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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Item Cover PageAGENDA ITEM COVER PAGE File ID: #15172 Resolution Sponsored by: Commissioner Miguel Gabela A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. R-23-0271, PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE NEW JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY COMMISSION DISTRICTS FOLLOWING THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 UNITED STATES CENSUS; OFFICIALLY DELINEATING THE BOUNDARIES OF EACH DISTRICT AS SET FORTH IN "COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, TO BE EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION. City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-23-0525 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 15172 Final Action Date:1/11/2024 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. R-23-0271, PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE NEW JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY COMMISSION DISTRICTS FOLLOWING THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 UNITED STATES CENSUS; OFFICIALLY DELINEATING THE BOUNDARIES OF EACH DISTRICT AS SET FORTH IN "COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, TO BE EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION. WHEREAS, the voters of the City of Miami (" City") adopted a Charter Amendment on September 4, 1997, providing for a non -voting Executive Mayor elected City-wide, and five (5) City Commissioners elected from districts; and WHEREAS the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-97-495 providing for the jurisdictional boundaries of the City Commission Districts; and WHEREAS, on May 8, 2003, the City reapportioned district boundaries in Resolution No. R-03-0448 following the results of the 2000 Census; and WHEREAS, on May 23, 2013, the City reapportioned district boundaries in Resolution No. R-13-0208 following the results of the 2010 Census; and WHEREAS, on June 14, 2023, the City Commission reapportioned the district boundaries in Resolution No. R-23-0271 ("Amended 2022 Map") following litigation with various community organizations after the initial reapportioned plan adopted after the 2020 Census; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-23-0271 is still under legal scrutiny as the subject of three separate legal actions; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-23-0271 removed from District 1 four properties that had continuously been located in that District since the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 97- 495 providing for the jurisdictional boundaries of the City Commission Districts; and WHEREAS, those four properties have been, and are, part of the community bordered by Northwest 17th Avenue on the East, Northwest 22nd Avenue on the West, the North Fork Miami River and the Miami River on the North, and State Road 836 on the South, and which is traversed by a single thoroughfare that runs from Northwest 17th Avenue to Northwest 22nd Avenue on Northwest South River Drive, Northwest 19th Avenue and Northwest 11th Street; and WHEREAS, the anticipated outcome of all litigation would likely restore those four properties back into District 1; and WHEREAS, placing said four properties back into District 1 will not cause any significant deviation in the population of the remaining four districts; and WHEREAS, not only will placing said four properties back into District 1 restore to the community its previous integrity without the artificial split caused by Resolution No. R-23-0271, but it will also be the likely result of the current federal redistricting lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida, 1:22-cv-24066-KMM; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The real property consisting of two adjacent and contiguous lots in Miami - Dade County property records Folio Number: 01-3134-094-0010 with legal description of "BETTYS ISLAND PB 109-57, TRACT A. LOT SIZE 14375 SQ FT, OR 19087-3725 04 2000 2(2)" and address of 1111 NW 17th Court Miami, Florida 33125, and Folio Number 01-3134-045- 0810 with legal description of "LAWRENCE PARK AMD PB 7-140 BEG 28.68FTN OF SW COR LOT 67 N 15.09FT NELY AD 30.75FT TO MOST NLY COR LOT 67 SE ALG LOT /L 68FT E 8.61 FT SWLY AD 21.49FT WLY AD 54.62FT TO POB & PROP INT IN & TO COMMON ELEMENTS NOT DEDICATED TO PUBLIC LOT SIZE 1696 SQ FT, OR 19087-3725 04 2000 2(2)" and address of 1701 Northwest South River Drive, Miami, Florida 33125, encompassing the two adjacent and contiguous properties located immediately West of Northwest 17t" Avenue, North of Northwest South River Drive and East of the Lawrence Canal, are hereby removed from City Commission District 3 and added to City Commission District 1 as reflected in red in the attached map. Section 2. The real property in Miami -Dade County property records Folio Number: 01- 3134-045-0820 with legal description of "LAWRENCE PARK AMD PB 7-140 BEG SW COR LOT 68 N18.85FT E4FT NELY ARC DIS 29.15FT NELY50.16FT SELY34.4FT S20.14FT W95.83FT TO POB AND PROP INT IN & TO COMMON ELEMENTS NOT DEDICATED TO PUBLIC LOT SIZE 3511 SQUARE FEET, OR 14068-2507 0489 1" and address of 1015 NW 17th Court, Miami, Florida 33125, is hereby removed from City Commission District 3 and added to City Commission District 1 as reflected in red in the attached map. Section 3. The real property in Miami -Dade County property records Folio Number: 01- 3134-045-0830 with legal description of "LAWRENCE PARK AMD PB 7-140 BEG 28.68FTN OF SW COR LOT 67 N 15.09FT NELY AD 30.75FT TO MOST NLY COR LOT 67 SE ALG LOT /L 68FT E 8.61 FT SWLY AD 21.49FT WLY AD 54.62FT TO POB & PROP INT IN & TO COMMON ELEMENTS NOT DEDICATED TO PUBLIC LOT SIZE 1696 SQ FT OR 19087-3725 04 2000 2(2)" and address of 1007 Northwest 17th Court, Miami, Florida 33125, is hereby removed from City Commission District 3 and added to City Commission District 1 as reflected in red in the attached map. Section 4. The real property in Miami -Dade County property records Folio Number: 01- 3134-045-0840 with legal description of "LAWRENCE PK AMD PB 7-140 PORT OF LOTS 70 & 71 DESC BEG SFTE OF NW COR OF LOT 70 TH S84.2FT N 58 DEG E 85.09FT NLY AD 43.20FT TO N/L OF LOT 70 W88.06FT TO POB AND PROP INT IN & TO COMMON ELEMENTS NOT DEDICATED TO PUBLIC LOT SIZE 4817 SQ FT OR 15430-1934 0292 4" and address of 1001 Northwest 17th Court, Miami, Florida 33125, is hereby removed from City Commission District 3 and added to City Commission District 1 as reflected in red in the attached map. Section 5. The City shall amend the Commission District Map to effectuate the adopted change. Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption and signature by the Mayor.' APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: 1 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) 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.