Miami Beach United Releases its Fifth Annual
City of Miami Beach Commission Scorecard and
Provides Thoughts On 2022 Ballot Referenda
2022 Commission Scorecard
Miami Beach United, the only community-based non-profit organization providing Miami Beach residents a cohesive voice for residents’ rights and city-wide issues which impact their quality of life, is pleased to present its Fifth Annual Commission Scorecard covering the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
This is not a comprehensive review of the voting record of each elected official; it is merely an accounting of how each elected official voted on matters upon which Miami Beach United submitted a resolution to the Commission. We believe it to be a useful tool to track how elected officials voted on the resolutions which Miami Beach United brought before them regarding proposed Commission actions.
Here’s how it works:
Each month, Miami Beach United identifies and tracks issues pertaining to residents rights and quality of life issues that are coming before the Commission. Many of these issues become resolutions, voted on by the Board of Directors, and shared in advance of the monthly Commission meetings with the Mayor and Commissioners (and staff) of the city of Miami Beach.
Our process is transparent. The members of the Board of Miami Beach United individually review the agenda as soon as it is published (typically on Wednesday evenings), then meet as a group on Friday afternoons to discuss items we feel merit review. If we decide to submit a resolution to the Commission, we write and pass the resolution. Any resolution that is undertaken is done so because a majority of the Board supports doing so; resolutions are written and the final draft is approved by a majority vote of the entire board prior to them getting sent to the Commission and published via our newsletter.
In each case, whenever Miami Beach United passed a resolution on a matter before the Commission, the scorecard indicates whether or not an individual elected official supported or opposed the action recommended by Miami Beach United. The scorecard ONLY reflects the items upon which Miami Beach United has taken a position, and therefore is not, and doesn’t intend to be, a representation of an elected official’s complete voting record.
For ordinances, which require two hearings, only the final vote on Second Reading is recorded and counted. In some cases, when Miami Beach United’s recommendations are only partially implemented, that is treated as a neutral action, and that vote is excluded from the total score.
All items are weighted equally when calculating an overall percentage for each elected official during the measurement period.
Green: The elected official SUPPORTED MBU’s position
Red: The elected official OPPOSED MBU’s position
Yellow: The elected official PARTIALLY SUPPORTED MBU’s position
Grey: The elected official WAS NOT PRESENT for that vote.
The Commission Scorecard process for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year commenced with the September 30, 2021 Commission meeting and went through the September 26, 2022 Commission meeting.
To see the prior years’ scorecards:
Click HERE for 2022-2021
Click HERE for 2019-2020
Click HERE for 2018-2019
Click HERE for 2017-2018
2022 Voter Information
Everything You Need to Know To Cast Your Ballot
For information regarding how to register to vote, where and when to vote and other election questions, click here.
Use the scorecard to cross-reference how the
candidates for the open commission seat
may align with the issues which matter to you.
Click here to view the MBU Candidate Forum for the Special Election to fill seat the vacated by the untimely passing of the late lamented Commissioner Mark Samuelian. Although we deeply regret the poor audio/video quality, you can still make out enough to gauge how the candidates align with the current Commission on issues which may matter to you.
As a matter of policy, Miami Beach United never endorses candidates as an organization.
2022 Ballot Referenda Items
2022 NOVEMBER BALLOT QUESTIONS
Red headers = vote no
Green headers = vote yes
- North Beach Oceanside Resort Overlay District (the “Overlay”) Floor Area Ratio (“FAR”) Increase – Increasing density from 3.0 to 4.5 on the former Deauville site – VOTE NO
- $159 million General Obligation Bond Issue For Arts and Cultural Facilities – VOTE NO
- Amend Charter Section 1.03(b): Require Voter Approval of Sale/Lease of Certain City Owned Property – VOTE YES
- Approval of Use of Rent Payments Received by City from Lincoln Road Parking Lot Leases – VOTE NO
- Charter approval: Lease of City Property at 1664 Meridian Avenue – VOTE NO
- City Charter Approval: Lease of City Property at 1080 Lincoln Lane North/1688 Lenox Avenue – VOTE NO
- RPS4 District – South of Fifth Street FAR Incentive to Convert Existing Hotels into Residential Use – VOTE YES
- FAR Incentive for Residential and Office Uses on Washington Avenue Between 1st and 2nd Street – VOTE NO
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