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Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters % Voters March 26, 1915 J. N. Lummus, Sr. C. H. Perry 33 30 91% H. H. Filer Thomas E. James Thomas J. Pancoast W. E. Brown W. E. Norton F.C.B. LeGro
December 18, 1916 J. N. Lummus, Thomas E.James 48 29 60% Sr. W. E. Norton John L. Crist Thomas J. Pancoast H. H. Filer W. E. Brown F.C.B. LeGro December 18, 1917 George Kline
January 1, 1918 George W. Dickens
Arthur J. Pancoast November 4, 1918 John H. Levi
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters % Voters October 28, 1918 Thomas J. Thomas E. James 53 Pancoast W. E. Norton C. R. Meloy J. N. Lummus Sr. John F. Olive John H. Levi R. A. Coachman August 6, 1919 W. E. Brown December 17, 1919 H. K. B. Davis
October 25, 1920 Thomas E. Frank C. Dickey 179 173 97% James John H. Levi C. R. Meloy W. E. Brown Frank H. Henning W. E. Norton H.K.B. Davis
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters % Voters October 23, 1922 Louis F. Frank C. Dickey 390 Snedigar John H. Levi J. N. Lummus, Jr. Frank H. Henning William A. Scott C. B. Floyd Frank C. Heal
December 16, Louis F. John H. Levi 461 1924 Snedigar C. B. Floyd J. N. Lummus, Jr. Frank H. Henning Harry M. Hice William A. Scott Frank C. Heal
December 21, J. N. Lummus, John H. Levi 1,807 c. 1926 Jr. C. B. Floyd Richard D. Mead Harry McCarthy Harry M. Hice William A. Scott Frank H. Henning
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters % Voters December 18, Louis F. John H. Levi 2,121 c. 1928 Snedigar C. L. Clements Richard D. Mead Harry McCarthy H. M. Bankhead Harry M. Hice C. B. Floyd
December 16, Val C. Cleary John H. Levi 3,000 c. 2,700 c 90%c 1930 C. L. Clements Harry M. Hice Richard D. Mead Arthur Childers Harry McCarthy Baron D. Meyer
December 20, Frank A. John H. Levi 2,905 1932 Katzentine Baron D. Meyer Harry M. Hice Richard D. Mead E. L. Keuling Robert W. Ralston William Burbridge
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters % Voters December 18, 1934 Louis F. John H. Levi 4,097 3,496 85% Snedigar Baron D. Meyer Arthur Childers Val C. Cleary Robert W. Ralston William Burbridge Harry M. Hice
June 1, 1937 ( Levi) John H. Levi 6,044 4,881 77% Baron D. Meyer Arthur Childers Val C. Cleary Robert W. Ralston Harry M. Hice William Burbridge
June 6, 1939 (Levi) John H. Levi 8,552 6,657 77% Baron D. Meyer Val C. Cleary Robert W. Ralston Harry M. Hice Herbert A. Frink Mitchell Wolfson
June 3, 1941 (Cleary) Herbert A. Frink 11,694 7,495 65% William Burbridge Val C. Cleary Robert W. Ralston Baron D. Meyer Mitchell Wolfson
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT John H. Levi
Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters Voters % June 1, 1943 (Wolfson) Herbert A. Frink 10,119 5,040 49% William Burbridge Mitchell Wolfson Ralph Pole Val C. Cleary John H. Levi Lee D. Powell June 5, 1944 (Levi) Marcie Lieberman
June 5, 1945 (Frink) Herbert A. Frink 10,091 7,853 77% Lee D. Powell Marcie Lieberman Ralph Pole William Burbridge Louis F. Snedigar John H. Levi
June 3, 1947 (Lieberman) Herbert A. Frink 16,066 11,579 72% Lee D. Powell Marcie Lieberman Maurice Klein William Burbridge Louis F. Snedigar Harold Turk
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Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters Voters %
June 7, 1949 (Turk) Harold Turk 18,133 11,763 64% William Burbridge Marcie Lieberman Maurice Klein Melvin Richard Lee D. Powell Burnett Roth June 5, 1951 (Powell) Harold Turk 21,906 12,802 58% William Burbridge Lee D. Powell Burnett Roth Richard Melvin Marcie Lieberman Bernard Frank
June 2, 1953 (Shapiro) Harold Shapiro 19,631 13,429 68% Harold Spaet Lee D. Powell Burnett Roth Bernard Frank Marcie Lieberman Harold Turk
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Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters Voters %
June 7, 1955 (Powell) Harold Shapiro 19,904 14,281 72% Harold Spaet Lee D. Powell Marcie Lieberman Frank Bernard Richard Melvin Samuel Halperin
June 4, 1957 (Oka) Kenneth Oka 21,925 13,442 61% Harold Spaet Lee D. Powell Marcie Lieberman Bernard Frank Melvin Richard Harold Shapiro June 2, 1959 (Powell) Kenneth Oka 21,958 12,760 58% Harold Spaet Lee D. Powell Marcie Lieberman Bernard Frank Richard Melvin Wolfie Cohen
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Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters Voters %
June 6, 1961 (Oka) Kenneth Oka 25,282 14,909 59% Malvin Englander Lee D. Powell Marcie Lieberman Bernard Frank Melvin Richard Wolfie Cohen
June 4, 1963 (Richard) Kenneth Oka 26,771 15,539 58% Malvin Englander Melvin Richard Lee D. Powell Bernard Frank Robert Turchin Hyman Galbut
June 1, 1965 Elliott Joseph Malek 30,872 20,080 65% Roosevelt Malvin Englander Melvin Richard Lee D. Powell Paul Seiderman
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Robert Turchin SPECIAL 29,053 June 1, 1966 Ballot Question 5 Shall the City Charter be amended so 4,380 YES as to provide that the annual compensation for the Office of 3,6517 NO Resolution 11854 Councilmen shall be $6,000 This amendment shall not be effective unless amendment No. 6 is also approved. Ballot Question 6 Shall the City Charter be amended so 4,268 YES as to provide that the annual compensation for the Office of Mayor – Councilman shall be $10,000 3,675 NO This amendment shall not be effective unless amendment No. 5 is also approved.
Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters Voters % May 16, 1967 Jay Dermer Joseph Malek 31,808 19,072 60% Melvin Englander Norman Ciment Lee D. Powell Paul Seiderman Leonard Weinstein
Group/ Council November 8, 1969 Jay Dermer (Group I) Jerome Greene 39,749 25,057 63% (Group II) Bob Goodman Norman Ciment Lee D. Powell (Group III) Herbert Magnes Leonard Weinstein January 6, 1971 Harold Rosen
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SPECIAL BALLOT QUESTION Reg. Voters Voters % April 29, 1970 ELECTION
Reso 13014 1. Shall the City Council be authorized 19,325 Yes 9,982 to convey to the Miami Beach Housing No 5,990 Authority, the following parcel of land: Lots 15 through 20, Block 111, OCEAN BEACH ADDITION NO. 3, Plat Book 2, page 8, of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida; for use as Low Rent Housing for the Elderly, under Turnkey contractual procedures authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, either at a nominal consideration, or in no event at more than the value of said land as approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and payable upon such terms as may be prescribed by the City Council?
2. Shall the zoning enabling provisions of the City Charter be amended so as to abolish the Yes 10,001 No 4,206 existing five member Board of
Adjustment and to create a new 11 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT seven member Board of Adjustment having the qualifications, powers and jurisdiction as set forth in said proposed amendment on file in the office of the City Clerk, and to
provide that all decisions of said new Board of Adjustment shall be final and subject to review only by petition for writ of certiorari to a court of competent jurisdiction?
3. Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide that the candidates for the Office of Councilman and Mayor Yes 11 ,682 shall file with the City Clerk within thirty No 2,958 days after each primary and general election in which he is a candidate a sworn statement setting forth the names of all contributors to his campaign; the amount of each money contribution; and a description of all goods and services contributed, together with the reasonable value thereof; and the expenditures made by him in each primary and general campaign; and directing the City Council to prescribe by ordinance, appropriate penalties including fine, imprisonment and forfeiture of office for violation of said provisions of said amendment?
4. Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide that the City Council Yes 10,767 shall be authorized to adopt No 3,722 ordinances requiring owners or persons in possession of property to comply with the requirements of a 12 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Minimum Housing Standards Ordinance, and in default thereof, empowering the City to bring such property into compliance and to impose a lien thereon for the reasonable cost of the labor and materials required therefor?
5. Shall the City Charter be amended Yes 10,956 so as to empower the City Council, by No 3,453 ordinance, to provide that notices of violation of the City's Minimum Standards Housing Ordinance shall be recordable in the Public Records of Dade County?
6. Shall the City Charter be amended Yes 9,709 so as to provide that no person or No 4,513 corporation shall engage in the business of selling or offering for sale Kosher Food, Beverages or other commodities unless he shall have procured from the City, in addition to an Occupational License, a special license designating his or its place of business as a kosher establishment and providing for the imposition of a fee for such license representing a reasonable cost of the supervision or regulation of such establishment?
7. Shall the City Charter be amended Yes 81929 so as to provide that the Kosher Food No 5,479 Inspector or any duly authorized deputy shall have the power to seize, condemn or destroy any food, beverage or other commodity offered for sale to the public in violation of the Kosher Food Ordinances of the City? Yes 8,349 No 5,897
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT 8. Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide that the Kosher Food Inspector, or any duly authorized deputy, shall have the power of arrest, with or without warrant, for a violation of the Kosher Food Ordinances of the City?
9. Shall the City Charter be amended Yes 9,699 so as to provide that the Municipal No 4,511 Judges of the City of Miami Beach shall have the right, in addition to any fine or jail sentence, to suspend the Special License of a Kosher Establishment for a period within his discretion of from one month to six months in the event a defendant is found guilty of violating the Kosher Food Ordinances of the City of Miami Beach as a first offender, and to increase the periods of suspension for repeated offenders?
10. Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide that any elected officer Yes 10,388 of the City who qualifies as a candidate No 3,554 for any elective County, State or Federal Office shall be deemed to have resigned his City Office forthwith, and the resultant vacancy in office shall be filled by the City Council as provided in Section 28 (K) of the Charter?
11. Shall Chapter 18691, Laws of Yes 10,548 Florida, Acts of 1937, being a part of No 4,066 the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be amended so as to provide a service retirement allowance equal to 2-3/4% of the average monthly
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT earnings multiplied by the number of years of creditable service not exceeding 25, plus 2% of such final average monthly earnings multiplied by the number of years of creditable service in excess of 25, provided that the retirement allowance shall not exceed 80% of the final average monthly earnings? Yes 8,591 12. Shall the City of Miami Beach, No 5,370 Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount of $900,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined and not exceeding 8% per annum for the purpose of completing the acquisition and construction of a public park on the ocean front extending from Collins Avenue to the Atlantic Ocean and located between 81st and 87th Streets? Yes 7,613 13. Shall the City of Miami Beach, No 61203 Florida issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount of $100,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not exceeding 8% per annum for the purpose of improving, extending and enlarging the North Shore Community Center?
14. Shall the City of Miami Beach, Yes 7,699 Florida issue negotiable coupon bonds No 5,995 in the amount of $4,000,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not exceeding 8% per annum, for the purpose of acquiring rights of way to widen that portion of Collins Avenue lying generally between 63rd and 67th Streets, all as shown by maps on file in the Public Works
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Department of the City?
15. Shall the City of Miami Beach, Yes 7,870 Florida issue negotiable coupon bonds No 5,964 in the amount of $1 ,500,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not exceeding 8% per annum, for the purpose of constructing a public park on Biscayne Bay, extending generally south of 4th Street on the west side of Alton Road and consisting of Lots 32 through 41, inclusive, Block 111, OCEAN BEACH ADDITION NO. 3, Plat Book 2, page 81, Public Records of Dade County, Florida?
16. Shall the City of Miami Beach, Yes 7,597 Florida, issue negotiable bonds in the No 6,087 amount of $5,500,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not exceeding 8% per annum, for the purpose of constructing a municipal administrative and police court building in the Civic Center area, which is bounded generally by 17th Street on the south, Washington Avenue on the east, Dade Boulevard on the north and Meridian Avenue on the west? Yes 9,081 17. Shall the City of Miami Beach, No 4,739 Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount of $2,500,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not to exceed 8% per annum, for the purpose of participating with the Federal Government on a 2/3 Federal and a 1/3 City cost participation program involving the planning, site, acquisition and construction of facilities for the disposal
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT of garbage, rubbish and similar solid wastes? Yes 7,147 18. Shall the City of Miami Beach, No 6,528 Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount of $1 ,500,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not to exceed 8% per annum, for the purpose of constructing necessary roadways and landscaping in the Civic Center area, in connection with the construction of a Civic Center Complex in that area of the City-owned property, which is bounded generally by 17th Street on the south, Washington Avenue on the east, Dade Boulevard on the north and Meridian Avenue on the west? Yes 7,648 19. Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, No 6, 198 issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount of $4,000,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not to exceed 8% per annum, for the construction of a Theater of the Performing Arts in the Civic Center Complex of the City, being generally bounded by 17th Street on the south, Washington Avenue on the east, Dade Boulevard on the north and Meridian Avenue on the west?
20. Shall the City of Miami Beach, Yes 8,035 Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds No 6,302 in the amount of $250,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not to exceed 8% per annum, for the purpose of defraying additional costs of the construction of the South Shore Community Center? Yes 5,751 21. Shall the City of Miami Beach, No 8,551 Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT in the amount of $1 ,000,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not to exceed 8% per annum, for the purpose of acquiring necessary rights of way for street and highway purposes and for the construction of a public park on the northeast corner of Arthur Godfrey Road and Pine Tree Drive and consisting of Lots 1 through 4, inclusive of FLAMINGO BAY SUB NO 1, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 101, of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida; less that portion of Lot 1 acquired by the City of Miami Beach for highway purposes?
22. Advisory Referendum. Do you Yes 7,240 favor, or approve, the operation of a No 9,771 government controlled gambling casino in the City of Miami Beach to be operated under rigid governmental supervision?
QUESTION NO. 1 and CHARTER AMENDMENTS NOS. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, AND 11 CARRIED:
AND THAT BOND QUESTIONS NOS. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, CARRIED
AND BOND QUESTION NO. 21 FAILED:
AND THAT QUESTION NO. 22 ADVISORY REFERENDUM FAILED
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November 2, 1971 Chuck Hall Jerome Greene 40,808 15,044 37% Bob Goodman (Group IV) Harold Rosen November 16, 1971 (Group V) Leonard Haber Herbert Magnes (Group VI) Leonard Weinstein November 1972/ Special (Group I) Simon Wikler February 20,1973 election to fill unexpired term of Jerome Greene, who resigned 11/72 to run for the Legislature
Date Mayor Group/Council Reg. Voters % Voters November 6, 1973 Chuck Hall (Group I) Simon Wikler 54,423 34,172 63% (Group II) Philip Sahl August 21, 1974 Appointed to fill Harold Rosen unexpired term of late Mayor Hall who died 8/10/74 Leonard Haber August 10, 1974 Harold Rosen (Group III) Murray Meyerson Leonard Weinstein November 5, 1974 Special (Group IV) Hal Spaet election to fill 19 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Harold Rosen’s seat when he became Mayor after death of Chuck Hall
November 4, 1975 Harold Rosen Simon Wikler 57,127 24,463 43% Philip Sahl (Group IV) Hal Spaet (Group V) Leonard Haber Murray Meyerson (Group VI) Leonard Weinstein
November 1, 1977 Leonard Haber (Group I) Simon Wikler 60,261 24,630 41% (Group II) Philip Sahl (Group III) Elayne Weisburd (Group IV) Joseph Malek (Group V) Mike Friedman (Group VI) Leonard Weinstein
Date Mayor Group/Council Reg. Voters % Voters November 6, 1979 Murray (Group I) Simon Walker 57,148 24,725 43% Meyerson 20 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT (Group II) Mildred Falk (Group III) Melvin Mendelson (Group IV) Alex Daoud (Group V) Mike Friedman (Group VI) Leonard Weinstein August 7, 1980 Appointed to fill Kaplan Walter balance of Mike Friedman’s term when he resigned to run for State Senate
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT Date Mayor Group/Council Reg. Voters Voters % November 3, 1981 Norman (Group I) Bruce Singer 49,325 24,819 50% Ciment (Group II) Sy Eisenberg (Group III) Malcolm Fromberg (Group IV) Alex Daoud (Group V) Leonard Haber (Group VI) Leonard Weinstein
November 1, 1983 Malcolm (Group I) Bruce Singer 42,409 22,232 52% Fromberg (Group II) Sy Eisenberg (Group III) William Shockett (Group IV) Alex Daoud (Group V) Ben Grenald (Group VI) Sidney Weisburd July 11, 1984 Appointed to Arkin Stanley fill balance of S. Eisenberg’s term after he resigned to run for State Legislature
November 5, 1985 Alex Daoud (Group I) Bruce Singer 42,809 22,772 53% Ref. Reso 85-18256 (Group II) Stanley Arkin (Group III) William Shockett Election 11/5 (Group IV) Abe Resnick Oath 11/6 (Group V) Ben Grenald (Group VI) Sidney Weisburd
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT November 4, 1986 Special Reg. Voters % Election Voters
N/A November 4, 1986 Resolution 86-18674 Shall the City issue general obligation 18,055 10,145 YES 55.90 Adopting Certification bonds payable all or in part from of Special Election special assessments against abutting 8,808 NO 44.10 property benefited thereby. In an Resolution 86-18651 amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00, bearing interest at rate(s) to be
determined at the time of sale, not exceeding the maximum legal rate, for the purpose of street, sidewalk improvements, including widening thereof, on Ocean Drive from 5th to 15th Streets, 15th Street from Ocean Drive to Collins Avenue, and Lummus Park improvements?
Shall Section 8 of the Charter be 17,982 8,606 YES 47.14 amended to establish four-year staggered terms for City 10,216 NO 52.86 Commissioners, excluding the Mayor, by the City Clerk drawing lots at least ninety days prior to the November, 1987 election to determine which half of the six commission groups will expire in November, 1989 and which half will expire in November, 1991; thereafter, all terms of City Commissioners shall be four years. The Mayor's term shall be two years?
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November 4, 1986 Special Reg. Voters % Election Voters
N/A Resolution Shall Sec. 37(h) of the Charter of the 9,165 YES 43.42 No. 86-18669 City of Miami Beach be repealed so 17,463 Ordering a recount of that only general obligation bonds, 9.164 NO 56.58 the votes cast with required by the Florida Constitution, respect to ballot must be approved by the electorate? Recount
question No. 3 on the November 4, 1986 17,457 43.70 special election ballot of
the City of Miami Beach regarding the repeal of 56.30 st section 37(h) of the 1 Miami Beach City count Charter and authorizing Metropolitan Dade County to conduct the recount. Passed and adopted November 6, 1986
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November 7, 1989 ++Alex Daoud (Group I) Bruce Singer 36,897 16,396 45% 89-19787 + (Group II) Stanley Arkin 89-19810 (Group III) William Shockett (Group IV) Abe Resnick (Group V) Abe Hirschfeld (Group VI) Martin Shapiro ++Suspended by Governor Lawton Chiles 10/31/91 following Federal indictment on 10/29/91. Vice-Mayor Stanley Arkin served out the term as Vice-Mayor November 20, 1991 Seymour (Group I) Neisen Kasdin 34,009 13,402 39.41% Gelber Ref Reso 91-20381 (Group II) Sy Eisenberg (Group III) Abe Resnick (Group IV) David Pearlson Election 11/19 (Group V) Susan Gottlieb Oath 11/20 (Group VI) Martin Shapiro
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 4 1993 +Seymour +(Group I) Neisen Kasdin 38,314 9,366 41% Gelber Ref Resolution +(Group II) Sy Eisenberg 93-20950 Election 11/2 (Group III) Nancy Liebman Oath 11/3 David Pearlson Susan Gottlieb Martin Shapiro + No opposition and these four were deemed elected 9/10/93 when qualifying closed November 7, 1995 Seymour Neisen Kasdin 10,756 Gelber Ref Reso 95-25808 Sy Eisenberg Nancy Liebman +(Group IV) David Pearlson Nov 7 (General (Group V) Susan Gottlieb Election) Nov 8 – Sworn in (Group VI) Martin Shapiro
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 1996 SPECIAL 39,533 25,242 63.85% Resolution A. General Employees Retirement 96-22187 System Pension Board: Deleting 8,845 Yes 49.44% Specific Restrictions on Board’s 9,044 No 50.56% Allocation/Investment of Funds 6,061 Yes 31.38% B. Charter Amendment Increasing 13,255 No 68.62% Salaries of City Commissioners and Mayor 13,018 Yes 66.23% 6,637 No 33.77% C. Establishing term limits of eight consecutive years for Commissioners and six consecutive years for Mayor June 3, 1997 SPECIAL Resolution A. Require Voter Approval Prior to 6,145 57.39% 97-22413 Floor Area Ratio Increase of 4,562 42.61 Waterfront Adjacent Property. November 4, 1997 GENERAL Incumbent 38,508 12,969 33.68% Challenger Resolution (Mayor) Neisen Kasdin 5,033 40.78% 97-22579 Leslie Martinez-Botet 471 3.82% Mike Burke 694 5.62% Robert P. Kunst 277 2.24% David T. Pearlson 4,464 36.17% Robert Skidell 1,404 11.37% (Group I) Jose Smith 3,724 32.72% Frank G. Del Toro 1,415 12.43% Spencer Friedman Eig 2,910 25.56% Joe Fontana 1,859 16.33% Sid Gersh 565 4.96% Bernice Martinez 910 7.99 27 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST (Group II) David Dermer 5,576 49.51% Sy Eisenberg 2,840 25.22% Ada Llerandi 2,846 25.27% (Group III) Nancy Liebman 5,616 50.18% Jose Morel 1,808 16.15% Warren Stamm 3,768 33.67% (Group IV) Simon Cruz * 4,654 41.19% Matti Herrera Bower 4,272 37.81% Larry Napp 1,809 16.01% Ray Reilly 563 4.98% *Seat open when Pearlson resigned to run for Mayor November 13, 1997 RUN-OFF Incumbent 38,563 11,347 29.42% Challenger Resolution (Mayor) Neisen Kasdin 5,937 55.24% 97-22582 4,811 44.76% David T. Pearlson (Group I) Jose Smith 6,012 61.22% Spencer Friedman Eig 3,808 38.78% (Group II) David Dermer 6,191 64.71% Ada Llerandi 3,376 35.29% (Group III) Nancy Liebman (Group IV) Simon Cruz 5,407 53.03% Matti Herrera Bower 4,790 46.97%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 14, 1997 38,563 11,347 29.42% Neisen Kasdin 5,033 40.78% *(Group IV) Simon Cruz 4,654 41.19% (Group II) David Dermer 5,576 49.51% Susan Gottlieb Martin Shapiro Election 11/13 (Group III) Nancy Liebman 5,616 50.18% (Group I) Jose Smith 3,724 32.72%
* Seat open when Pearlson resigned to run for Mayor July 29, 1999 SPECIAL County Transportation Question 67.50% Against ELECTION DATE SPECIAL CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % VOTERS CAST November 2, 1999 32,977 9,876 99-23378 CHARTER AMENDMENT INCREASING A. Yes 41.52% SALARIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND B. No. 58.48% 3,260 MAYOR
CHARTER AMENDMENT TO PENSION FUNDS FOR FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN C. Yes 5,341 69.33% D. No 2,363 30.67%
GENERAL EMPLOYEES' PENSION BOARD PRUDENT PERSON STANDARD E. Yes 3,967 54.84% F. No 3,267 45.16%
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ELECTION DATE GENERAL CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % VOTERS CAST
32,999 8,617 26.11%
Neisen Kasdin 4,693 49.94% (Group VI) Matti Bower 4,545 50.57% Resolution +(Group IV) Simon Cruz 99-23381 David Dermer Election 11/2 (Group V) Luis R. Garcia, Jr. 3,091 34.84% Nancy Liebman Jose Smith Run-off Election Nov
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT ELECTION DATE MAYOR COUNCIL REG. VOTERS % VOTERS GENERAL& Incumbent November 2, 1999 SPECIAL Challenger 32.977 9,876 29.95% Resolution 99-23378 (Mayor) Neisen Kasdin 4,693 49.94% Mike Calhoun 269 2.86% Leslie Martinez-Botet 543 5.78% Martin Shapiro 3,893 41.42% +(Group IV) Simon Cruz (Group V) Luis Garcia 3,091 34.84% Joe Fontana 2,177 24.54% Charles Schaab 1,062 11.97% Richard L. Steinberg 1,678 18.91% Manny Warszavski 625 7.04% Lee Weiss 239 2.69% (Group VI) Matti Herrera Bower 4,545 50.57% Liliam Lopez 2,960 32.93% Mike Thompson 1,483 16.50% + Ran Unopposed
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ELECTION DATE MAYOR COUNCIL REG. VOTERS % VOTERS November 13, 2001 37,232 12,221 32.82% David Dermer 6,472 53.79% Matti Bower Resolution Simon Cruz 2001-24666 (Group II) Saul Gross 6,131 53.36% Election 11/7 Luis R. Garcia, Jr. (Group I) Jose Smith 8.073 79.39% Run-off 11/13 (Group III) Richard Steinberg 6,374 55.26% November 4, 2003 35,624 5,220 14.65% Resolution +David Dermer 5,539 85.85% 2003-25389
(Group IV) Simon Cruz 3,153 47.47% (Group V) Luis R. Garcia, Jr. 3,926 61.16% (Group VI) Matti Bower 4,738 74.33 (Group I) Jose Smith (Group II) Saul Gross (Group III) Richard Steinberg
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT ELECTION DATE MAYOR COUNCIL REG. VOTERS % VOTERS November 1, 42,522 4,819 11.33% 2005 David Dermer Matti Bower Simon Cruz General Election + (Group II) Saul Gross 11/1 Run-off Election Luis R. Garcia, Jr. 11/29 (Group I) Jerry Libbin 2,110 52.66% + (Group III) Richard Steinberg + No opposition & these three were deemed elected Date Mayor Council Reg. Voters % Voters November 6, 42,172 4,101 9.72 2006 David Dermer Resolution (Group VI) Matti Bower 2006-26384 (Group IV) Simon Cruz Special Election (Group II) Saul Gross 11/7 Run-off Election (Group V) Michael Góngora 2,226 54.57 11/21 (Group I) Jerry Libbin + (Group III) Richard Steinberg + No opposition & these three were deemed elected
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ELECTION ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % DATE TYPE VOTERS CAST * Group V seat open when Garcia resigned to run for State Representative- November Mayor 6, 2007
(Group IV) (Group V) General (Group II) Saul Gross Election 11/6 Run-off (Group VI) Election (Group I) Jerry Libbin (Group III) Richard Steinberg + No opposition & these three were deemed elected
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ELECTION ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % DATE TYPE VOTERS CAST GENERAL November ELECTION Incumbent 37,232 13,039 35.02% 6, 2001 Challenger Resolution 2001-24663
(Mayor) David Dermer 4,872 38.46% Elaine Bloom 5,557 43.86% Oscar L. Hernandez 458 3.62% Nancy Liebman 1,782 14.07% (Group I) Jose Smith 8,073 79.39% Eddy R. Rubio 2,096 20.61% (Group II) Saul Gross 6,131 53.36% Joe Fontana 2,599 22.62% Julio C. Lora 677 5.89% Louis V. Martinez 1,295 11.27% Dan Pearson 787 6.85% (Group III) Richard Steinberg 3,958 33.67% Jose (Jo) Asmundsson 1,549 13.18% Fermin I. Castanedas 383 3.26% Rony Curvelo 825 7.02% Bernie Navarro 2,870 24.41% Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat 1,023 8.70% Stanley K. Shapiro 1,149 9.77%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST SPECIAL November 6, 2001 ELECTION Resolution Sec. 1.03(c) Approval Before Increasing 7,329 (Yes) 75.47% 2001-24665 Waterfront Property’s FAR 5,806 (Yes) 64.77% RSA Sec. 27 Health Plan for Officers & 6,415 (Yes) 65.74% Employees 6,674 (Yes) 68.55% RSA Sec. 27 Domestic Partnership 5,945 (No) 60.52% Amend Police/Fire Pension – Domestic Partners Renaming Flamingo Park Baseball Stadium to Skip Bertman
RUN-OFF November 13, ELECTION Incumbent Challenger 37,232 12,221 32.82% 2001
Resolution 2001-24666 (Mayor) David Dermer 6,472 53.79% 5,560 46.21% Elaine Bloom (Group III) Richard Steinberg 6,374 55.26% Bernie Navarro 5,161 44.74%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST GENERAL November 4, 2003 ELECTION Incumbent Challenger 35,624 7,026 19.72% Resolution 2003-25389 (Mayor) David Dermer 5,539 85.85% Ronald C. Rickey 913 14.15% (Group IV) Simon Cruz 3,153 47.57% Tony Guerra 1,710 25.80% Jacob “Hank” Sopher 1,765 26.63% (Group V) Luis R. Garcia, Jr. 3,926 61.16% Stuart Reed 2,493 38.84% (Group VI) Matti Bower 4,738 74.33% Brian Detrick 780 12.24% Basil Vasiliou 856 13.43% SPECIAL November 4, 2003 ELECTION Resolution Amend Bill of Rights – Non-Discrimination 5,189 Yes 82.29% 2003-25391 Sec 2.01 Run-Off Election Date Change 4,057 Yes 66.41% Deleting Subpoena Power of City 3,470 Yes 58.32% Commission 5,641 Yes 90.31% Sec 6.03 Candidate’s Residency 3,983 Yes 69.83% Requirement 3,856 Yes 65.43% RSA Sec 2 Zoning Board of Adjustment 4,297 Yes 72.17% Fire & Police Pension Fund – Delete 3,799 Yes 61.75% “Prudent Person” Amend Fire & Police Designation of Beneficiary/Form of Benefit Renaming Island View Park to Maurice Gibb Memorial Park
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 18, 2003 RUN-OFF ELECTION Incumbent Challenger 35,624 5,220 14.65% Resolution 2003-25392 (Group IV) Simon Cruz 3,013 58.37% Jacob “Hank” Sopher 2,149 41.63% SPECIAL March 9, 2004 ELECTION 36,804 4,256 11.56% Resolution Bill of Rights – Natural Resources & 3,300 Yes 77.54% 2004-25521 Scenic Beauty 3,898 Yes 69.13% Sec 1.03(b) Lease/Disposal/City-Owned 2,635 Yes 61.90% Property 2,245 Yes 52.74% Sec 1.03 (c ) Voter Approval Prior to FAR 3,107 Yes 72.99% Sec 4.02 (i) Deleting Req for CA Approval 2,717 Yes 63.82% of CM Negotiation 2,020 Yes 47.45% Charter Art V Require Economic Impact Statement RSA Art II Public Library Sale of 2620 Biarritz Drive for Renovation of Golf Course
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November 15, GENERAL Incumbent Challenger 42,522 4,819 11.33% 2005 Resolution +(Mayor) David Dermer 2005-26047 (Group I)Jerry Libbin 1,750 36.60% Alex Annunziato 1,117 23.36% Joe Fontana 1,029 21.52% Gabrielle Redfern 222 4.64% Dennis Ward 664 13.89% +(Group II) Saul Gross +(Group III) Richard Steinberg + No opposition & these were deemed elected November 29, RUN-OFF 42,469 4,038 9.51% 2005 Resolution 2005-26049 (Group I) Jerry Libbin 2,110 52.66% Alex Annunziato 1,897 47.34% ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 7, 2006 SPECIAL Incumbent Challenger 41,965 17,426 41.53% Resolution 2006-26382 Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolution 2006-26235 Resolution calling for a special 40 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
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(Group V) Roger Abramson 2,699 18.00% Michael Góngora 4,659 31.08% Laura A. Leyva 2,037 13.59% Elsa Urquiza 2,050 13.67% Deede Weithorn 3,547 23.66% *Group V - Luis R. Garcia, Jr., resigned to run for State Representative
November 7, 2006 Resolution SPECIAL 41,965 17,426 41.53% 2006-26381 Resolution 1) Public vote prior to transfer/public 2006-26277 beach ROW 12,453 81.87% Resolution calling 2) BOA: Changing Terms of office 8,882 62.83% for a special 3) BOA: Restricting Certain Height election Variances and Story Floor Vacancies 9,795 66.21%
ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 8, 2006 RUN-OFF Incumbent Challenger 41,965 17,426 41.53% Resolution ELECTION 2006-26382 Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolution (Group V) Michael Góngora 2,227 54.57% 2006-26383 41 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
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Deede Weithorn 1,854 45.43%
November 6, 2007 GENERAL 39,645 9,971 25.15% Resolution ELECTION Incumbent Challenger 2007-26707 Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolution (Mayor) Matti Herrera Bower 4,665 47.92% 2007-26641 Simon Cruz 4,376 44.95% Resolution calling Raphael “Rafi” Herman 216 2.22% for William “Bill” Smatt 478 4.91% a General Election
(Group I) Jerry Libbin
ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST
(Group II)
Saul Gross (Group III) Richard Steinberg
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT (Group IV) Jonah Wolfson 5,115 55.37% Luis Salom 4,123 44.63% Jonah Wolfson qualified with 778 valid petition signatures. Luis Salom submitted 872 signatures; however, only 671 were valid petition signatures; he ultimately qualified by paying the qualifying fee. (2% of qualified voters was 778) (Group V) Ed Tobin 4,597 50.18% Michael Góngora 4,564 49.82% (Group VI) Deede Weithorn 3,071 33.32% Linda Grosz 1,297 14.07% Frank J. Kurszewski 1,492 16.19% Elsa Urquiza 3,356 36.41%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST
November 20, RUN-OFF 39,883 9,317 23.37% 2007 ELECTION Resolution 2007-26708 Accepting Certificate of Results
2007-26703 (Mayor) Matti Herrera Bower 4,975 53.95% Resolution calling Simon Cruz 4,247 46.05% for a run-off
(Group V) Ed Tobin 4,503 50.36% 4,439 49.64% (Group VI) Deede Weithorn 4,503 50.36% Elsa Urquiza 4,439 49.64% December 4, 2008 APPOINTED
Resolution 2008-26940 Appointed (Group III) Victor M. Diaz, Jr.* * Group III – Victor M. Diaz, Jr., appointed to fill the unexpired term of Richard Steinberg, who was elected as State Representative
NOTE: Group III Victor Diaz when appointed promised not to seek election in the 2009 General Election
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 3, 2009 GENERAL 46,178 7,764 16.81% 2009-27249 ELECTION Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolution (Mayor) Matti Herrera Bower 5,768 76.54% 2009-27188 Raphael Herman 492 6.53% Resolution calling Laura Rivero Levey 1,276 16.93% for a General Election
(Group I) Jerry Libbin 5,674 83.38% Oddy Segui 1,131 16.62% (Group II) Jorge Exposito 2,772 38.29% Maria Mayer 2,733 37.75% Sherry Roberts 1,735 23.96% (Group III) Michael Góngora 3,079 41.75% Gabrielle Redfern 2,158 29.26% Alex Fernandez 2,137 28.98%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 3, 2009 SPECIAL Resolution ELECTION 2009-27246 Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolution Ethics in Government 5,511 Yes 93.58% 2009-27152 Lease/Disposal of Public Street ends 4,979 Yes 78.52% Resolution calling bordering waterfront land 4,328 Yes 69.73% for a special Lease/Disposal of City-Owned Property/ 4,443 Yes 70.51% election 5/7 to 6/7 Commission Vote NWS campus expansion project for future parking requirements
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 17, RUN-OFF 45,941 5,770 12.56% 2009 2009-27250 Accepting Certificate of Results
2009-27248 (Group II) Jorge Exposito 2,973 52.85% Resolution calling Maria Mayer 2,652 47.15% for a run-off (Group III) Michael Góngora 3,332 59.78% Gabrielle Redfern 2,242 40.22%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 1, 2011 GENERAL 42,959 6,953 16.19% 2011-27785 Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolution (Mayor) Matti Herrera Bower 4,103 59.44% 2011-27736 Steve Berke 1,614 23.38% Resolution calling Dave Crystal 895 12.97% for a General Laura R. Levey 291 4.22% Election
+(Group IV) Jonah Wolfson + (Group V) Ed Tobin (Group VI) Deede Weithorn 4,278 64.83% Maria Meruelo 2,321 35.17% + No opposition & therefore deemed elected
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST August 14, 2012 SPECIAL 43,430 6,892 15.86% 2012-28004 Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolutions QUESTION 1: Allowing Up to One 2012-27902 Percent Increase in Room Rent Portion of Yes: 4,786 67.21% Resort Tax No: 2,335 32.79%
QUESTION 2: 2012-27903 Majority of Members of City Commission Yes: 5,212 75.62% May Call Special Meetings No: 1,680 24.38% 2012-27966 Early Voting 2012-27967 Voter`s Guide 2012-27968 Canvassing Board
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 6, 2012 SPECIAL 46,987 32,661 69.51% 2012-28097 Accepting Certificate of Results
Resolutions QUESTION 1 Establishing City Clerk as a Yes: 13,897 58.86% 2012-27962 Charter Officer. No: 9,714 41.14%
2012-27963 QUESTION 2. Voter Approval Required to Yes: 14,125 61.29% Reduce Historic Preservation Board No: 8,922 38.71% Powers and Duties or Historic Preservation Standards
QUESTION 3: Change Of Filing Period Yes: 12,490 58.00% 2012-27964 For Qualifying Petitions No: 9,045 42.00%
QUESTION 4: 2012-27965 Limited Waiver Of City Qualifying Fee Yes: 12,168 57.05% subject candidate otherwise qualifies No: 9,162 42.95%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2013 SPECIAL 44,697 11,385 25.47% 2013-28407 Accepting Certificate of Results Resolutions QUESTION 1: Prohibition of 2013-28299 Discrimination by City of Miami Beach in Yes: 8,702 85.41% Employment Practices and Benefits No: 1,487 14.59% Offered
Shall paragraph A(17) of the Miami Beach City Charter Citizens' Bill of Rights be created banning discrimination in employment practices and benefits offered by the City of Miami Beach based upon an employee or applicant’s race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, familial status, or age?
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2013 SPECIAL 44,697 11,385 25.47%
Resolution QUESTION 2: Improvement of Public 2013-28303 Educational Facilities Available to Miami Beach Citizenry
Shall paragraph A (19) of the Miami Yes: 8,092 83.52% Beach City Charter Citizens' Bill of Rights No: 1,597 16.48% be created to set forth therein the City of Miami Beach's policy to cooperate with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and with other appropriate governmental agencies, which will strive to improve the quality and quantity of public educational facilities available to the citizenry of the City of Miami Beach, Florida?
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2013 SPECIAL , 44,697 11,385 25.47% 2013-28407 Accepting Certificate of Results Resolutions QUESTION 3: City Assistance to 2013-28302 Condominium and Co-op Owners Shall paragraph A (20) of the Miami Beach City Charter Citizens' Bill of Rights YES 6,620 70.03% be created to acknowledge the purpose NO 2,833 29.97% and duties of the City's administration as assisting condominium and co-op owners to navigate through the City's permitting process; facilitate Resolution of other condominium-related issues with other outside agencies; and act as a liaison between condominium or co-op owners, management firms and the City?
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2013 SPECIAL 44,697 11,385 25.47%
Resolution QUESTION 4: 2013-28287 Citywide Referendum Required to Repeal or Reduce Protections in City Code Chapter 62 ("Human Relations") YES 6,432 71.40% Shall Section 1.07 of the Miami Beach NO 2,577 28.60% Charter be created to require a majority vote in a Citywide election to repeal, diminish, or otherwise negatively impact a right or duty established in City Code Chapter 62 ("Human Relations”) that inures to the benefit of a member of the classification categories of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, familial status, and age as defined in City Code Section 62 31?
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2013 SPECIAL 44,697 11,385 25.47% 2013-28407 Accepting Certificate of Results Resolutions QUESTION 5: 2013-28297 Amending Charter Section 1.03(b) Re: Voter Approval of Certain City-Owned Property YES 6,684 67.65% Shall Charter Section 1.03(b) requiring NO 3,196 32.35% majority voter approval before City's sale, lease exceeding ten years, exchange or conveyance of Convention Center Parking Lots be changed to:
• Require 60% voter approval instead; and • Include "Convention Center Campus" (all City-owned property within Civic and Convention Center District except Convention Center and Carl Fisher Clubhouse) within category of City owned properties subject to 60% voter approval requirement?
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2013 SPECIAL 44,697 11,385 25.47%
Resolution QUESTION 6: 2013-28296 Advisory, Non-binding Straw Ballot Question – Medicinal Marijuana Resolution YES 6,686 64.07% NO 3,750 35.93% Should the City Commission adopt a Resolution urging the Federal Government and the Florida Legislature to decriminalize and authorize the medicinal use of marijuana?
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2013 SPECIAL 44,697 11,385 25.47%
Resolutions REMOVED QUESTION: 2013-28298 A Resolution Of The Mayor And City Commission Of The City Of Miami Beach, Florida Calling For A Special Election To Be Held On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, For The Purpose Of Submitting To The Electorate Of The City Of Miami Beach A Question Asking Whether The City Should Enter Into 99 Year Leases With South Beach Arts Culture Entertainment ("Tishman") Providing For Payment To The City Of Fair Market Rent On These City Properties: • Convention Center Parking Lots; • Convention Center Drive; • Portions Of Convention Center, Center's Air Rights And Parking Spaces; 17th Street Garage Site's Ground Floor ("Garage");For Tishman's Development Thereon Of: • 800 Room Hotel; • 20,000 Square Feet Retail/Restaurants North Of 17th Street; • 70,000 Square Feet Retail/Restaurants In The Garage? This ballot question was challenged in Court and removed from the ballot See Court Order
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. VOTERS BALLOTS % TYPE CAST November 5, 2013 GENERAL CANDIDATES BY GROUP 44,697 11,385 25.47% 2013-28408 Resolution Adopting Results of Certificates of Results Mayor 2013-28409 Steve Berke 1,355 12.13% Resolution calling for a Michael Christian Góngora 4,072 36.44% General Election Rafael Herman 107 0.96% Philip Levine Mr. Levine submitted a total of 1,724 5,641 50.48% signed petitions; 1,457 of which were certified as valid. 2% registered voters – 995 signatures.
Group I Mohammed Rafiqul Islam 411 4.01% Sherry Kaplan Roberts 2,692 26.27% Micky Ross Steinberg 3,849 37.56% Elsa Urquiza 3,296 32.16% Ms. Urquiza submitted a total of 1,228 signed petitions; 604 of which were certified but did not meet the 2% required of 995 signatures. She qualified by paying the qualifying fee.
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Group III Roger Abramson 1,604 15.52% Matti Herrera Bower 4,568 44.20% Joy Malakoff 4,164 40.29%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. VOTERS BALLOTS % TYPE CAST
November 19, 2013 RUN-OFF CANDIDATES BY GROUP 44,751 7,243 16.19% Resolution accepting results of certificate 2013-28410 2013-28409 Group I Resolution calling for a Micky Steinberg 3,640 53.08% Run-Off Election Elsa Urquiza 3,218 46.92%
Group II Jorge Exposito 3,240 46.31% Michael Grieco 3,757 53.69%
Group III Matti Herrera Bower 2,841 40.297% Joy Malakoff 4,214 59.73%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. VOTERS BALLOTS % TYPE CAST
August 26, 2014 SPECIAL BALLOT QUESTIONS 45,233 5,464 12.08% Resolution accepting results of certificate 2014-28717
2014-28603 1. City Charter Section 2.02: Amending 4,966 Yes: 3,532 71.12 Mayor and City Commissioner Term No: 1,434 28.88 Limit Provisions
2014-28604 Yes: 3,475 73.07 2. City Charter Section 2.04: City 4,756 No: 1,281 26.93 Commission’s Selection of Vice-Mayor
2014-28605 Yes: 3,271 69.88 3. City Charter Section 6.04: No. 1,410 30.12 Supplemental Qualifying Ending Date 4,681 for Filling of Vacancy in Candidacy 2014-28606 Yes: 2,743 58.93% No: 1,912 41.07% 4. Amending Board of Adjustment Jurisdiction Regarding Variances 4,655 2014-28607 Canvassing Board
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. VOTERS BALLOTS % TYPE CAST
November 4, 2014 Resolution accepting SPECIAL BALLOT QUESTIONS 45,607 18,406 40.35 results of certificate 2014-28829
1. Amend City Charter Article V - City 2014-28685 Commission's Pre-Collective Bargaining Yes 12,716 15,803 80.47% Analysis of Fringe Benefits No 3,087 19.53%
2014-28709 2. Amend Charter Sec. 1.03: Management Agreements and Concession Agreements Yes 11,263 14,706 76.59% City Charter Section 1. 03: No 3,443 23.41%
2014-28687 Authorizing Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board to serve as the Canvassing Board for the City of Miami Beach's Special Election to be held on Nov. 4, 2014
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. VOTERS BALLOTS % TYPE CAST
November 3, 2015 Resolution accepting SPECIAL BALLOT QUESTIONS 44,576 10,694 23.99 results of certificate 2015-29197
Amending Charter Section 1.03(b)(4) to Provide for Alienability of Miami Beach Yes 4,929 9,341 52.77% YES 2015-29103 Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") No 4,412 Property. 47.23 NO% Charter Section 1.03(b)(4) requires the sale, exchange, conveyance or lease of ten years or longer of City-owned property (not requiring voter approval or otherwise addressed in City Charter) to be approved by Planning Board's 4/7 vote and City Commission's 6/7 vote. Should Section 1.03(b)(4) be amended to require Planning Board's 4/7 vote and Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency's 7/8 vote to approve sale, exchange, conveyance or lease of ten years or longer of Agency property?
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2015-29116 1.0 Maximum FAR lncrease For Yes 4,443 9,977 44.53% Residential and Hotel Uses in the Ocean No 5,534 55.47% Terrace Overlay District. Shall the Floor Area Ratio (FAR), which regulates the overall size of a building, for the "Ocean Terrace Overlay District," located between 73rd and 75th Streets, Collins Avenue, and Ocean Terrace, and has underlying zoning designations of "Commercial District-2" ("CD-2") and "Mixed Use Entertainment District" ("MXE"), be increased from a maximum of 2.0 FAR to a maximum of 3.0 FAR, which increased FAR shall be used only for residential and hotel uses?
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% ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST November 3, 2015 Resolution accepting GENERAL CANDIDATES BY GROUP 44,576 10,690 23.99% results of certificate 2015-29198 Mayor 2015-29091 Philip Levine 6,842 10,451 65.47% Resolution calling for a David Wieder 3,609 34.53% General and Run-Off Election if needed Group IV Michael DeFilippi 867 9,888 8.77% Scott Diffenderfer 2,364 23.91% Kristen Rosen Gonzalez 2,796 28.28% Isaiah Mosley 471 4.76% Jonathan Parker 870 8.80% Betsy Perez 2,520 25.49%
Group V Ricky Arriola 5,785 58.78% Mark Weithorn 4,057 9,842 41.22%
Group VI John Elizabeth Aleman 5,076 50.38% Mark Samuelian 4,999 10,075 49.62%
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES BY GROUP REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST
November 17, 2015 RUN-OFF CANDIDATES BY GROUP 40,208 4,683 Resolution accepting results of certificate 2015-29199
2015-29091 Group IV Resolution calling for a Kristen Rosen Gonzalez 2,750 4,662 59% Run-Off Election Betsy Perez 1,912 41%
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT % ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST March 15, 2016 SPECIAL Referendum requires 60% of voters 40,889 16,372 40% Resolution accepting ELECTION voting Official Results of In order to pass certificate 2016-29347 2015-29228 Resolution calling for special election Not approved Referendum Re: Approval of City’s Lease 15,821 YES 8,498 YES% 53.71 of City Property for Convention Center NO 7,323 NO% 46.29 Hotel Should City lease 2.65-acre property at northeast corner of 17th Street and Convention Center Drive to Portman Miami Beach LLC for 99 years, requiring, per Resolution 2015-29115:
Construction/operation of privately-funded 800 room Hotel with 288 foot height limit, connected to Convention Center via pedestrian Skybridge,
No gambling,
Rent to City after Hotel opens, including greater of: minimum rent ($12,373,785 over first ten years, adjusted thereafter) or % of Hotel's revenues annually?
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% ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST Referendum Re: Use of Rent Payments 15,148 YES 11,477 YES 75.77% Received by City from Convention Center NO 3,671 NO 24.23% Hotel Lease
If voters approve City’s Convention Center Hotel lease, shall City adopt an ordinance dedicating all rent payments received by City to enhance funding (not replace or substitute for current City funding), in equal proportions annually for the term of lease, for: mass transit and traffic reduction, pre-k through 12 education, storm water projects (in lieu of rate increases), and undergrounding electric utilities, with any amendment/repeal of Not deemed such ordinance subject to voter applicable referendum approval?
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% ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST 46,071 34,965 November 8, 2016 SPECIAL Resolution accepting ELECTION Official Results of certificate 2016-29662
Lobbyists’ annual disclosure of 2016-29510 Not approved expenditures/compensation City Code section 2-485 requires that lobbyists file Resolution calling for annual statements listing all lobbying expenditures YES 12,488 YES 12,488 48.90% special election and compensation received for the preceding calendar year regarding each issue the lobbyist NO 15,981 NO 15,981 51.10% was engaged to lobby, such statement to be filed even if there were no such expenditures or compensation. Shall this Code section be amended to provide that annual statements need not be filed by lobbyists if there have been no such expenditures and compensation during the reporting period? City Code Section 2-459: Establish Additional 2016-29511 Not approved Exception to Prohibition on Lobbying by City A Resolution Calling For A Board Members City Code Section 2-459 prohibits City board YES 11,823 YES 11,823 46.78% Special Election members and their associates from lobbying City 53.22% personnel and agencies. Should this section be NO 16,054 NO 16,054 amended to include an exception allowing land use board (Board of Adjustment, Design Review Board, Historic Preservation Board, Panel of Architects, and Planning Board) members who are architects or landscape architects to lobby City personnel and agencies on land development applications, except for applications before the board on which they serve?
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Commissioner Group I Mickey Steinberg No Opposition There being no opposition, Commissioner Steinberg was deemed re-elected.
Commissioner, Group II Mark Samuelian 7,539 67.83 Rafael A. Velasquez 3,576 32.17
Commissioner, Group III Michael Góngora 7,284 64.82 Adrian Gonzalez 3,954 35.18
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% ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST November 7, 2017 SPECIAL 45,689 12,064 26.40 Resolution accepting ELECTION Official Results of certificate Resolution 2017-33089 2017-29908 Changing alcoholic beverage Resolution calling for sales/consumption termination time on Ocean Drive from 5th to special election 15th Streets YES 4,184 35.33 City law currently allows the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on private property at NO 7,658 64.67 alcoholic beverage establishments located on Ocean Drive from 5th to 15th Streets from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. the following day. Shall an Ordinance be adopted changing this current 5:00 a.m. termination time to 2:00 a.m., exempting from this time change those indoor portions of alcoholic beverage establishments that are completely enclosed and located entirely within hotels?
2017-29961 A question asking whether the City Commission Resolution calling for should adopt an Ordinance increasing FAR in the Town Center (TC) Zoning Districts (Collins and special election Dickens Avenues to Indian Creek Drive between 69 YES 6,631 58.64 and 72 Streets) to 3.5 FAR from current FAR Of 2.25 To 2.75 for the TC-1 District; from 2.0 for the NO 4,677 41.36 TC-2 District; and from 1.25 for the TC-3 District.
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT % ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST August 28, 2018 SPECIAL 45,945 Resolution accepting ELECTION Official Results of certificate Resolution 2018-30455 Resolution No. 2018-30352 Amending Composition of the Board of Resolution calling for Adjustment special election Section 2 of City’s Related Special Acts establishes YES 6,733 64.67% the Board of Adjustment (“BOA”) with seven members, each representing one of the following NO 3,679 35.33% professions: Law, architecture, engineering, real estate development, certified public accounting, financial consultation, and general business. Shall Section 2 be amended to provide that two of the BOA members shall be “citizens at-large” (no specific profession), and the remaining five members shall each represent one of the above professions?
Resolution No. 2018-30353 Amend City Charter to Increase the Annual Resolution calling for Compensation of the Mayor and City special election Commissioners YES 5,018 47.47% Shall City Charter Section 2.02 be amended to change the annual compensation established in NO 5,554 52.53% 1966, which has not been raised in 52 years, for the Mayor from $10,000 to $75,636, and for City Commissioners from $6,000 to $45,381; and also to authorize the City Commission, at a noticed public hearing, to allow an annual compensation increase based upon the Consumer Price Index, issued by U.S. Department of Labor, not to exceed three percent per year?
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% ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST November 6, 2018 SPECIAL 47,641 Resolution accepting ELECTION Official Results of certificate Resolution 2018-xxxx Resolution 2018-30437 #1 Establishing City of Miami Beach Office of Resolution calling for special Inspector General YES 21,477 81% election Shall City Charter be amended to create the Office of Inspector General, which shall be independent and empowered to: NO 5,084 19% • investigate, audit, review, and oversee municipal matters including City contracts, programs, projects, and expenditures, in order to identify efficiencies, and detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, waste, mismanagement, misconduct, and abuse of power; and • subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and require production of records; provided such Office’s appointment, term, functions, and powers shall be further established by ordinance?
Resolution 2018-30439 #2 Referendum Re: Use of Rent Payments Resolution calling for special Received By City from Convention Center Hotel YES 20,692 80% election Lease If voters approve City’s Convention Center Hotel lease with MB Mixed Use Investment, LLC, shall the City adopt NO 5,334 20% an ordinance dedicating the Hotel’s guaranteed rent payments received by the City, to enhance funding, in equal portions annually, for: • stormwater projects (in lieu of rate increases), • traffic reduction measures, and • education, with any amendment of such ordinance subject to supermajority (5/7ths) City Commission approval? 75 F:\CLER\$ALL\HISTORY OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 TO PRESENT\History Of Mayors And General And Special Elections 1915 To Present.Docx
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Center Drive to MB Mixed Use Investment, LLC for NO 9.427 36% 99 years, requiring, per Resolution 2018-30425: • Construction/operation of 800 room Hotel (maximum height of 185 feet), connected to Convention Center, • No City funding, • No gambling, • Rent to City after Hotel opens, including greater of: guaranteed rent ($16,616,242 over first ten years, adjusted thereafter), or percentage of Hotel’s revenues annually?
Resolution 2018-30442 #4 $169,000,000 General Obligation Bond issue to Resolution calling for improve City’s parks, recreational facilities and YES 18,069 69% special election cultural facilities To improve the City’s parks, recreational facilities,
and cultural facilities, including playgrounds, NO 7,963 31% baywalks, beachwalks, waterways, landscaping, equipment, lighting, security, and parking related to such facilities, shall the City be authorized to issue general obligation bonds, from time to time, not exceeding $169,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, payable from unlimited ad valorem taxes, bearing interest not exceeding the maximum legal interest rate, and maturing no later than 30 years from issuance date?
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% ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST November 6, 2018 SPECIAL 47,641 Resolution accepting ELECTION
Official Results of certificate Resolution 2018-30619 Resolution 2018-30441 #5 $198,000,000 General Obligation Bond issue to Resolution calling for special improve City’s neighborhoods and election infrastructure YES 19,499 73% To improve the City’s neighborhoods and infrastructure, including stormwater and flooding NO 7,172 27% mitigation projects, sidewalk and street renovation and repairs, protected bicycle lanes, pedestrian paths, landscaping, and lighting, shall the City be authorized to issue general obligation bonds, from time to time, not exceeding $198,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, payable from unlimited ad valorem taxes, bearing interest not exceeding the maximum legal interest rate, and maturing no later than 30 years from issuance date?
Resolution 2018-30440 #6 $72,000,000 General Obligation Bond issue for Resolution calling for special City police, fire, public safety, and security YES 18,816 70% election improvements To improve the City’s police, fire, and public safety NO 8,036 30% facilities, equipment, and technology, and to improve lighting and security throughout the City, shall the City be authorized to issue general obligation bonds, from time to time, not exceeding $72,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, payable from unlimited ad valorem taxes, bearing interest not exceeding the maximum legal interest rate, and maturing no later than 30 years from issuance date?
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Updated 9.20.19 LH HISTORY OF MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS – GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1915 to PRESENT % APPOINTMENT DATE ELECTION FILLING OF VACANCY IN SEAT GROUP IV REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST January 23, 2019 GENERAL & SPECIAL
APPOINTMENT Group IV Kristen Rosen Gonzalez Resign to Run for Congress with a term end of January 3, 2019.
The City Commission unanimously agreed to appoint someone to finish her term through November 2019. R9 B FILLING OF THE VACANCY IN CITY 2019-30694 COMMISSION SEAT GROUP IV. ACTION: After-the-fact Resolution 2019-30694 approved. The City Commission approved by acclamation to appoint Joy Malakoff to the Group IV vacancy seat.
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ELECTION DATE ELECTION CANDIDATES REG. BALLOTS % TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2019 GENERAL 48,260 Resolution 2019-30895 Mayor Dan Gelber + (+ No opposition & therefore was deemed elected)
Group IV Michael “Michael B” Barrineau Steven Meiner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez Rafael A. Velasquez
Group V Ricky Arriola
Raquel Pacheco Jonathan Welsh
Group VI Adrian Gonzalez
Mohammed Rafiqul Islam David Richardson Blake Young
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% ELECTION DATE ELECTION BALLOT QUESTIONS REG. BALLOTS TYPE VOTERS CAST November 5, 2019 SPECIAL
Resolution 2019-30899 City Charter Sections 2.01 and 2.02: Increasing Mayor's Term and Changing Mayor's Term Limit
Effective with City's November 2021 General Election, shall Charter Sections 2.01 and 2.02 be YES amended to: NO % • Increase Mayor's term from two to four years; • Change Mayor's term limit from three two-year terms to two four-year terms; • Retain Charter's retroactive measurement and calculation provisions; • Prohibit persons from serving as Mayor for more than eight years (period including years previously served as Mayor), except to complete a term, one-half of which has been served?
Resolution 2019-30900 Amend City Charter to Increase Annual Compensation of Mayor and City Commissioners
Since 1966, the City Charter has established a $6,000 annual compensation for each City YES % Commissioner and a $10,000 annual compensation for the Mayor. Effective with the City's November NO 2021 General Election, should Charter Section 2.02 be amended to increase each Commissioner's annual compensation to $45,381 and the Mayor's annual compensation to $75,636, said compensations to be increased annually based upon the Consumer Price Index, but not to exceed
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Resolution 2019-30901 Referendum 3 City Charter Section 2.07: Amending Procedures for Filling of Vacancies in City Commission YES Shall Charter Section 2.07, which establishes % procedures for filling vacancies in City Commission, NO be amended to create procedures for filling vacancies due to resignation of a Commission member, clarify that in case of any vacancy the Commission is not required to appoint someone to fill vacancy but instead must decide whether to appoint or schedule an election, and establish timing of appointments and elections, with other election-related provisions established in Resolution scheduling such election?
Resolution 2019-30902 Naming of the main Convention Center Park/P- Lot as "Pride Park"
In April 2019, the City began construction of a 5.8- acre public park on what is currently a surface YES parking lot, known as the main Convention Center Park/P-Lot (located generally west of Convention NO % Center Drive, east of Meridian Avenue, and between 18th and 19th Streets). The park will include wandering paths around a central lawn, a play and fitness area, and a Veterans Plaza. Shall the new park be named "Pride Park"?
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Resolution 2019-30903 Ordinance authorizing new floor area within interior of historic buildings for adaptive reuse
Floor area ratio ("FAR") is the measure the City YES utilizes to regulate the overall size of a building. NO Currently, new floor area cannot be added to the % interior of historic buildings that have no available floor area, unless the City's voters approve an FAR increase, pursuant to Charter Section 1.03(c).
Shall City Commission adopt an Ordinance authorizing the use of new floor area within historic buildings for the adaptive reuse of such buildings?
Resolution 2019-30904 Referendum 6 Floor area ratio increase for Office Uses along Washington Avenue and Alton Road
Floor area ratio ("FAR") is the measure the City YES utilizes to regulate overall building size. NO % The maximum FAR in the CD2 district is 1.5. However, if more than 25% of building area is used for residential / hotel units, the maximum FAR is 2.0.
Shall City adopt Ordinance increasing FAR to 2.0 for buildings in CD2, along Washington Avenue and Alton Road, if more than 25% of the building area is used for offices?
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