Resolution 2022-32270R E S O L U T IO N N O . 2022-32270
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE
CERTIFICATE OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUGUST 23, 2022
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AND
DECLARING THE RESULTS THEREOF.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida law and the City Code, a Canvassing Board was
appointed and authorized to canvass the City of Miami Beach's August 23, 2022 Special Election
(the "Special Election"), which was duly conducted by the Elections Department of Miami-Dade
County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Canvassing Board was present at the Elections Department's tabulation
of the returns of the Special Election; and
WHEREAS, the Canvassing Board has certified the results of the Special Election; and
WHEREAS, the Certificate of Election Results of the Special Election has been received
and is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Composite Exhibit "A;" and
WHEREAS, said Certificate reflects that:
Question "A," as set forth below, was approved by the electorate of the City of Miami Beach.1
Question "B," as set forth below, was approved by the electorate of the City of Miami Beach.
Question "C," as set forth below, was approved by the electorate of the City of Miami Beach.
Question "D," as set forth below, was approved by the electorate of the City of Miami Beach.
Question "E," as set forth below, was approved by the electorate of the City of Miami Beach.
Question "F," as set forth below, was approved by the electorate of the City of Miami Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Miami-Dade Canvassing
Board acting as the Miami Beach Canvassing Board having canvassed the returns of the August
23, 2022 Special Election of the City of Miami Beach, the Mayor and City Commission hereby (i)
adopt the Certificate of Election Results for said Special Election, and (ii) order that the Certificate
of Election Results and this Resolution be recorded in the minutes of the September 14, 2022
City Commission meeting as a permanent record of the results of said Special Election; be it
further resolved that by the adoption of this Resolution, the Canvassing Board has discharged its
duties for said Special Election; and be it further and finally resolved that, as a result of the City
of Miami Beach's August 23, 2022 Special Election, the votes upon the questions presented
reflect the results as set forth in the Certificate of Election Results. The text of the ballot questions
submitted to the voters in this Special Election is as follows:
1 The 6 ballot questions have been lettered "A," "B," "C," D, "E" and "r" for ease of reference herein only
and were not so lettered on the ballot.
Miami Beach Referendum A
Naming Park Between Alton Road/West Avenue, From 6th to 8th Street as "Canopy Park"
In April 2022, the City took ownership of a 3.0-acre public park generally located between Alton
Road and West Avenue, from 6th Street to 8th Street, constructed by TCH 500 Alton, LLC as part
of a development agreement, at no cost to the City. The new park includes a botanical garden,
dog park, a play and fitness area, and other elements around a central lawn.
Shall the new public park be named "Canopy Park"?
Yes 7,989
No 1,722
Miami Beach Referendum B
RSA Article I: Board of Adjustment - Changing "Architecture" Membership Category from
Permissible to Required Membership
City's Related Special Acts Article I, establishes a Board of Adjustment ("BOA") appointed by City
Commission, composed of two citizens at-large and five persons each representing one of these
professions: Law, architecture, engineering, real estate development, certified public accounting,
financial consultation, general business.
Article I thus permits, but does not require, appointment of architect to BOA.
Shall Article I be amended for limited purpose of requiring appointment of one member from the
architecture profession?
Yes 7,552
No 2,024
Miami Beach Referendum C
Charter Section 6.03: Creating Additional Qualification Requirement for City Commission
Candidates: Proof of Residency Documents
Shall Charter Section 6.03 regarding "qualifying" for City elected office, be amended to create an
additional qualifying requirement that candidates submit one (1) or more proof of residency
documents upon which candidates rely to evidence their compliance with the Charter's existing
requirement that candidates reside in the City for at least one year prior to qualifying for office?
Yes 9,040
No 545
Miami Beach Referendum D
RPS1 District/ RPS2 District FAR Incentive to Convert Remaining Apartment Hotel Uses
to Residential Use
City Charter requires voter approval before increasing a property's floor area ratio ("FAR") (City's
method of regulating building size).
In certain residential zoning districts south of 5th Street, apartment-hotels are now prohibited, but
previously approved properties may continue such uses.
Shall City increase FAR from 1.25 to 1.50 in RPS1 District, and from 1.50 to 1.75 in RPS2 District,
to pro vide bonus FA R incentive only fo r pro perties converting apartm ent hotel uses to residential
use?
Y es 6,812
No 2,747
M iam i B e a ch R e fere nd u m E
A lto n R o a d G a tew a y A rea In c rea se M axim u m Flo o r A rea R atio (FA R ) fr o m 2.0 to 2.6
City Charter requires voter approval before increasing a pro perty's floor area ratio ("FAR") (City's
method of regulating building size).
T he Alton Road G atew ay A rea, located betw een 5th and 8th Streets, from Alton Road to W est
Avenue, has maxim um FA R of 2.0.
S hall City increase maxim um FA R in above area fro m 2.0 to 2.6, only if existing community health
center at 71 O A lton Road is relocated to another site, with new health facilities and public library?
Y es 5,985
No 3,665
M iam i B e a ch R e fe re nd u m F
C h a rt e r Se ct io n 1.0 3 (c): V o te r A p p ro v a l to A g g reg ate Flo o r A rea W hen V acating
Stre e ts/C o n ve y ing Pub lic Pro p e rt y
Charter S ection 1.03(c) requires voter appro val before increasing a pro perty's "floor area ratio"
(how City regulates building size).
T he Charter has been interpreted to not require voter approval to aggregate (combine) the floor
area of unified abutting parcels (adjacent properties touching/not separated by a lot under
diff erent ow nership) arising from vacating a street or other sale/conveyance of public pro perty.
Shall the Charter be am ended to require voter approval of such floor area aggregations?
Y es 7,394
No 2,135
B E IT F U R T H E R R E S O LV E D A N D D E T E R M IN E D that Q uestion "A" was appro ved,
Q uestion "B" was approved, Q uestion "C" was approved, Q uestion "D" was approved, Question
"E " w as approved, and Q uestion "F" was appro ved.
P A S S E D and A D O P T E D this 14th day of Sep~22.
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R afael E. G ranado, City Clerk
Dan G elber, Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
Elections
2700 NW 87th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE)
I, Christina White, Supervisor of Elections for Miami-Dade County, Florida, do hereby certify
that the attached is a true and correct copy of the Official Results for the Miami-Dade County
Primary Election conducted on August 23, 2022, which included the Miami Beach Special
Election:
• Naming Park Between Alton Road/West Avenue,
From 6th to 8th Street as "Canopy Park"
• RSA Article I: Board of Adjustment - Changing
"Architecture" Membership Category from Permissible to Required Membership
• Charter Section 6.03: Creating Additional Qualification Requirement for
City Commission Candidates: Proof of Residency Documents
• RPS1 District/ RPS2 District FAR Incentive to Convert Remaining
Apartment Hotel Uses to Residential Use
• Alton Road Gateway Area
Increase Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) from 2.0 to 2.6
• Charter Section 1.03(c): Voter Approval to Aggregate Floor Area When
Vacating Streets/Conveying Public Property
WITNESS MY HAND AND
OFFICIAL SEAL, AT MIAMI,
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ON THIS 29'/ DAY OF AUGUST, 2022
Cristina White
Supervisor of Elections
Miami-Dade County
Enclosure
Official
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
We, the undersigned, VICTORIA FERRER, County Judge, Chairperson,
MIESHA DARROUGH, County Judge, Substitute Member,
CHRISTINA WHITE, Supervisor of Elections, Member, constituting the
Board of County Canvassers in and for said County, do hereby certify
that we met on the Twenty-Ninth day of August, 2022 A.D., and
proceeded publicly to canvass the votes given for the several offices and
persons herein specified at the Nonpartisan Election held on the
Twenty-Third day of August, 2022 A.D., as shown by the returns on file
in the office of the Supervisor of Elections. We do hereby certify from
said returns as follows:
For Circuit Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Group 3, the whole number
of votes cast was 266,233 of which
Teressa Maria Cervera
Lody Jean
received 114,998 votes
received 151,235 votes
For Circuit Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Group 20, the whole
number ofvotes cast was 261,619 of which
Brenda Guerrero
Robert Watson
received 123,574 votes
received 138,045 votes
For Circuit Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Group 34, the whole
number of votes cast was 262,875 of which
Mark Blumstein
Ariel Rodriguez
received 127,575 votes
received 135,300 votes
For Circuit Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Group 52, the whole
number of votes cast was 262,589 of which
Jason Edward Bloch
Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts
received 130.369 votes
received 132,220 votes
For County Court Judge, Group S, the whole number of votes cast
was 266,256 of which
Renier Diaz de la Portilla
Fred Seraphin
received 115,826 votes
received 150,430 votes
For County Court Judge, Group 19, the whole number of votes cast
was 259,506 of which
Lissette De La Rosa
Jeffrey Kolokoff
received 132,064 votes
received 127,442 votes
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CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY CANY ASSING BOARD
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
For County Court Judge, Group 42, the whole number of votes cast
was 259,785 0f which
Alicia Garcia Priovolos
Scott Janowitz
received 155,740 votes
received I 04,045 votes
For School Board, District 2, the whole number of votes cast was
25,410 of which
Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall
La-Shanda West
received 19,107 votes
received 6,303 votes
For School Board, District 4, the whole number of votes cast was
26,146 of which
Roberto J. Alonso
Maribel Balbin
Kevin Menendez Macki
received 14,973 votes
received 6,549 votes
received 4,624 votes
For School Board, District 6, the whole number of votes cast was
37,010 of which
Sandra Manzieri
Maria Teresa "Mari Tere" Rojas
received 13,359 votes
received 23,651 votes
For School Board, District 8, the whole number of votes cast was
35,971 of which
Monica Colucci
Marta Perez
received 19,322 votes
received 16,649 votes
For County Commissioner, District 2, the whole number of votes cast
was 19,867 of which
Wallace Aristide received 3,650 votes
Monique Barley-Mayo received 811 votes
Marleine Bastien received 4,699 votes
Philippe Bien-Aime received 5,259 votes
Joe Celestin received 1,301 votes
William DC Clark received 4,147 votes
For County Commissioner, District 6, the whole number of votes cast
was 24,390 of which
Kevin Marino Cabrera
Dariel Fernandez
Jorge Fors
Victor Vazquez
received 10,553 votes
received 3,152 votes
received 6,400 votes
received 4,285 votes
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CERTI FICA TE O F COUNTY CAN Y ASSING BO ARD
M IA M I-DADE COUN TY
For County Commissioner, District 8, the whole number of votes cast
was 19,361 of whic h
Alicia Arellano
Karen Baez-Wallis
Dan ielle Cohen Higgins
received 3,941 votes
received 4,425 votes
received 10,995 votes
For County Commissioner, District 10, the whole number of votes
cast was 27,970 of which
Martha Bueno received 6,088 votes
Susan Kh oury received 4,559 votes
Anthony Rodriguez received 15,583 votes
Julio C. Sanchez received 1,740 votes
For County Commissioner, District 12, the whole number of votes
cast was 16,640 of which
Juan Carlos "JC" Bermudez
Sophia Lacayo
received 11,00 l votes
received 5,639 votes
For K ey Biscayne M ayor, the whole number of votes cast was 3,073
of which
Fa usto B. Gomez
Katie Petros
Jose I. "Joe" Rasco
received
received
received
892 votes
793 votes
1,388 votes
For M iaGardens Res Area Council M ember Seat 2, the whole
num ber of votes cast was 4,035 of which
Raymond Carvi!
Lisa C. Davis
Reginald Leon
received
received
received
535 votes
1,349 votes
2,151 votes
For M iaG ardens Res Area Council M ember Seat 4, th e whole
num ber of votes cast was 3,609 of which
Mykita Cherry-Prime
Wiren "Chuck" Norris
Katrina Wilson
received
received
received
490 votes
907 votes
2,212 votes
For M iaGardens At-Large Council M ember Seat 6, th e whole
num ber of votes cast was 15,029 of which
Robert Stephens
André Williams
received
received
7,975 votes
7,054 votes
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CERTIFICATE OF COUN TY CANVASSING BOARD
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
For Community Council 15 Subarea 153, the whole number of votes
cast was 5,543 of which
Warnell "Pam" Green received 2,624 votes
Marjorie Murillo received 2,919 votes
For Golden Beh Wellness Ctr/Cap Improv, the whole number of
votes cast was 228 of which
For Bonds received 174 votes
Against Bonds received 54 votes
For Miami Amend Riverside Wharf lease, the whole number of votes
cast was 34,782 of which
Yes
No
received 20,910 votes
received 13,872 votes
For Mía Beh Naming Canopy Park, the whole number of votes cast
was 9,711 of which
Yes
No
received
received
7,989 votes
1,722 votes
For Mia Beh Architecture Membership Required, the whole number
of votes cast was 9,576 of which
Yes
No
received
received
7,552 votes
2,024 votes
For Mía Beh Proof Residency for Comm Candidates, the whole
number of votes cast was 9,585 of which
Yes
No
received
received
9,040 votes
545 votes
For Mia Beh Incentive FAR Hotel/Residential, the whole number of
votes cast was 9,559 of which
Yes
No
received
received
6,812 votes
2,747 votes
For Mia Beh Alton Road Gateway Increase Max FAR, the whole
number of votes cast was 9,650 of which
Yes
No
received
received
5,985 votes
3,665 votes
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CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
For Mia Beh Agg Floor Area Vacating Streets, the whole number of
votes cast was 9,529 of which
Yes
No
received
received
7,394 votes
2,135 votes
For Mia Gardens Amending Res Area by Ordinance, the whole
number of votes cast was 14,264 of which
Yes
No
received 10,603 votes
received 3,661 votes
We Certify that pursuant to Section 102.112, Florida Statutes, the
canvassing board has compared the number of persons who voted with
the number of ballots counted and that the certification includes all valid
votes cast in the election.
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C O U N T Y JU D G E, CHAIRPERSON Fie
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SUMMAR Y REPT-GROUP DETAIL Official Primary Election Official Results
August 23. 2022
Mi ami -Dade County. FL
Run Date:08/29/22 09:58 AM NONPARTISAN Report EL45A Page Oll
TOTAL VOTES ¥ ED VBM EV
Mia Beh Naming Canopy Park
(VOTE FOR) 1
Yes 7,989 82.27 2,117 4,467 1,405
No. 1,722 17.73 494 883 345
Total 9,711 2,611 5,350 l. 750
Over Votes 5 o 5 o
Under Votes 669 211 335 123
Mia Beh Architecture Membership Required
(VOTE FOR) 1
Yes 7,552 78.86 1,973 4,263 1,316
No. 2,024 21.14 608 995 421
Total 9,576 2,581 5,258 1,737
Over Votes 6 1 4 1
Under Votes 803 240 428 135
Mia Beh Proof Residency for Comm Candidates
(VOTE FOR) 1
Yes 9.040 94.31 2,398 5.014 1.628
No. 545 5.69 192 227 126
Total 9,585 2,590 5,241 1.754
Over Votes 3 o 3 o
Under Votes 797 232 446 119
Mia Beh Incentive FAR Hotel/Residential
(VOTE FOR) 1
Yes 6,812 71.26 1,760 3.809 1.243
No. 2,747 28.74 825 1,400 522
Total 9,559 2,585 5.209 1.765
Over Votes 14 o 14 o
Under Votes 812 237 467 108
Mia Beh Alton Road Gateway Increase Max FAR
(VOTE FOR) 1
Yes 5,985 62.02 1.589 3.331 1,065
No. 3.665 37. 98 1.021 l. 938 706
Total 9,650 2.610 5,269 l, 771
Over Votes 19 2 1A 3
Under Votes 716 210 407 99
Mia Bch Agg Floor Area Vacating Streets
(VOTE FOR) 1
Yes 7,394 77. 59 2,039 4.037 1.318
No. 2,135 22.41 541 1.172 422
Total 9,529 2.580 5.209 l. 740
Over Votes 15 o 15 o
Under Votes 841 242 466 133
Resolution s - C7 A
MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
September 14, 2022
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE CERTIFICATE OF THE
RESULTS OF THE AUGUST 23, 2022 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS THEREOF.
ANALYSIS
The attached Resolution formally adopts the Certificate of results of the City of Miami Beach
August 23, 2022 Special Election (Special Election), and declares the election results for the
six ballot questions that were the subject of the Special Election. Passage of this Resolution
accepts the election results and effectively concludes the City Commission's action relative to
the Special Election.
Attached as Exhibit "A" is the Certification of Official Results for the August 23, 2022 City of
Miami Beach Special Election. The Miami Beach results are on pages 4 and 5 of the Certificate
of County Canvassing Board Miami-Dade County.
SUPPORTING SURVEY DATA
N/A
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
N/A
Applicable Area
Citywide
ls this a "Residents Right
to Know" item, pursuant to
City Cod e Section 2-142
No
Strategic Connecti on
Non-Applicable
Does this item utilize G.O.
Bond Fund s?
No
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ATTACH MENT S;
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