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Miami, Florida, Jungle Island Hotel Lease Extension (August 2018)
| Miami Jungle Island Hotel Lease Extension |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| August 28, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local business regulation |
| Related articles |
| Local business regulation on the ballot August 28, 2018 ballot measures in Florida Miami-Dade County, Florida ballot measures Local charter amendments on the ballot |
| See also |
| Miami, Florida |
A measure to extend Jungle Island's lease and to allow the park to build a new hotel was on the ballot for Miami voters in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on August 28, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of extending the lease of Jungle Island for 39 years with a 15-year option and allowing the park to build a new hotel in exchange for an increase in rent and other montetary contributions. |
| A no vote was a vote against extending the lease of Jungle Island for 39 years with a 15 year option. |
The ballot measure was designed to change the expiration date of zoological park Jungle Island's lease from 2060 to 2099 with the option of an added 15-year extension and to allow Jungle Island to build a new hotel of up to 130 feet in height and up to 300 rooms. The measure also stated that Jungle Island would allocate annual funds to affordable housing for a total of $750,000, allocate $700,000 for repairs to adjacent Ichimura Miami-Japan Garden, and increase its annual rent payment to $1.22 million or 5 percent of hotel gross sales.[1]
Election results
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Miami, Florida, Jungle Island Hotel Lease Extension (August 2018) |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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22,024 | 58.99% | ||
| No | 15,309 | 41.01% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[2]
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Shall Miami's Charter be amended extending Jungle Island's Lease for an additional 39-years, plus 15-year option, waiving competitive bidding, allowing at developer's expense and option, construction of hotel and attractions with maximum 300 rooms and 130-foot height, in exchange for:
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a unanimous vote of the Miami City Commission on June 8, 2018.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Miami Herald, "Jungle Island gets approval to ask voters in August ballot: Can we build a hotel?" June 8, 2018
- ↑ Miami-Dade County, "Miami Special Election," accessed July 19,2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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