Resolution 12437 RESOLUTION NO. 12437
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA, FINDING AS TO THE NUMBER OF FREEHOLDERS LEGALLY QUALIFIED
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD MAY 28, 1968; AND
CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND DECLARING THE
RESULT TO BE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN THE TOTAL SUM OF
$9,745,000.00 FOR THE PURPOSES IN THIS RESOLUTION STATED.
WHEREAS, the City Clerk and Finance Director in her capacity as Supervisor
of Registration of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, has certified that the total
number of freeholders legally qualified to participate in the Special Election
held in said City on May 28, 1968, was 8,754, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has made a canvass of the returns of the certifi-
:;ates of the Clerks and Inspectors who held and conducted said Special Election
held on May 28, 1968, such canvass having been made solely, exclusively and
entirely from such returns,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESO'_VED by the City Council o.' the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, that we do hereby find and declare that the total number of free-
holders who were qualified electors residing in said City and who were determined
by the City Clerk and Finance Director to be legally qualified to participate in
the Special Election held in said City on May 28, 1968, was 8,754 and that a
majority thereof participated in said election, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we do hereby find and declare that the total
number of votes cast in said election in favor of the approval of bonds and
the total number of votes cast in said election against the approval of the
bonds were as follows:
UPON QUESTION NO. 1 :
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $1 ,000,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose of EXTENDING EXISTING SANITARY SEWER
OUTFALL EASTWARD IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN?
5,013 votes were cast of which 4,231 votes were for the bends.
and 782 votes were against the bonds.
UPON QUESTION NO. 2:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $705,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose of MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER
SUPPLY SYSTEM?
The improvements contemplated are:
A 36" supply line replacement for the Porth Bay Causeway Bridges;
Replace 5200 feet of existing water mains in West Avenue between
5th Street and 15th Street;
Replace 3300 feet of 20" diameter pipe from 5th Street and West Avenue
east to Ocean Drive;
Miscellaneous mains in conjunction with street improvements.
4,934 votes were cast of which 4,030 votes were for the bonds
and 904 votes were against the bonds.
UPON f)UESTION NO. 3:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $4,700,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose .of ACQUIRING FROM THE DADE COUNTY BOARD
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED SCHOOL PROPERTIES: .
South Beach Elementary; Feinberg Elementary; Ida M. Fisher Junior High;
Nautilus Junior High ; North Beach Elementary Teacherage; Biscayne
Elementary.
4,837 votes were cast, of which 2,638 votes were for the bonds
and 2, 199 votes were against the bonds
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UPON QUESTION NO. 4:
4. Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon
bonds in the amount of $1 , 140,000.00 with interest at a rate to
be hereafter determined, not exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose
of MAKING ASSESSABLE STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS, for the payment of
all or part of which a special annual tax will be levied, the amount
of which levy will be reduced by collections from special improvement
assessments made against abutting property, as authorized by law,
on the following streets?
Commerce Street from Jefferson Avenue to ',=Washington Avenue;
1st Street from Alton Road to Ocean Drive;
2nd Street from Michigan Avenue to Ocean Drive;
3rd Street from Alton Road to Ocean Drive;
4th Street from Washington Avenue to Ocean Drive;
6th Street from !Jest Avenue to Ocean Drive;
7th Street from Alton Road to Ocean Drive;
8th Street from Alton Road to Ocean Drive;
9th Street from !lest Avenue to Ocean Drive;
10th Street from West Avenue tc Ocean Drive;
12th Street from West Avenue to Michigan Avenue and from
Meridian Avenue to Ocean Drive;
13th Street from West Avenue to Michigan Avenue and from
Meridian Avenue to Ocean Drive;
14th Street from Biscayne Bay to Michigan Avenue and from
Meridian Avenue to Ocean Drive;
14th Terrace from Bay Road to West Avenue;
Flamingo Way from Bay Road to West Avenue;
14th Court from West Avenue to Alton Road;
14t'-. Place from Meridian Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue;
16th Street from Ba;' Road to Washington Avenue;
18th Street from Lenox Avenue to Meridian Avenue:
19th Street from Jefferson Avenue to Meridian Avenue;
Lenox Avenue from 12th Street to 15th Street;
Michigan Avenue from 12th Street to 15th Street;
Michigan Avenue from 17th Street to Collins Canal ;
Jefferson Avenue from 17th Street to Collins Canal ;
Lenox Avenue from 17th Street to 18th Street;
Bay Road from 14th Street to Collins Canal ;
Ocean Drive from 1st Street to 6th Street, 14th Lane to
15th Street and 15th Street from Atlantic Ocean to Collins Avenue;
Abbott Avenue from 75th atreet to 83rd Street;
Byron Avenue from 73rd Street to 87th Terrace;
Carlyle Avenue from 73rd Street to 80th Street;
Dickens Avenue from 73rd Street to 79th Street;
West 51st Street from Alton Road to Pine Tree Drive;
73rd Street through 80th Street from Dickens Avenue to Collins Avenue;
81st Street through 87th Terrace from Byron Avenue to Collins Avenue;
North Meridian Avenue prom Dade Boulevard to West 28th Street
including West 23rd Street and West 28th Street between
Meridian Avenue and Prairie Avenue;
Prairie Avenue from Dade Boulevard to West 47th Street;
Biscayne Beach area from 79th Street through 86th Street;
Sunset Islands 1 , 2, 3,and 4;
East and of Bay Drive from Rue Versailles to 71st Street;
West end of Bay Drive from Normandy Waterway to Rue Granville;
Calais Drive from Bay Drive to Trouville Esplanade;
Trouville Esplanade from Biscayne Bay to Normandy Waterway;
Rue Versailles from Biscayne Bay to 71st Street and from Normandy
Drive to Marseille Drive;
Rue Notre Dame from Biscayne Bay to Normandy Waterway;
Rue Bordeaux from Biscayne Bay to Marseille Drive;
Rue Granville from Biscayne Bay to Normandy Waterway;
Verdun Drive from Normandy Drive to Calais Drive;
Biarritz Drive from Normandy Drive to Calais Drive;
26th Street through 44th Street between Indian Creek Drive and
Collins Avenue;
Ocean Drive from 6th Street to 14th Lane.
4,823 votes were cast, of which 3,763 votes were for the bonds
and 1 ,060 votes were against the bonds.
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UPON QUESTION NO. 5:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $315,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose of MAKING NON-ASSESSABLE STREET LIGHT
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS?
Collins Avenue from Inlet Boulevard to 23rd Street;
Ocean Drive from Biscayne Street to 1st Street;
5lh Street from Biscayne Bay to Ocean Drive;
West Avenue from 5th Street to 17th Street;
17th Street from West Avenue to Atlantic Ocean;
Meridian Avenue from 1st Street to Dade Boulevard;
Biscayne Street from Biscayne Bay to Pier Park;
Euclid Avenue from 3rd Street to Lincoln Road;
Pennsylvania Avenue from 7th Street to Lincoln Road;
Drexel Avenue from 11th Street to Lincoln Road;
Jefferson Avenue from 1st Street to 11th Street and from
15th Street to 17th Street;
Michigan Avenue from 2nd Street to 11th Street and from
15th Street to 17Lh Street;
Lenox Avenue from 4th Street to 11th Street and from
15th Street to 17th Street;
18th Street from Washington Avenue to Atlantic Ocean;
19th Street from Washington Avenue to Collins Avenue;
20th Street from Washington Avenue to Atlantic Ocean;
21st Street from Washington Avenue to Atlantic Ocean;
22nd Street from Collins Canal to Atlantic Ocean;
23rd Street from Dade Boulevard to Collins Avenue;
James Avenue from Lincoln Road to 19th Street;
Liberty Avenue;
Park Avenue;
Alton Road from 19th Street to 63rd Street;
Indian Creek Drive from 26th Street to 40th Street;
26th Street through 43rd Street East of Collins Avenue;
Abbott Avenue and Harding Avenue Group from 67th Street to 87th Terrace;
Washington Avenue from Biscayne Street to 5th Street and from
Lincoln Road to Dade Boulevard;
Collins Avenue from 23rd Street to 87th Terrace;
Dade Boulevard from Biscayne Bay to Pine Tree Drive;
Pine Tree Drive from 23rd Street to 26th Street;
71st Street from Bay Drive on the East to Biscayne Bay;
Normandy Drive from Bay Drive on the East to Biscayne Bay;
Indian Creek Drive from the Bath Club to 71st Street;
71st Street from Indian Creek to Collins Avenue.
4,634 votes were cast, of which 3,647 votes were for the bonds
and 987 votes were against the bonds
UPON QUESTION NO. 6:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $500,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not exceeding
6% per annum, for the purpose of MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STORM SEWERS IN THE
FOLLOWING AREAS?
10th Street - Collins Avenue to Ocean Drive;
Pennsylvania Avenue - 10th Street to 14th Street;
Euclid Avenue - 10th Street to 14th Street;
14th Street - Lenox Avenue to Michigan Avenue;
Michigan Avenue - 13th Street to 400' North of 14th Street;
North Bay Road - Alton Road north to West 53rd Street•
Rue Bordeaux Normandy.,riWct,erway through Easement to south
side of Marseille Drive;
West Avenue - 17th Street to Collins Canal ;
West 34th Street - Sheridan Avenue to Royal Palm Avenue;
27th Street - Alton Road to Sunset Lake;
West Avenue - 16th Street to 17th Street;
Lincoln Road - Alton Road to West Avenue;
Biarritz Drive - Normandy Waterway to Calais Drive.
4,706 votes were cast, of which 3,761 votes were for the bonds
and 945 votes were against the bonds
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UPON QUESTION NO. 7:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $165,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the payment of THE CITY'S SHARE OF MATCHING FEDERAL
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTING A COMMUNITY CENTER?
4,618 votes were cast, of which 3, 199 votes were for the bonds
and 1 ,419 votes were against the bonds
UPON QUESTION NO. 8:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $500,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose of CONSTRUCTING A FIRE STATION AND
PURCHASING A PUMPER AND ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANTS?
4,526 votes were cast, of which 3,548 votes were for the bonds
and 978 votes were against the bonds
UPON QUESTION NO. 9:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $260,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose of PAVING VARIOUS STREETS, INCLUDING
SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AND GUTTERS, for the payment of all or pert of which a
special annual tax will be levied, the amount of which levy will be reduced by
collections from special improvement assessments made against abutting property,
as authorized by law, on the following streets?
11th Street, Alton Road to West Avenue;
10th Street, Alton Rnad to West Avenue;
9th Street, Alton Road to West Avenue;
12th Street, Alton Road to West Avenue;
13th Street, Alton Road to West Avenue;
15th Terrace, Alton Road to Bay Road;
16th Street, West Avenue to Bay Road;
Biarritz Drive from Normandy Drive to Normandy Waterway;
Rue Granville from the Bay to Normandy Waterway;
Verdun Drive from Normandy Drive to Calais Drive.
4,628 votes were cast of which 3,410 votes were for the bonds
and 1 ,218 votes were against the bonds
UPON QUESTION NO. 10:
Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida, issue negotiable coupon bonds in the
amount of $460,000.00 with interest at a rate to be hereafter determined, not
exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose of MAKING NON-ASSESSABLE IMPROVEMENTS
TO STREETS, INCLUDING PAVING, CURBING AND GUTTERING AND SIDEWALKS, on the
follow'ng streets?
11th Street, Alton Road to Meridian Avenue;
Pine Tree Drive, 51st Street to 63rd Street.
4,488 votes were cast, of which 3,236 votes were for the bonds
and 1 ,252 votes were against the bonds
and,
WHEREAS, a majority of the total number of freeholders who were qualified
electors residing in said City, and legally qualified to participate in said
Special Election, did vote therein, and
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WHEREAS, a majority of the votes cast on Questions Numbers 1 , 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 were in favor of the approval of the bonds,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we do hereby declare that the
issuance of bonds in the aggregate sum of $9,745,000 as set forth and
provided for in Questions Numbers 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 as
described in this resolution, has been duly and legally approved by the
voters, as provided by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of June , 1968.
V i c/Mayor
ATTEST:
Ruth B. Rouleau, City Clerk
and Finance Director
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