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CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS
OF THE PETITION PROCESS TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
WYNWOOD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE )
1, 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 petition process
to expand the boundaries of the Wynwood Business Improvement District (Wynwood
BID). The Wynwood BID opted to obtain approval of affected property owners through
a petition process that included having property owners, or their designee, sign an
affidavit authorizing the execution of the petition to expand the Wynwood BID
boundaries, in addition to signing a petition in support of the Wynwood BID expansion.
All affidavits and petitions were required to be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk
no later than 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 13, 2015.
I. On July 23, 2015, the Miami City Commission passed Resolution R-15-0342,
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 as identified In Composite Exhibit A
of Resolution R-15-0342.
IL The petition 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 and petition to register their support of
the expansion. Furthermore, both documents were required to be notarized and
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 which required a corresponding petition supporting
the expansion. All affidavits and corresponding petitions 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 Thursday, August 13, 2015, Finally, a non -vote by any affected property
owner was to be considered a "no" vote,
111. 1 further certify that on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at 5:00 P.M., the agreed upon
deadline for the City Clerk to have received all affidavits and petitions from
owners of the six hundred and fifty-two (652) affected properties of the
proposed expansion of the Wynwood BID, a total of three hundred (300)
affidavits with corresponding petitions had been filed with the Office of the City
Clerk.
IV, Two hundred and fifty-seven (257) of the three hundred (300) filed affidavits
with corresponding petitions received by the deadline were determined to be
properlyexecuted and deemed valid. Forty-three (43) of the three hundred
(300) filed affidavits with corresponding petitions received before the deadline
were determined to be Improperly executed and therefore deemed invalid.
Seven (7) affidavits with corresponding petitions were received after the
deadline and therefore not counted. Furthermore, of the six hundred and fifty-
two (652) properties eligible to vote in the petition process, three hundred and
forty-five (345) properties did not submit an affidavit with corresponding
petition, and therefore were considered to be non -votes and thus deemed "no"
votes.
V, I further certify that the two hundred and fifty-seven (257) valid affidavits with
corresponding petitions filed represent 39% 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-15-0342.
WUNESS my hand and the official seal of the City of Miami, Florida, this 101) day of
September, 201. 5,
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 100 day of September, 2015, by rodd 13.
Hannon, who is personally known to me and did take an oath.
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