HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit AEXHIBIT "A"
CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS
OF THE AFFIDAVIT PROCESS TO RE-ESTABLISH THE
COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE )
I, Todd B. Hannon, 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 affidavit
process to re-establish the Coconut Grove Business Improvement District
(hereinafter referred to as "Coconut Grove BID"). The Coconut Grove BID opted to
obtain approval of affected property owners through an affidavit process that
included having property owners, or their authorized designee, execute an
affidavit(s) to re-establish the Coconut Grove BID. All affidavits were required to be
submitted to the Office of the City Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on Monday, October
15, 2018.
I. On July 12, 2018, the Miami City Commission passed Resolution R-18-0294, to
re-establish the Coconut Grove 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 established
boundaries of the Coconut Grove BID as identified in Composite Exhibit A of
Resolution R-18-0294.
II. The affidavit process, per agreement between the Coconut Grove BID, Office of
the City Attorney and Office of the City Clerk, involved the Coconut Grove BID
mailing all affected property owners an affidavit to register their support of
the re-establishment of the Coconut Grove BID. Furthermore, the affidavits
were required to be notarized and filed with the Office of the City Clerk for the
property owners, or their authorized designees, vote to be counted. Affected
property owners were entitled to submit one (1) valid affidavit per individual
folio owned before the deadline. 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
Monday, October 15, 2018. Finally, a non -vote by any affected property owner
was to be considered a "no" vote.
Ill. I further certify that on Monday, October 15, 2018, at 5:00 P.M., the agreed
upon deadline for the City Clerk to have received all affidavits from owners of
the two hundred and twenty-nine (229) affected properties of the proposed
re-establishment of the Coconut Grove BID, a total of one hundred and sixty-
five (165) affidavits had been filed with the Office of the City Clerk and are
open to inspection by the public.
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IV. One hundred and forty (140) of the one hundred and sixty-five (165) filed
affidavits received by the deadline were determined to he properly executed
and deemed valid.
Twenty-five (25) of the one hundred and sixty-five (165) filed affidavits
received before the deadline were determined to be improperly executed and
therefore deemed invalid. Twenty-three (23) of the twenty-five (25) affidavits
originally deemed invalid were corrected by the property owner, or their
authorized designee, by submitting a new affidavit before the deadline that
was properly executed and therefore deemed valid. As a result, only two (2)
affidavits were deemed invalid after the deadline.
Furthermore, of the two hundred and twenty-nine (229) properties eligible to
vote in the affidavit process, eighty-seven (87) properties did not submit an
affidavit, and therefore were considered to be non -votes and thus deemed "no"
votes.
V. I further certify that the one hundred and forty (140) affidavits deemed valid
represent 61% of the properties located within the boundaries of the Coconut
Grove BID and therefore represent a majority of the affected property owners
required for the re-establishment to be approved as stipulated in Resolution
R-18-0294.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the City of Miami, Florida, this 19th day of
October, 2018.
. Hannon
City Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of October 2018, by Todd B. Hannon,
who is personally known to me and did take an oath.
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