March 9, 2004 Election Results
Question # I:
Shall the Miami Beach City Charter be amended to include within the Citizen's Bill of Right a policy
statement of the City to cnoserve and protect its natural resources and scenic beauty including the
abatement of air and water pollution and of excessive and unecessary noise?
Question # II:
Shall Charter Section 1.03 (b) requiring voter approval before lease/disposal of City-owned park,
recreation, waterfront porperty apply to additional City properties (west of North Shore Open Space;
Cultural Campus; and parking lots near 72nd Street, Convention Center, Lincoln Road); require
Planning Board's 4/7 and City Commission's 5/7 votes before lease/disposal of other interests/
settlement of claims existing as of January 14, 2004?
Question # III:
Shalll Charter Section 1.03(c) requiring voter approval before floor area ratio may be increased on
properties adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, Government Cut, Indian Creek, or Biscayne Bay, be
expanded to apply to all property within City limits; exempting the division of lots or the aggregation
of development rights on unified abutting parcels (otherwise permitted by ordinance), and settlement
of claims the City has notice as of December 10, 2003?
Question # IV::
Shall Section 4.02(i) of the Miami Beach City Charter regarding the City Manager's power to
negotiate City contracts and agreements be amended by deleting language subjecting said power
to approval of the City Attorney, retaining language requiring City Commisison approval of City
Manager negotiations?
Question # V:
Shall the Miami Beach City Charter, Article V thereof regarding "budget and finance", be amended
to require that the City Commission consider the long term economic impact (at least five years) of
legislative acts?
Question # VI:
Shall Miami Beach Related Special Acts, Article II therof entitled "Public Library" and Article III
thereof entitled "Municiapl Projects", be deleted as said language is aboolete and /or redundant?
Sale of 2620 Biarritz Drive:
Shall the City of Miami Beach sell waterfront porperty located at 2620 Biarritz Drive in Miami Beach,
Florida (survey and legal description of property on file in the City's Public Works Department), with
the sale proceeds to be utulized for the City's renovation of the Normandy Shores Golf Course?
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