HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Office of the City ClerkCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM:
Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
DATE:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES:
March 10, 2017
Wynwood BID Expansion
Affidavit Process
ENCLOSURES: Certification of Results
FILE :
On September 22, 2016, the Miami City Commission passed Resolution R-16-0459,
establishing new boundaries for the Wynwood BID; in addition to authorizing the levy and
collection of a special assessment for a period of ten (10) years subject to the approval of a
majority of affected property owners within the newly established boundaries of the
Wynwood BID.
The affidavit process, per agreement between the Wynwood BID, Office of the City
Attorney and Office of the City Clerk, involved the Wynwood BID mailing all affected
property owners an affidavit to register their support of the expansion. Furthermore, the
affidavit was required to be filed with the Office of the City Clerk for the property owners,
or their designees, vote to be counted. Affected property owners were entitled to one (1)
affidavit per individual folio owned. All affidavits were either to be hand delivered or mailed
to the Office of the City Clerk and received no later than 5:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24,
2017. Finally, a non -vote by any affected property owner was to be considered a "no" vote.
On Friday, February 24, 2017, at 5:00 P.M., the agreed upon deadline for the City Clerk to
have received all affidavits from owners of the six hundred and sixty-nine (669) affected
properties of the proposed expansion of the Wynwood BID, a total of three hundred and
ninety (390) affidavits with corresponding petitions had been filed with the Office of the
City Clerk.
Two hundred and fifty-five (255) of the three hundred and ninety (390) filed affidavits
received by the deadline were determined to be properly executed and deemed valid. One
hundred and thirty-five (135) of the three hundred and ninety (390) filed affidavits received
before the deadline were determined to be improperly executed and therefore deemed
invalid. Two (2) affidavits were not listed on the assessment roll and therefore not counted.
Furthermore, of the six hundred and sixty-nine (669) properties eligible to vote in the
affidavit process, two hundred and seventy-nine (279) properties did not submit an affidavit,
and therefore were considered to be non -votes and thus deemed "no" votes.
Taking into account the aforementioned information, two hundred and fifty-five (255) valid
affidavits filed represent 38% of the properties within the proposed expansion of the
Wynwood BID and therefore do not represent a majority of the affected property owners
required for the expansion to be approved as stipulated in Resolution R-16-0459.
For your information, the City Clerk's certification of the affidavit process to expand the
boundaries of the Wynwood BID has been placed on the March 23, 2017, City Commission
agenda.
cc: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
Joe Ruiz, Assistant City Attorney
Anna Medina, Agenda Coordinator
Tom Curitore, Executive Director, Wynwood BID
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