Amendment language: Shall the City Charter be amended for style, clarity and consistency, along with amendments removing outdated provisions, and amendments updating the Charter to conform with State law provisions? YES

Amendment language: The Charter includes a lengthy and outdated legal description of the corporate limits of the City. Shall the Charter be amended to replace the legal description with a map generally depicting the City’s present official corporate limits, and provide that the official map of the corporate limits of the City shall be maintained by the office of the City Clerk? YES

Amendment language:  The City Charter requires candidates for Mayor to have resided continuously in the City, and candidates for Commissioner to have resided continuously in their qualifying District, for six months immediately before qualifying. Shall the Charter be amended to instead require two years of continuous residency in the City immediately before qualifying for candidates for Mayor, and two years of continuous residency in the qualifying District for Commissioner candidates, except where non-residency results solely from redistricting? YES

Amendment language: Shall the Charter be amended to change Commission elections from March of odd-numbered years to November of even-numbered years beginning November 2028 to increase voter participation and decrease election costs, resulting in term extensions of approximately 20 months for all current Commissioners and the Mayor to maintain staggered terms, with no elections held in March 2027 or March 2029 and all future terms remaining four years? YES

Amendment language: Shall the Charter be amended to remove the requirement that voters approve at a referendum election, and instead authorize the City Commission to approve, the sale, gift, trade, transfer, or lease of all or a portion of, or an interest in, city-owned real property with a fair market value exceeding $750,000, thereby eliminating the additional time and cost of conducting referendum elections for such transactions? YES

Amendment language: Shall the Charter be amended to require a Charter Review Board to be appointed by the City Commission in May 2035 and every ten years thereafter, with the Charter Review Board consisting of five regular voting members and five alternate members appointed by the City Commission to review the Charter and make non-binding recommendations to the Commission regarding amendments to the Charter? YES

Amendment language: Charter Section 11.01 restricts development east of the Intracoastal Waterway, including height limits of 45 feet for commercial and 55 feet for multifamily zoned properties, floor area ratio and lot coverage limits for such properties, mixed use and accessory use restrictions, and restrictions prohibiting rezoning to commercial. Shall the Charter be amended to remove only the floor area ratio regulations and the restrictions on mixed and accessory uses from the Charter? YES

Amendment language: Charter Section 11.02 restricts development on the City’s main beach parking areas, including limiting permitted uses, restricting garage and parking space size, lot coverage, floor area ratio, and setbacks. Shall this Section be amended to remove the minimum parking space size requirements, the restriction on commercial use exceeding fifteen days annually, and the prohibition on use of this parking to satisfy other properties’ parking requirements? YES

Amendment language: Shall the Charter be amended to require that any future action by the City Commission to transition, transfer, contract out, consolidate, or otherwise assign, police or fire services from the existing provider to another governmental entity or agency, special district, or sheriff’s office, be approved by an affirmative vote of at least four-fifths (4/5) of the City Commission? YES