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RESOLUTION NO. 80- 191 "ber 23, 1980
• A RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING A REFERENDUM ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD ON THE 4th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1980
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO REFERENDUM THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND SHALL
BE INCORPORATED UNDER THE CITY CHARTER CONTAINED
IN HOUSE BILL 994, AS PASSED BY THE FLORIDA LEGIS-
LATURE AND WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE ONLY IF APPROVED
BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORATE RESIDING WITHIN THE
PROPOSED CORPORATE LIMITS; PROVIDING THAT THE PERSONS
ENTITLED TO VOTE IN SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE THOSE
QUALIFIED ELECTORS RESIDING WITHIN THE PROPOSED
CORPORATE LIMITS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN; PRESCRIBING
ELECTION PROCEDURES; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICA-
TIM: :)f A NOTICE G.'�L..,EUTION; PROvAL:J. G AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the 1980 Florida Legislature enacted into law House
Bill 994 which established and organized a municipality to be
known and designated as the City of Marco Island, and
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WHEREAS, said legislative act by its terms shall become
effective only upon a majority vote of the registered electors n
. residing within the proposed corporate limits in a referendum
election which shall be called by the Board of County. Commis-
sioners of Collier County at the time of the general election on
November 4, 1980,
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
*� Section 1. Reiereuuuuu Election Caileo.
• A A Referendum Election is hereby ordered and called to be is arm
• held within the proposed corporate limits as further described
herein on the 4th day of November, 1980 for the purpose of
submitting to the registered electors residing within the pro-
posed corporate limits the following question: J.
"ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE INCORPORATION OF c -
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TIIE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND UNDER THE CITY
CHARTER CONTAINED IN HOUSE BILL 994, WHICH
WILL TAKE EFFECT ONLY IF APPROVED BY A
I MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORATE RESIDING WITHIN
THE PROPOSED CORPORATE LIMITS.
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FOR INCORPORATION Li
i AGAINST INCORPORATION 7-T
1 Section 2. Proposed Corporate Limits •
The proposed corporate limits of the City of Marco Island
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are as follows:
A Corporate Line lying offshore from Marco
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t Island in portions of Township 52. South,
.; Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida which
line is described as follows:
L From the corner common to Section 17, 18, 19,
and 20, Township 52 South, Range 26 East, run
Westerly along the line common to said Sections
18 and 19 to a point 300 feet offshore in the R
• Gulf of Mexico from the Megan High Tide Line
Section 18 and the point of beginning. From ' ,
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said point of beginning, run Southerly 300 •
BOA;( 055 M1`30.2feet offshore from the Mean High Tide Line
• of Marco Island, to the Southerly point of
said Island and the mouth of Caxambas Pass, •
thence run Northeasterly in the waters of ■
Caxambas Pass to the center line of the channel
- ` of said Caxambas Pass; thence run Easterly along
the centerline of the cha >,nel. of Caxambas PV Ss ,
but to a point intersecting a marked channel running
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Northerly; thence run Northerly along the center-
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line of said channel to a point 300 feet: 0Ufsil.or.e
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in Barfield Bay from the Mean High Tide Lino of
the Easterly end of lands formerly known a
J. M. Barfield Subdivision, thence run Northerly,
• Easterly, and Southerly, 300 feet: offshore in •
Barfield Bay from the Mean High Tide L.i.ne of
• 1,1u1:co Island to imiceXsection with Lhe centerline `
of Blue Hill Creek; thence run Southeasterly
along the centerline of Blue Hill Creek to a
point 300 feet offshore in Blue Hill Day from c
the Mean High Tide Line of Marco island; thence --
continue Northerly, Easterly, and Southerly 300
feet offshore in Barfield Bay from the Mean High
Tide Line of Marco Island to centerline of the
aforementioned Blue Hill Creek; thence run
Northeasterly along the centerline of Blue Hill
Creek, but. to a point intersecting the line
common to Range 26 East and Range 27 East,
. Township 52 South, Collier County, Florida;
thence run Northerly along the line common to
said Range 26 and 27 but to a point intersecting !
the centerline of the channel of the Big Marco
River; thence Northerly and Northwesterly along
rt,., terlinl of the aforementioned loned ni n Marco
River to a point in Big Marco tits,, which inter-
sects a point 300 feet offshore from the Mean
High Tide Line of the Westerly most point of
• Marco Island; thence run Southeasterly and
. Southerly 300 feet offshore from the Mean High
Tide Line of Marco Island to the point of
beginning lying along the East-West line common
' to Sections 18 and 19, Township 52 South; Range
26 East. EXCEPTING the bridge right-of-way on +;
SR. 951 and SR. 92. •
Section 3. Persons Entitled to Vote • •
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The persons entitled to vote in said referendum election
shall be all registered electors residing within the proposed
• corporate limits. Absentee voting shall be permitted in accor- •
dance with applicable general law. -
Section 4. Polling Places.
The referendum election shall be held at the polling places
designated in each precinct within the proposed corporate limits.
Section 5. Election Officials
G The election officials to conduct said election shall be
t.• appointed by the S ,mervisor of Elections pursuant to applicable
general law.
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Section 6. Hours of Election ''a
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The polls will be open at the polling places on the date of i.4
said referendum election from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. on the same day. .
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Section 7. Form of Ballot September 23, 1980
(a) The ballots to be used in said election shall be
in substantially the following form:
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
REFERENDUM ELECTI; : ON THE INCORPORATION
OF THE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND
Are you in favor of the incorporation of
the City of Marco Island; under the City
Charter contained in House Bill 994, which
; iil take efi,:4,. only if approvcu by a
majority of the electorate residing within
the proposed corporate limits.
For Incorporation T-7 Against Incorporation 1-7
(b) The Supervisor of Elections shall include on all
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ballots and absentee ballots such instructions to voters as
are necessary.
Section 8. Notice of Election
The Clerk of this Board shall publish a notice of this
referendum election in the Marco Island Eagle and in the
Naples Daily News, a newspaper of general circulation pub-
1 lished in Collier County, Florida. Said publication shall
be made once a week in the fifth T.,,,„ ' and in +•}'r' third we o1
prior to me week iu which said referenuull, ejection will be
,-: . . i held with the first publication to be at least thirty (30)
days before the date of the election. Said notice shall he
in substantially the following form.
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NOTICE OF REFERENDUM ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Referendum Election will
be held within the proposed corporate limits of the
proposed City of Marco Island on the 4th day of November,
1980 at the polling places within said proposed corporate
limits for the purpose of determining the following 1
question:
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY -`
1 OF MARCO ISLAND UNDER THE CITY CHARTER CONTAINED
IN HOUSE BILL 994, WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT ONLY IF
APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORATE RESIDING
WITHIN THE PROPOSED CORPORATE LIMITS.
FOR INCORPORATION j% AGAINST INCORPORATION /�
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The polls will be open at the polling places on the
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date of said referendum election from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.
on the same day. All qualified electors residing
t within the proposed corporate limits of the City of
Marco Island may vote in said election. Absentee ''
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voting shall be permitted upon compliance with s`
applicable provisions of state law.
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A copy of House Bill 994, which contains the proposed
• charter for the City of Marco Island and which con-
tains a complete legal description of the proposed
corporate limits, is on file with, and may be in-
spected at, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
, ., r Court of Collier County, Florida, Room 316, Building
"F", Collier County Courthouse, Naples, Florida
during normal business hours.
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WILLIAM J. REAGAN
Clerk of Circuit Court and
Ex Officio Clerk of the
Board of County Commissioners
of Collier County, Florida
By:
Deputy Clerk
Section 9. Effective Date
Commissioner Pistor offered the foregoing Resolution
and moved its adoption, seconded by Commissioner Archer and
upon roll call the vote was :
AYES: Commissioners Pistor, Archer, Brown and Wenzel
NAYS: None
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"772::' AND '0T VOTING: (' ' - -T:-„er
DONE AND ORDERED this 23rd day of September, 1980.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WILLLIAM J. REAGAN,
k,AfJN, C erk COLLIER C UNTY, FLORIDA
,, "., Deputy Clerk Th v. Z �, , `�/. 5 (--
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Wenzel,
Chairman
Approved as to •rm and legal
sufficie• /
i ..AC Donald .1 A . 'ck orth
Collie ,, ounty attorney