120803 agenda
CHARTER REVIEW BOARD AGENDA
December 8, 2003
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of November 6, 2003,
II. ISSUES FOR DELIBERATION
ZONING REFORM
a) CHARTER SECTION 1.03 (b) WATERFRONT PROPERTY
Review Of City Charter Section 1,03 (b) Regarding Referendum
Requirement Prior To Disposition Of City-Owned Waterfront
Property, Amend Charter Section 1,03 (b) "Alienability of
Property" by expanding said section's referendum requirement to
all city-owned property, deleting all exemptions except those for
educational facilities and utility easements, and increasing the
period of long-term leases exempt from referendum from five
years to ten-years, Item deferred from CRB of 11/6/03 for
supermajority vote.
Sec, 1,03, Powers of city,
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(b) Alienability of property, The only limitation concerning alienability
of City-owned property is the restriction of the sale, exchange,
conveyance or lease of five (5) ten (10) years or longer (including option
periods) of p3rk, recre3tion, or w3terfront property in the all property
owned bv the City of Miami Beach while it is being used for SHffi .9. public
purpose, unless such sale, exchange, conveyance or lease is approved
by a majority vote of the voters in a City-wide referendum, This provision
shall be liberally construed in favor of the preservation of all ~
recre3tion, 3nd w3terfront City-owned lands, This provision shall not be
construed to apply to any valid written contractual commitments or bids
or bonded indebtedness which commitments, bids or indebtedness
existed prior to November 4, 1992 November . 2003, Further, this
provision shall not apply to any City-owned educational facility or libr3ry
property, 3ny p3rking f3Cility not loc3ted on p3rk, recre3tion, or
'N3terfront property or to any utility or access easements~ or right of
'N3YS, or to th3t tri3ngul3r p3rcel of City o't:ned property known 3S P3rcel
2 of South Pointe P3rk loc3ted within the Mi3mi Be3ch Redevelopment
^re3, s3id p3rcel gener311y described 3S being 138,87 feet fronting on
Bisc3yne Street with 3 northerly bound3ry of 265,43 feet 3dj3cent to
Block 8 of South Pointe Development comp3ny, 3nd 3 Southe3sterly
bound31)' of 226,20 feet 3dj3cent to Cook Inlet Region property,
b) CHARTER SECTION 1.03 (c) FAR
Review Of City Charter Section 1,03 (c) Regarding Referendum
Requirement Prior To Increase In Floor Area Ratio ("FAR") Of
Certain Waterfront Property, Item deferred for presentation to
City Commission from 11/25 to 12/10/03.
Sec. 1.03 (c ) Powers of Citv
The floor area ratio of any property or street end within the City of Miami
Beach adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, Government Cut, Indian Creek or
Biscayne Bay shall not be increased by zoning, transfer, or any other
means from its current zoned floor area ratio as it exists on the date of
adoption of this Charter Amendment [November 7, 2001], including any
limitations on floor area ratios which are in effect by virtue of
development agreements through the full term of such agreements,
unless any such increase in zoned floor area ratio for any such property
shall first be approved by a vote of the electors of the City of Miami
Beach, This Charter Amendment shall become effective on the day after
its approval by the voters of the City of Miami Beach, No rights in
derogation of the provisions of this Amendment under any ordinance or
any other action of the Miami Beach City Commission between the time
this measure is approved by the Miami Beach City Commission for
placement on the November 6, 2001 ballot and the adoption of this
Amendment shall be enforced against the City of Miami Beach,
III. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
IV. ADJOURNMENT