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RESOLUTION NO. 13558
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, has called, and there will be held in the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, a special election for the
approval or rejection by the electorate of the City of
Miami Beach of certain bond issues, among which are Question
No. 1 providing for authorization to issue bonds up to the
amount of $2, 000, 000. 00 for the acquisition of Lots 1 through
6, less the Westerly 15 feet of Block 1, FRIEDMAN COPE SUB-
DIVISION, Plat Book 4, page 83, of the Public Records of
Dade County, Florida, said property being commonly known as
the Shoreham-Norman Hotel property at the Northeast corner
of 5th Street and Ocean Drive, and adjoining Lummus Park,
and Question No. 2 providing for the authorization by the
electorate for the issuance of bonds by the City of Miami
Beach in the sum of $1, 500, 000. 00 for the acquisition for
public park purposes, said land described as Lots 7, 8 and
9 of Block 1, Amended Plat of SECOND OCEANFRONT SUBDIVISION,
Plat Book 28, page 28, of the Public Records of Dade County,
Florida, commonly known as the Bell Property in the 5700
Block of Collins Avenue, and
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the
City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, that some
members of the electorate of the City of Miami Beach are under
the belief that by the submission of such questions for the
approval or rejection by the electorate that it is the intent
of the City Council to expend the entirety of said specified
sums for the acquisition of said parcels of land, and
WHEREAS, such belief, as such there be, is not well
founded and is contrary to the fact;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the electorate
of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be advised and informed
through all available publicity and dissemination of information
through the several news media, that the said respective sums
of money expressed in said bond questions do not represent the
price or consideration which the City intends to pay for the
acquisition of said properties, but that the said respective
sums specified in said bond questions represent the best
available estimate of the total cost to the City, not only
of the purchase price, but also any necessary court costs and
attorneys fees that are payable under the law in the event
that it is necessary for the City to institute condemnation
proceedings for the acquisition of said properties, and also
the cost of preparing, improving, landscaping, and otherwise
making the said properties suitable and proper for public
purpose use, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the electorate of the City
of Miami Beach be advised and informed through all available
publicity and dissemination of information through the several
news media that in no event will the City pay more than
the fair market value thereof as determined by duly qualified
and competent licensed appraisers having suitable professional
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standing, such as membership in the American Institute of
Real Estate Appraisers, commonly known as M.A. I . , and in
no event more than the value thereof found and determined
by a duly qualified jury of twelve (12) , and court costs
under appropriate condemnation proceedings instituted by the
City.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of March 1972 .
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk-Finance Director
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