Resolution 11775 RESOLUTION NO. 11775
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 : That the following questions relating to proposed
Amendments to Chapter 7672, Laws of Florida, Acts of
1917, as amended, the same being the Charter of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, shall be submitted to the voters of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, for their approval or rejection at a
Special Election to be held in the City of Miami Beach, Florida
on the 24th day of May, 1966:
(1 ) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to authorize
absentee balloting to commence two days after the closing date
for filing of candidates and be permitted up to the day of the
election?
(2) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that no person holding office by election thereto by the people
shall hold such office for more than six months following his
taking of the oath and the assumption of the duties of any
Federal, State or County elective office to which he has been
elected or appointed and that such office shall thereafter be
deemed vacant and shall be filled in the manner prescribed by
the Charter?
(3 ) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the City Manager shall be appointed by the City Council
at its first regular meeting in July following the election of
Councilmen, and thereafter the City Manager shall certify
his appointments to the several City offices to the City
Council at their next regular meeting, and that the term of
all officers of the City, except Councilmen and the Mayor,
shall end on the day of the first regular meeting of the City
Council in July following the election of Councilmen?
(4 ) Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that the
City Council shall have the right by resolution adopted by the
favorable vote of four members, and without action on the part
of the City Manager, to suspend any officer of the City, except
members of the City Council, for a period of not more than
sixty days, and to appoint some person to perform the duties of
said suspended officer during the period of such suspension?
(5 ) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the annual compensation for the office of Councilman shall
be $6,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No. 6 is also approved.
(6) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the annual compensation for the office of Mayor-Councilman
shall be $10,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No . 5 is also approved.
(7 ) Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
as to add to the types of investments permissible for funds of
the Miami Beach Firemen 's Relief and Pension Fund?
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(8) Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
that individual accounts of firemen shall be credited in direct
proportion to the participant's total number of years of service?
(9) Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
as to add to the types of investments permissible for funds of
the City Pension Fund for Firemen and Policemen of the City
of Miami Beach?
(10) Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945, being
a part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended
so as to increase the pension benefits to members of the City
Pension Fund for Firemen and Policemen of the City of Miami
Beach, providing such increased benefits shall be defrayed
solely from funds accruing as a result of permissible increased
types of investments and 30 year funding policy?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No . 9 is approved.
SECTION 2: That for the purpose of holding and conducting the
election to be so held, the City of Miami Beach
is hereby divided into voting precincts or election districts
with polling places therein as follows :
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PRECINCT NO. 58: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying West
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Biscayne Elementary School, situated at 800 -
77th Street.
PRECINCT NO. 59: Bounded on the North by the center line of 77th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 71st Street; bounded on the East by the Easterly boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Indian Creek and the center line of Tatum Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the North Shore Park Teen Center,
situated at the corner of Byron Avenue and 72nd Street.
PRECINCT NO. 60: That part of the City of Miami Beach known as
Normandy Isle, which lies South of the center line
of Normandy Drive; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Isle Municipal Pool, situated at 7030 Trouville Esplanade .
PRECINCT NO. 80: Bounded on the North by the center line of LaGorce
Canal from Biscayne Bay to the West line of
Indian Creek and the center line of 63rd Street from the East Shore
of Allison Island to the Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by
the center line of 51st Street and its Westerly and Easterly exten-
sions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the State of
Florida; bounded on the West by the City Limits of Miami; the
Polling Place of which shall be at the 69th Street Fire Station,
situated at 6860 Indian Creek Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 81 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 44th
Street and its Easterly and Westerly extensions;
bounded on the South by the center line of 34th Street and its
Easterly and Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the North Beach Elementary School, situated at 711 Arthur Godfrey
Road.
PRECINCT NO. 82: Bounded on the North by the center line of West
51st Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
and Westerly extension along section lines; bounded on the South by
the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its intersection with
the center line of the Westerly extension of West 34th Street,
Westerly to the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay; thence due West
to the West boundary line of the City of Miami Beach; bounded on
the East by the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its inter-
section with the center line of West 34th Street extended West,
to its intersection with the South Shore line of Surprise Lake;
thence run Easterly and Northeasterly along the South shore line
of Surprise Lake to its intersection with the center line of
Flamingo Waterway; thence run Northeasterly along the center line
of Flamingo Waterway to its intersection with the center line of
Indian Creek; thence run North along the center line of Indian
Creek to its intersection with the center line of West 51st Street
extended East; bounded on the West by the East boundary line of
the City of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Nautilus Junior High School, situated at 4301 North Michigan Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 108: Bounded on the North by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway and its extension due West;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary of the City of Miami
Beach; bounded on the South by a straight line that runs from a
point on the Western boundary of the City of Miami Beach which
is 1500.00 feet Southerly from its intersection with the center
line of Venetian Causeway to the point of intersection with the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay and the center line of 14th
Street (Miami Beach); bounded on the East by the Eastern shore line
of Biscayne Bay North to its intersection with the center line of
Dade Boulevard; thence Northeasterly along said center line to its
intersection with the center line of Alton Road; thence Northerly
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along the center line of Alton Road to its intersection with the
center line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the American Legion Hall, situated at 1828 Alton Road.
PRECINCT NO. 109: Bounded on the North by the Center line of 34th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Atlantic
Ocean to the East shoreline of Indian Creek, thence Northwesterly
to a point on the West shoreline of Indian Creek at the Easterly
extension of the center line of West 34th Street, thence run
Westerly along the center line of West 34th Street and its Easterly
and Westerly extension to the center line of Biscayne Waterway,
thence run Southwesterly along the center line of Biscayne Waterway
to its intersection with the center line of Alton Road; bounded
on the South by the center line of 23rd Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extension to the center line of Dade Boulevard, thence
Southwesterly along the center line of Dade Boulevard to the center
line of Alton Road; bounded on the East by the Eastern boundary
of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Alton Road, the Polling Place of which shall be at the Dade Boule-
vard Fire Station, situated at the northwest corner of the inter-
section of Dade Boulevard and Pine Tree Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 110: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard from Washington Avenue to 23rd Street
and the center line of 23rd Street from Dade Boulevard to the
Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by the center line of 15th
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Washington Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the Miami Beach Library Garage, situated at 22nd Street and Liberty
Avenue.
PRECINCT NO. 111 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 14th Street from Biscayne Bay to Bay Road and the center
line of 15th Street from Bay Road to Lenox Avenue; bounded on the
East by the center line of Lenox Avenue from Dade Boulevard to
15th Street and the center line of Bay Road from 15th Street to
14th Street; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne
Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be located at the Y M & Y W
H A of Greater Miami, situated at 1536 Bay Road.
PRECINCT NO. 112: Bounded on the North by the center line of 14th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Eastern
shore line of Biscayne Bay East to the center line of Bay Road,
thence North along the center line of Bay Road to the center line
of 15th Street, thence East along the center line of 15th Street
to the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the South by
the center line of 11th Street and its extension Westerly; bounded
on the East by the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the
West by the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, the Polling Place
of which shall be at the Activities Building situated in Flamingo
Park at 12th Street and Michigan Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 113: Bounded on the North by the center line of 13th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of lith Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Meridian
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the City Hall Fire
Station, situated at 410 - 12th Street.
PRECINCT NO. 114: Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Euclid
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive .
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PRECINCT NO. 115 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 6th Street and its Westerly extension from Biscayne Bay to Alton
Road and the center line of 7th Street from Alton Road to Michigan
Avenue; bounded on the East by the center line of Michigan Avenue
from 11th Street to 7th Street and the center line of Alton Road
from 7th Street to 6th Street; bounded on the West by the Easterly
Shore of Biscayne Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Miami Beach Employees ' Benevolent Association, situated at 920
Alton Road.
PRECINCT NO. 116 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Alton
Road; together with that part, bounded on the North by the center
line of 6th Street and its Westerly extension; bounded on the South
by the South line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No . 3,
as recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida; bounded on the East by the center line of Alton
Road; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne Bay;
together with Hibiscus, Palm and Star Islands and the surrounding
waters North of the center line of MacArthur Causeway, South of
the Westerly extension of 14th Street and East of the City Limit
of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Beach
Elementary School, situated at 335 Lenox Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 148 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 3rd
Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
production from the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida
Westerly to the center line of Alton Road, thence Northwesterly
along the center line of Alton Road to the intersection with the
South Line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No. 3, as
recorded in Plat Book 2, at page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida, produced Northeasterly, thence Southwesterly
along the South line of said Lot 32 and its production to the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, thence Northwesterly along the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay to the center line of MacArthur
Causeway, thence Westerly along the center line of MacArthur Cause-
way to the Western boundary line of the City of Miami Beach;
bounded on the South by a straight line running Southeasterly from
the intersection of the center line of South East 8th Street (City
of Miami ) and the Western shore line of Biscayne Bay to a point in
Norris Cut halfway between the most Southerly point on Fisher's
Island and the most Northerly point on Virginia Key; bounded on
the East by the Eastern boundary line of the State of Florida;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary line of the City of
Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Shore
Park Recreation Center Building, situated at 930 Biscayne Street .
PRECINCT NO. 265 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by Washington Avenue;
bounded on the West by Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Twenty-First Street Community Center, situated at
2100 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 273 : Bounded on the North and East by the center line
of Indian Creek; bounded on the South by the
center line of Normandy Drive; bounded on the West by the City
Limits of Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Shores Golf Course Clubhouse, situated at the West end of
North Normandy Isle .
PRECINCT NO. 274 : That part of the City of Miami Beach lying East
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of 77th Street; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the Temple Ner-Tamid, situated at 7902 Carlyle Avenue .
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PRECINCT NO. 275 : Those parts of the City of Miami Beach known as
LaGorce Island and Allison Island together with
that part of the City of Miami Beach, bounded on the North by the
cneter line of 71st Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 63rd Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by
the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West
by the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the North Shore Park Teen Center, situated at the corner of
Byron Avenue and 72nd Street .
PRECINCT NO. 276: Bounded on the North by the center line of 51st
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on
the South by the center line of 44th Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway, Lake Surprise, and Flamingo Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the Saint John's on the Lake Methodist
Church, situated at 4760 Pine Tree Drive.
PRECINCT NO. 288: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Lenox
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami Beach
Auditorium, situated at 1700 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 289: Bounded on the North by the center line of
15th Street and its Easterly extension; bounded
on the South by the center line of 13th Street; bounded on the
East by the East boundary of the State of Florida: bounded on the
West by the center line of Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of
which shall be at the Ida M. Fisher Junior High School, situated
at 1420 Drexel Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 290: Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
line of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Euclid Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Michigan
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 291 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
line of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami
Beach South Shore Library, situated at 225 Washington Avenue .
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SECTION 3 : That the said election shall be held at the Polling
Places for the respective voting precincts as above
set forth and all electors shall vote at the Polling Places in
the precinct in which the Registration Books in said City show
that said electors reside .
SECTION 4 : That said election is hereby called and directed to
be held in the City of Miami Beach, Florida from 7 :00
o 'clock A. M. to 7 :00 o 'clock P . M. on May 24, 1966 for the pur-
pose of submitting the following questions :
(1 ) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to authorize
absentee balloting to commence two days after the closing date
for filing of candidates and be permitted up to the date of the
election?
(2) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that no person holding office by election thereto by the people
shall hold such office for more than six months following his
taking of the oath and the assumption of the duties of any
Federal, State or County elective office to which he has been
elected or appointed and that such office shall thereafter be
deemed vacant and shall be filled in the manner prescribed by
the Charter?
(3) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the City Manager shall be appointed by the City Council
at its first regular meeting in July following the election of
Councilmen, and thereafter the City Manager shall certify his
appointments to the several City offices to the City Council
at their next regular meeting, and that the term of all officers
of the City, except Councilmen and the Mayor, shall end on the
day of the first regular meeting of the City Council in July
following the election of Councilmen?
(4) Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that
the City Council shall have the right by resolution adopted
by the favorable vote of four members, and without action on
the part of the City Manager, to suspend any officer of the
City, except members of the City Council, for a period of not
more than sixty days, and to appoint some person to perform
the duties of said suspended officer during the period of such
suspension?
(5 ) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the annual compensation for the office of Councilman shall
be $6,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No. 6 is also approved.
(6) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the annual compensation for the office of Mayor-Councilman
shall be $10,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No. 5 is also approved.
(7 ) Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
as to add to the types of investments permissible for funds of
the Miami Beach Firemen 's Relief and Pension Fund ?
(8) Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
that individual accounts of firemen shall be credited in direct
proportion to the participant's total number of years of service?
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(9 ) Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so as
to add to the types of investments permissible for funds of the
City Pension Fund for Firemen and Policemen of the City of
Miami Beach?
( 10) Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
as to increase the pension benefits to members of the City Pension
Fund for Firemen and Policemen of the City of Miami Beach,
providing such increased benefits shall be defrayed solely from
funds accruing as a result of permissible increased types of
investments and 30 year funding policy?
This amendment shall not be effective unless Amendment
No . 9 is approved.
SECTION 5 : That copies of the proposed amendments to the City
Charter, in full, shall be made available to the
electors at the office of the City Clerk not less than thirty
days before the election.
SECTION 6 : That the City Clerk, who is also the Supervisor of
Registration, open the books of said City from 9 :00
o 'clock A. M. until 5 :00 o 'clock P . M. each day, Sundays and
Holidays excepted, from March 3rd, 1966 to April 2nd, 1966, both
inclusive, for the purpose of registering those electors who are
qualified to register for this election, and after said April 2nd,
1966, no elector shall be registered for said election.
SECTION_ 7 : That Notice of said Election shall be given by the
City Clerk of said City by publishing the notice
hereinafter provided for, once each week for a period of five
consecutive weeks next preceding said election in the Miami
Beach Daily Sun, a newspaper of general circulation published
in the City of Miami Beach, Florida.
SECTION 8: That Notice of such Election shall be in substantially
the following form:
"NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by resolution duly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, a special election has been called and will be
held in said City from 7 :00 o 'clock A. M. until 7 :00
o 'clock P . M. on May 24th, 1966 for the purpose of submitting
the following questions :
(i ) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to authorize
absentee balloting to commence two days after the closing date
for filing of candidates and be permitted up to the day of the
election?
(2) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that no person holding office by election thereto by the people
shall hold such office for more than six months following his
taking of the oath and the assumption of the duties of any
Federal, State or County elective office to which he has been
elected or appointed and that such office shall thereafter be
deemed vacant and shall be filled in the manner prescribed by
the Charter?
(3) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the City Manager shall be appointed by the City Council
at its first regular meeting in July following the election of
Councilmen, and thereafter the City Manager shall certify his
appointments to the several City offices to the City Council at
the next regular meeting, and that the term of all officers of the
City, except Councilmen and the Mayor, shall end on the day of the
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first regular meeting of the City Council in July following the
election of Councilmen?
(4) Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that the
City Council shall have the right by resolution adopted by the
favorable vote of four members, and without action on the part of
the City Manager, to suspend any officer of the City, except
members of the City Council, for a period of not more than sixty
days, and to appoint some person to perform the duties of said
suspended officer during the period of such suspension?
(5 ) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the annual compensation for the office of Councilman shall
be $6,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless Amendment
No . 6 is also approved.
(6) Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide
that the annual compensation for the office of Mayor-Councilman
shall be $10,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless Amendment
No . 5 is also approved .
(7 ) Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
as to add to the types of investments permissible for funds of the
• Miami Beach Firemen 's Relief and Pension Fund?
(8) Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so
that individual accounts of firemen shall be credited in direct
proportion to the participant 's total number of years of service?
(9) Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so as
to add to the types of investments permissible for funds of the
City Pension Fund for Firemen and Policemen of the City of Miami
Beach?
( 10) Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945, being a
part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, be amended so as
to increase the pension benefits to members of the City Pension
Fund for Firemen and Policemen of the City of Miami Beach,
providing such increased benefits shall be defrayed solely from
funds accruing as a result of permissible increased types of
investments and 30 year funding policy?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No . 9 is approved.
That copies of the proposed amendments to the City Charter, in
full, shall be made available to the electors at the office
of the City Clerk not less than thirty days before the election.
For the purpose of holding and conducting said election, the
City of Miami Beach has been divided into voting precincts or
election districts with Polling Places therein as follows :
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PRECINCT NO. 58: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying West
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Biscayne Elementary School, situated at 800 -
77th Street.
PRECINCT NO. 59 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 77th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 71st Street; bounded on the East by the Easterly boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Indian Creek and the center line of Tatum Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the North Shore Park Teen Center,
situated at the corner of Byron Avenue and 72nd Street.
PRECINCT NO. 60: That part of the City of Miami Beach known as
Normandy Isle, which lies South of the center line
of Normandy Drive; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Isle Municipal Pool, situated at 7030 Trouville Esplanade .
PRECINCT NO. 80: Bounded on the North by the center line of LaGorce
Canal from Biscayne Bay to the West line of
Indian Creek and the center line of 63rd Street from the East Shore
of Allison Island to the Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by
the center line of 51st Street and its Westerly and Easterly exten-
sions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the State of
Florida; bounded on the West by the City Limits of Miami; the
Polling Place of which shall be at the 69th Street Fire Station,
situated at 6860 Indian Creek Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 81 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 44th
Street and its Easterly and Westerly extensions;
bounded on the South by the center line of 34th Street and its
Easterly and Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the North Beach Elementary School, situated at 711 Arthur Godfrey
Road.
PRECINCT NO. 82: Bounded on the North by the center line of West
51st Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
and Westerly extension along section lines; bounded on the South by
the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its intersection with
the center line of the Westerly extension of West 34th Street,
Westerly to the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay; thence due West
to the West boundary line of the City of Miami Beach; bounded on
the East by the center line of Biscayne Waterway, from its inter-
section with the center line of West 34th Street extended West,
to its intersection wit �h.g� South Shore line of Surprise Lake;
thence run Easterly an Northeasterly along the South shore line
0 of Surprise Lake to i " intersection with the center line of
Flamingo Waterway; thence run Northeasterly along the center line
of Flamingo Waterway to its intersection with the center line of
Indian Creek; thence run North along the center line of Indian
Creek to its intersection with the center line of West 51st Street
extended East; bounded on the West by the East boundary line of
the City of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Nautilus Junior High School, situated at 4301 North Michigan Avenue.
PRECINCT NO. 108: Bounded on the North by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway and its extension due West;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary of the City of Miami
Beach; bounded on the South by a straight line that runs from a
point on the Western boundary of the City of Miami Beach which
is 1500.00 feet Southerly from its intersection with the center
line of Venetian Causeway to the point of intersection with the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay and the center line of 14th
Street (Miami Beach); bounded on the East by the Eastern shore line
of Biscayne Bay North to its intersection with the center line of
Dade Boulevard; thence Northeasterly along said center line to its
intersection with the center line of Alton Road; thence Northerly
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along the center line of Alton Road to its intersection with the
center line of Biscayne Waterway; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the American Legion Hall, situated at 1828 Alton Road.
PRECINCT NO. 109 : Bounded on the North by the Center line of 34th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Atlantic
Ocean to the East shoreline of Indian Creek, thence Northwesterly
to a point on the West shoreline of Indian Creek at the Easterly
extension of the center line of West 34th Street, thence run
Westerly along the center line of West 34th Street and its Easterly
and Westerly extension to the center line of Biscayne Waterway,
thence run Southwesterly along the center line of Biscayne Waterway
to its intersection with the center line of Alton Road; bounded
on the South by the center line of 23rd Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extension to the center line of Dade Boulevard, thence
Southwesterly along the center line of Dade Boulevard to the center
line of Alton Road; bounded on the East by the Eastern boundary
of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Alton Road, the Polling Place of which shall be at the Dade Boule-
vard Fire Station, situated at the northwest corner of the inter-
section of Dade Boulevard and Pine Tree Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 110: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard from Washington Avenue to 23rd Street
and the center line of 23rd Street from Dade Boulevard to the
Atlantic Ocean; bounded on the South by the center line of 15th
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by the East
boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center
line of Washington Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at
the Miami Beach Library Garage, situated at 22nd Street and Liberty
Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 111 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 14th Street from Biscayne Bay to Bay Road and the center
line of 15th Street from Bay Road to Lenox Avenue; bounded on the
East by the center line of Lenox Avenue from Dade Boulevard to
15th Street and the center line of Bay Road from 15th Street to
14th Street; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne
Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be located at the Y M & Y W
H A of Greater Miami, situated at 1536 Bay Road.
PRECINCT NO. 112: Bounded on the North by the center line of 14th
Street (City of Miami Beach) from the Eastern
shore line of Biscayne Bay East to the center line of Bay Road,
thence North along the center line of Bay Road to the center line
of 15th Street, thence East along the center line of 15th Street
to the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the South by
the center line of 11th Street and its extension Westerly; bounded
on the East by the center line of Meridian Avenue; bounded on the
West by the Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, the Polling Place
of which shall be at the Activities Building situated in Flamingo
Park at 12th Street and Michigan Avenue.
PRECINCT NO. 113 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 13th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 11th Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Meridian
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the City Hall Fire
Station, situated at 410 - 12th Street.
PRECINCT NO. 114: Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Euclid
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive.
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PRECINCT NO. 115 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 6th Street and its Westerly extension from Biscayne Bay to Alton
Road and the center line of 7th Street from Alton Road to Michigan
Avenue; bounded on the East by the center line of Michigan Avenue
from 11th Street to 7th Street and the cen����rrr line of Alton Road
from 7th Street to 6th Street; bounded on/I"�he West by the Easterly
Shore of Biscayne Bay; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Miami Beach Employees ' Benevolent Association, situated at 920
Alton Road.
PRECINCT NO. 116 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of the
State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of Alton
Road; together with that part, bounded on the North by the center
line of 6th Street and its Westerly extension; bounded on the South
by the South line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No . 3,
as recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida; bounded on the East by the center line of Alton
Road; bounded on the West by the Easterly Shore of Biscayne Bay;
together with Hibiscus, Palm and Star Islands and the surrounding
waters North of the center line of MacArthur Causeway, South of
the Westerly extension of 14th Street and East of the City Limit
of Miami; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Beach
Elementary School, situated at 335 Lenox Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 148 : Bounded on the North by the center line of 3rd
Street (City of Miami Beach) and its Easterly
production from the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida
Westerly to the center line of Alton Road, thence Northwesterly
along the center line of Alton Road to the intersection with the
South Line of Lot 32, Block 111, Ocean Beach Addition No. 3, as
recorded in Plat Book 2, at page 81 of the Public Records of Dade
County, Florida, produced Northeasterly, thence Southwesterly
along the South line of said Lot 32 and its production to the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay, thence Northwesterly along the
Eastern shore line of Biscayne Bay to the center line of MacArthur
Causeway, thence Westerly along the center line of MacArthur Cause-
way to the Western boundary line of the City of Miami Beach;
bounded on the South by a straight line running Southeasterly from
the intersection of the center line of South East 8th Street (City
of Miami ) and the Western shore line of Biscayne Bay to a point in
Norris Cut halfway between the most Southerly point on Fisher 's
Island and the most Northerly point on Virginia Key; bounded on
the East by the Eastern boundary line of the State of Florida;
bounded on the West by the Western boundary line of the City of
Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the South Shore
Park Recreation Center Building, situated at 930 Biscayne Street.
PRECINCT NO. 265 : Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by Washington Avenue;
bounded on the West by Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of which
shall be at the Twenty-First Street Community Center, situated at
2100 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 273: Bounded on the North and East by the center line
of Indian Creek; bounded on the South by the
center line of Normandy Drive; bounded on the West by the City
Limits of Miami Beach; the Polling Place of which shall be at the
Normandy Shores Golf Course Clubhouse, situated at the West end of
North Normandy Isle .
PRECINCT NO. 274: That part of the City of Miami Beach lying East
of the center line of Tatum Waterway and North
of the center line of 77th Street; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the Temple Ner-Tamid, situated at 7902 Carlyle Avenue .
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PRECINCT NO. 275 : Those parts of the City of Miami Beach known as
LaGorce Island and Allison Island together with
that part of the City of Miami Beach, bounded on the North by the
cneter line of 71st Street; bounded on the South by the center line
of 63rd Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on the East by
the Eastern boundary of the State of Florida; bounded on the West
by the center line of Indian Creek; the Polling Place of which shall
be at the North Shore Park Teen Center, situated at the corner of
Byron Avenue and 72nd Street .
PRECINCT NO. 276: Bounded on the North by the center line of 51st
Street and its Easterly extension; bounded on
the South by the center line of 44th Street and its Easterly and
Westerly extensions; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Biscayne Waterway, Lake Surprise, and Flamingo Waterway; the Polling
Place of which shall be at the Saint John's on the Lake ilethodist
Church, situated at 4760 Pine Tree Drive.
PRECINCT NO. 288: Bounded on the North by the center line of Dade
Boulevard; bounded on the South by the center
line of 15th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Lenox
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami Beach
Auditorium, situated at 1700 Washington Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 289: Bounded on the North by the center line of
15th Street and its Easterly extension; bounded
on the South by the center line of 13th Street; bounded on the
East by the East boundary of the State of Florida: bounded on the
West by the center line of Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of
which shall be at the Ida M. Fisher Junior High School, situated
at 1420 Drexel Avenue .
PRECINCT NO. 290: Bounded on the North by the center line of 11th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
0/ line of 7th Street; bounded on the East by the center line of
Euclid Avenue; bounded on the West by the center line of Michigan
Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Ocean Front
Auditorium, situated at 10th Street and Ocean Drive .
PRECINCT NO. 291: Bounded on the North by the center line of 7th
Street; bounded on the South by the center
line of 3rd Street; bounded on the East by the East boundary of
the State of Florida; bounded on the West by the center line of
Meridian Avenue; the Polling Place of which shall be at the Miami
Beach South Shore Library, situated at 225 Washington Avenue .
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All electors shall vote at the Polling Places in the voting
precincts in which the City Registration Books show that said
electors reside .
The voting shall not be on voting machines, but shall be on
separate paper ballots .
The Registration Books of said City will be open from 9:00
o 'clock A. M. to 5 :00 o 'clock P . M. each day, Sundays and
Holidays excepted, from March 3rd, 1966 to and including
April 2nd, 1966 for the purpose of registering electors for
said election; and that after said April 2nd, 1966 no elector
shall be registered for said election.
Only persons properly registered will be qualified to vote in
said election. "
SECTION 9: That the voting shall not be on voting machines,
but shall be on separate paper ballots; the form
of ballot to be used in said election shall be in substantially
the following form:
"SPECIAL ELECTION
FOR
ADOPTION OR REJECTION
OF THE
FOLLOWING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
MAY 24, 1966
QUESTIONS
SHALL THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS BE ADOPTED?
Amendment #1
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
authorize absentee balloting to commence two
days after the closing date for filing of
candidates and be permitted up to the day
of the election?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
' AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Amendment #2
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that no person holding office by
election thereto by the people shall hold
such office for more than six months fol-
lowing his taking of the oath and the
assumption of the duties of any Federal,
State or County elective office to which
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he has been elected or appointed and that
such office shall thereafter be deemed
vacant and shall be filled in the manner
prescribed by the Charter?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
• FOR THE AMENDMENT
• AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Amendment #3
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that the City Manager shall be appointed
by the City Council at its first regular meet-
ing in July following the election of Council-
men, and thereafter the City Manager shall
certify his appointments to the several City
offices to the City Council at the next regular
meeting, and that the term of all officers of
the City, except Councilmen and the Mayor,
shall end on the day of the first regular
meeting of the City Council in July following
the election of Councilmen?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
• FOR THE AMENDMENT
' AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Amendment a424-
Shall
'14Shall the City Charter be amended to provide
that the City Council shall have the right by
resolution adopted by the favorable vote of
four members, and without action on the part
of the City Manager, to suspend any officer
of the City, except members of the City
Council, for a period of not more than sixty
days, and to appoint some person to perform
the duties of said suspended officer during
the period of such suspension?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
' FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
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Amendment # 5
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that the annual compensation for the
office of Councilman shall be $6,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No . 6 is also approved.
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
•
FOR THE AMENDMENT
•
•
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
•
Amendment r;`6
Shall the City Charter be amended so as to
provide that the annual compensation for the
office of Mayor-Councilman shall be $10,000.00?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment No . 5 is also approved.
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
• FOR THE AMENDMENT
•
•
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Amendment ##7
Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949,
being a part of the Charter of the City of
Miami Beach, be amended so as to add to the
types of investments permissible for funds
of the Miami Beach Firemen 's Relief and
Pension Fund?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
• FOR THE AMENDMENT
•
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
•
•
Amendment #8
Shall Chapter 26024, Acts of Florida, 1949,
being a part of the Charter of the City of
Miami Beach, be amended so that individual
accounts of firemen shall be credited in direct
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proportion to the participant's total number
of years of service?
MAKF. A ( FtUSS (A) EEF()RE YOUR CHOICE:
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
•
Amendment A
Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945,
being a part of the Charter of the City of
Miami Beach, be amended so as to add to the
types of investments permissible for funds of
the City Pension Fund for Firemen and Police-
men of the City of Miami Beach?
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
FOR THE AMENDMENT
• AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Amendment til0
Shall Chapter 23414, Acts of Florida, 1945,
being a part of the Charter of the City of
Miami Beach, be amended so as to increase the
pension benefits to members of the City Pension
Fund for Firemen and Policemen of
the City of Miami Beach, providing such in-
creased benefits shall be defrayed solely from
funds accruing as a result of permissible
increased types of investments and 30 year
funding policy?
This amendment shall not be effective unless
Amendment #9 is approved.
MAKE A CROSS (X) BEFORE YOUR CHOICE
I ••
FOR THE AMENDMENT
•
•
•
' AGAINST THE AMENDMENT"
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of March, 1966
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