoust at one general
municipal election, then the number of commissioners
required - to constitute a commission of €fie nine
members shall be elected for the terms of__o_�fice
prescribed by section 4 of the charter of the City of
Miami."
"Sec. 19. Creation of new departments;
discontinuance of departments.
The commission may, by ordinance adopted by vote
of at least -t-heee-members a majority of the commission,
create new departments or discontinue any department
and determine, combine, and distribute the functions
_. and duties of departments and subdivisions thereof."
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"Sec. 32, General bonds.
(c) Sale of bonds. Such bonds, when approved by
the electors of the city, shall be sold by the
commission after first advertising for bids therefor;
provided, however, that said bonds shall not be sold
for less than par and accrued interest, except that by
vote of fear fi f seven -ninths (7/9) of the
commission said bonds may be sol for not less than $98
on the $100 and accrued interest. The commission may
reject any or all bids and readvertise.
"Sec. 39. Franchise and public utilities -Ordinance
requires €e••- f fthe seven-ninths(�7/9
vote of commission; approval of
ordinance by voters; limitation on
duration of grant.
(a) Requirements. No right, title, or interest
of the city in and to the waterfront, wharf property,
public landings, wharves, docks, streets, avenues,
parks, bridges, and other public places and its gas,
water, electricity, and other works, shall be sold
except by authority of an ordinance passed by a
recorded affirmative vote of feur Elf seven -ninths
( 7/9 ) of all the members of the commission, ann under
such other restrictions as may be imposed by law.
(b) The charter amendment proposed in this
Section shall be known as Charter Amendment No. 2.
Section 3. A special municipal election is hereby called
and directed to be held in the City of Miami, Florida, from
7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 7, 1989, for the
purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of
Miami for their approval or disapproval the measure known as
Charter Amendment No. 2.
Section 4. Said special municipal election shall be held
at the voting places in the precincts designated, all as shown on
the list attached hereto and made a part hereof and referred to
as Exhibit No. 1, or as may be designated by the Supervisor of
Elections of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, in conformity
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P1606i on said election date shall be those designated by the
Supervisor of Elections of made County for such purpose in
accordance with the general laws of the State. A description of
the registration books and records which pertain to election
precincts wholly or partly within the City and which the City is
hereby adopting and desires to use for holding such special
municipal election is as follows: all registration cards, books,
records and certificates pertaining to electors of the City of
Miami and established and maintained as official by the
Supervisor of Elections of Dade County, Florida, in conformity
with the provisions of the general laws of the State of Florida,
are hereby adopted and declared to be, and shall hereafter be
recognized and accepted as, official registration cards, books,
records and certificates of the City of Miami.
Section S. In compliance with Section 100.342, Florida
Statutes, the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
publish notice of the adoption of the herein resolution and of
the provisions hereof, at least twice, once in the fifth (5th)
week and once in the third (3rd) week prior to the week in which
the aforesaid special municipal election is to be held, in the
following newspapers of general circulation published in the City
of Miami, Florida, at least twice, once in the fifth (5th) week
and once in the third (3rd) week:
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which notice shall be substantially in the following form:
"NOTICE OF SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1989
IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 89-729
A special referendum election will be held on
Tuesday, November 7, 1989, from 7:00 A.M.
until 7:00 P.M. in the City of Miami,
Florida, at the polling places in the several
election precincts designated by the Board of
County Commissioners of Dade County, Florida,
as set forth herein, unless otherwise
provided by law, for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified electors of the
City of Miami, Florida, the following
question:
"Shall Charter Amendment No. 2 be adopted to
provide: effective in 1991, there shall be
expansion of city commission from five to
nine members, five from districts and four at
large; a method of defining district
boundaries; staggered terms of mayor and
commissioners with date and manner of their
election; and a change in any required
extraordinary vote of the City Commission to
seven -ninths (7/9ths)?"
Charter Amendment No. 2 provides, effective in 1991,
for an expansion of the city commission from five (5) to nine (9)
members, five (5) of whom are to be elected on the basis of
single -member districts, and four (4) of whom, including the
mayor, are to be elected at large. The amendment also provides
for the establishment in 1991 of a boundaries committee which
shall be impaneled after the Federal Decennial Census to define
boundaries of said districts, subject to commission approval.
The amendment also provides that the boundaries committee be
impaneled after each Federal Decennial Census to redefine
district boundaries, subject to commission approval. The
amendment further provides for staggered terms and for the dates
and manner of election of all commissioners, including the mayor,
and changes any required extraordinary vote of the City
Commission to seven -ninths (7/9ths).
By order of the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida.
CITY CLERK
(Insert list of City of Miami Polling Places.)"
?! Section 6. The official ballot to be used at said
election shall be in full compliance with the laws of the State
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�t of Florida with respect to absentee ballots and to the use of the
mechanical voting machines or the Computer Election System (CES),
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and shall be in substantially the following form, to wit:
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1989
FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE
FOLLOWING QUESTION:
Charter amendment increasing size of
commission, providing district and at -
large election of commissioners.
"Shall Charter Amendment No. 2 be
adopted to provides effective in
YES 1991, there shall be expansion of
city commission from five to nine
members, five from districts and
four at large; a method of defining
NO district boundaries; staggered
terms of mayor and commissioners
with date and manner of their
election; and a change in any
required extraordinary vote of the
City Commission to seven -ninths
(7/9ths)?"
Section 7. Electors desiring to vote for the amendment,
in approval of said Question described above, shall be instructed
to punch straight down with the stylus through the hole next to
the word "YES" within the ballot frame containing the statement
relating to said Question. Electors desiring to vote against the
amendment, in disapproval of said Question, shall be instructed
to punch straight down with the stylus through the hole next to
the word "NO" within the ballot frame containing the statement
relating to said Question.
Section 8. The City Clerk shall cause to be prepared
absentee ballots containing the Question set forth in Section 6
above for the use of absent electors entitled to cast such
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ballots in said election.
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Section 9. All qualified electors of said City shall be
permitted to vote in said special municipal election and the
Supervisor of Elections of Dade County is hereby requested,
authorized, and directed to furnish, at the cost and expense of
E, the City of Miami, a list of all qualified electors residing in
the City of Miami as shown by the registration books and records
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of the Office of said Supervisor of Elections and duly certify
the same for delivery to and for use by the election officials
designated to serve at the respective polling places in said
election precincts.
Section 10. For the purpose of enabling persons to
register who are qualified to vote in said municipal election to
be held on November 7, 1989, and who have not registered under
the provisions of the general laws of Florida and Chapter 16 of
the code of the City of Miami, Florida, or who have transferred
their legal residence from one voting precinct to another in the
City, they may register Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to
5:00 P.M. at the Metropolitan Dade County Election Department
located at 111 Northwest 1 Street, Miami, Florida. In addition
to the above place and times, qualified persons may register at
such branch offices and may also use any mobile registration van
for the purpose of registration in order to vote in the herein
described election during such times and on such dates as may be
designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Dade County.
Section 11. MATTY HIRAI, the City Clerk of the City of
Miami, Florida, or her duly appointed successor, is hereby
designated and appointed as the official representative of the
Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, in all transactions
with the Supervisor of Elections of Dade County in relation to
matters pertaining to the use of the registration books and the
holding of said special municipal election.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS
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7610 BISCAYNE BD
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HARVEY W SEEDS AMERICAN LEGION
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0501 N MIAMI AV
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6601 N MIAMI AV
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NEW MT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH
6700 NW 14 AV
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CHARLES R. DREW MIDDLE SCHOOL
1901 NW 60 ST
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CHARLES R DREW ELEMENTARY
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5720 NW 13 AV
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2420 NW 18 AV
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795 NW 32 ST
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700 NW 28 ST
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CULMER PLACE
610 NW 10 ST
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1328 NW 3 AV
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CULMER NEIGH SERVICE CTR
1600 NW 3 AV
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DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCH
605 NW 20 ST
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2902 NW 2 AV
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210 NE 18 ST
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464 NE 16 ST
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650 NW 5 ST
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1407 NW 7 ST
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MUSA ISLE SENIOR CENTER
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ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH
2987 W FLAGLER ST
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INTERAMERICAN MILITARY ACADEMY
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MIAMI FIRE FIGHTER BENEVOLENT ASSOC
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FLAGAMI COMMUNITY HOUSE
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ROBERT KING HIGH COMMUNITY HOUSE
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