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OFFICE OF THE CITY AnORNEY
JOSE SMITH, CITY AnORNEY COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
MAYOR MATII HERRERA BOWER
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSIO~N )
CITY MANAGER JORGE M. GQ LEZ .,.• ,<
JOSE SMITH, CITY ATTOR~f§y ~,~tY l"
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RESOLUTION CREATING AD HOC CHARTER REVIEW AND REVISION
BOARD FOR 2013
Pursuant to Section 8.01 of the City of Miami Beach Charter, the Charter shall be reviewed
every ten years. The last Charter review occurred in 2003. Therefore, the ten year cycle
requires the creation of a board to review the Charter in 2013. Attached hereto is a Resolution
creating an Ad Hoc Charter Review and Revision Board for 2013 for consideration by the Mayor
and City Commission.
It is important that appointments to the Ad Hoc Charter Review and Revision Board be made as
soon as possible since time is of the essence for the adequate review and consideration of
Charter amendments by the Board, and for preparing proposed Charter ballot questions for the
November 2013 election. Pursuant to the attached Resolution, the Board shall submit its report
regarding proposed Charter amendments to the City Commission by June 1, 2013.
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RESOLUTION NO.------
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
AD HOC CHARTER REVIEW AND REVISION BOARD; PRESCRIBING ITS
DUTIES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF ITS APPOINTMENT
AND THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF ITS MEMBERS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Miami Beach City Charter section 8.01, the "Charter shall
be reviewed ten (1 0) years from November 3, 1993 and each tenth year thereafter"; and
WHEREAS, a review of the City's Charter is of continued importance to the welfare
of the citizens of the City of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, review of the City's Charter can best be accomplished by the creation
and appointment of an Ad Hoc Advisory Charter Review and Revision Board to be
composed of seven members who shall be direct appointees of the individual City
Commissioners and the Mayor, and whose terms shall commence on January 1, 2013 and
expire on January 1, 2014 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission). The
Board's powers of review shall include submittal of a report to the City Commission by
June 1, 2013, which report shall include any recommendations concerning proposed
amendments to the City's Charter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City of Miami Beach
Ad Hoc Charter Review and Revision Board is hereby created for the purpose of reviewing
the City's Charter and the Board shall be composed of seven direct appointees of the
Miami Beach City Commission, with Board terms commencing on January 1, 2013 and
expiring on January 1, 2014 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission).
PASSED and ADOPTED this ___ day of November, 2013
ATTEST:
Matti Herrera Bower, Mayor
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
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