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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The foregoing "WHEREAS' clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part by this Ordinance upon adoption thereof. Section 2. Charter Amendments. That pursuant to Section 6.01 (a)(i) of the City Charter and Section 6.03 of the Miami-Oade County Charter, the City Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach is hereby amended by amending subsection (a) of Section 2.3 and subsection (c) of Section 5.1 of the City Charter, as described below in Parts A and B, to read as follows: Part A. Subsection (a) "Election and term of Office: Section 2.3 (a) of the City Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) (a) Election and Term of Office. Each Commissioner and the Mayor shall be elected at-large for four year terms by the electors of the City in the manner provided in Article 5 of this Charter. The four year term length for each Commissioner and the Mayor which is provided for in this section shall be extended as necessary to accomplish the election date revision made pursuant to Section 5.1 (c) of this Charter. Accordingly, the terms of office of the Mayor and City Commissioners which would otherwise expire in November 2009 shall instead expire in 2010 and the terms of office of the City Commissioners which would otherwise expire in November of 2011 shall instead expire in 2012. Part B. Subsection (c) "Elections" Section 5.1 (c) of the City Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: Election Oates. Commencing in the year 2010 and thereafter, A the City's general election shall be held in each odd numbered year on the second Tuesday following the first Monday in November in even-numbered years in November. A run-off election, if necessary, shall be held in December. In the event an election date falls on a religious holiday, the City Commission may, by ordinance, change the dates for qualifying and for the election. The terms of the sitting officials shall be extended to as necessary to accomplish the election date revision made pursuant to this Section in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Charter. Section 3. Election Called. A special election is hereby called, and to be held on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008, to present to the qualified electors of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, the ballot questions provided below in Section 4 of this Ordinance. 2