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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCertification of MiMo BID (Exhibit A)CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF THE 2011 MIMO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE'S BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PETITION PROCESS SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE ) CITY OF MIAMI I, Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida, do hereby certify that all necessary legal steps were taken in connection with the conduct of the petition process conducted by the MiMo Business Improvement Committee (MiMo BIC) to create the MiMo Business Improvement District (MiMo BID). The MiMo BIC opted to obtain approval of affected property owners through a petition process that included having property owners file: an affidavit with a signature of the property owner or their designee, to be filed with the Office of the City Clerk (Clerk) by 5:00 PM on Friday, September 30, 2011; and, a petition circulated by the MiMo BIC to be filed with the Clerk by 5:00 PM on Friday, September 30, 2011. I. On Thursday, June 23, 2011 A. The City Commission of the City of Miami passed Resolution 11-0270, establishing a special assessment district to be known as the MiMo BID and authorizing the levy and collection of a special assessment for a period of five (5) years, subject to the approval of a majority of the affected property owners of all properties abutting Biscayne Boulevard from NE 63rd Street in the South to NE 76th Street in the North, including the City of Miami's Legion Memorial Park. B. The petition process, per agreement between the MiMo BIC, the Office of the City Attorney and the Clerk, included affidavits to be filed with the Clerk by Friday, September 30, 2011, no later than 5:00 PM., and petitions to be filed with the Clerk no later than 5 PM on Friday, September 30, 2011. C. The MiMo BIC mailed affected property owners within the MiMo area, as described in I. A. above, packets of information including general information about business improvement districts, the MiMo area, the assessment roll, blank affidavits and petitions and filing instructions. II. I further certify that upon September 30, 2011 at 5:00 PM, the agreed upon deadline for the Clerk to have received affidavits from the owners of the seventy-three (73) 1 affected properties of the proposed MiMo BID, a total of twenty-seven (27) affidavits had been filed with my Office. My office also received seventeen (17) petition pages with a total of twenty-seven (27) signatures in support of the MiMo Business Improvement District, plus five (5) affidavits from petition signers expressing their desire to remove their initial support. III. I further certify that the twenty-two (22) valid petition signatures filed in support of the proposed MiMo BID represent 30.14% of the properties within the proposed special assessment district and therefore, do not represent a majority of the affected property owners stipulated by Resolution 11-0270. WITNESS my hand and the official Seal of the City of Miami, Florida, this 3rd day of October, 2011. Priscilla A.ipson, CMS, City Clerk Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of October, 2011, by Priscilla A. Thompson, who is per . ! • • , - . s.. 'd e-an Notary Public Stab of Florida . Dwight S Dante tb. My Commission EE020105 '�1 p. Expires 11/26/2014 .: 1 Dwi arise, Notary Public 2