1949 - 1988 - Special Elections
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12/20/49 - Ordinance 585 Amending City Zoning Ordinance
For ;.. 364 Against - 191
12/19/50 - Ordinance 601 Amending City Zoning Ordinance
For - 792 Against - 249
9/18/51 - Special Act 27465 re City Clerk and Treasurer
For - ~28 Against - 78
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It _ Special Act 27643 re Subdivisions
For - 920 Against - 90
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Special Act 27467 re Use of Seines
For - 905 Against - 130
12/18/51 - Ordinance 614 Amending City Zoning Ordinance
For - 137 Against - 1,126
12/16/52 - Ordinance 626 Annexing Palm Terrace Units 1 and 2
For - 1,721 Against - 359
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- Ordinance 627 New Zoning Ordinance
For - 1,116 Against - 516
9/15/53 - Special Act 28968 re Prohibiting use of Fishing Nets
For - 716 Against - 182
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It It 11 Special Act 28969 re Compensation for City Commissioners
For - 637 Against - 261
It It It Special Act 28970 re Seawall Lines
For - 681 Against - 218
11 It It - Ordinance 642 Amending City Zoning Ordinance
For - 455 Against - 356
11/2/54 - General Obligation Bond $3,250,000
1) Sanitary Sewers - $860,000
For - 1,167 Against - 2,579
2) Storm Sewers - $800,000
For - 1,197 Against - 2,530
3) Street Paving --$430,00
For - 1,166" Against - 2,534
4) Water Main - $850,000
For - 1,167 Against - 2,525
5) City Hall Addition, etc. - $255,000
For - 1,028 Against - 2,631
6) Fire Apparatus - $55,000
For - 1,271 Against - 2,461
(5 absentee votes. 3,746 Total votes.
51% of Freeholders voted).
12~20/55 - Special Act 30658 re Fireman's Pension Fund
For - 1,814 Against - 185
12/18/56 - Ordinance 726 Amending City Zoning Ordinance
For - 1,592 Against - 1,002
10/15/57 - Special Act 57-1227 re Annexation
For - 1,060 Against - 868
For - 185 Against - 1,529
In City
Out of City
12/17/57 - Ordinance 753 Amending City Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map
For - 1,298 Against - 495
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12/16/58 - Ordinance 798 Amending City Zoning Ordinance
For - 1,542 Against - 1,180
12/16/59 - Ordinance 839 Amending City Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map
For - 1,594 Against - 787
12/ /60 - Ordinance 882 Amending City Zoning Ordinance
For - 1,562 Against - 2,017
9/26/61 - Special Acts Ratification of Chapter 61-2005 (Mayor-Commissioner
&-Commissioners - Salary, Expenses)
For - 658 Against - 939
Special Acts - 1) 61-2007 Adapt General Law of Florida
re rezoning
For - 588
2) 61-2013 Referendum vote in zoning
For - 987
11/28/67 - Special Acts Chapter 67-1216
For - 598 Against - 1,513
11/25/69 - Clearwater Housing Authority - Construct 400 Public
Housing Units.
For - 2,817 Against - 478
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Annexation - Sunset Gardens
For - 21 Against - 80
7/28/70 - General Obligation Bond $7,300,000
1) Parks and Recreation Facilities - $2,080,000
For - 3,561 Against - 744
2) Streets, Sidewalks, Storm Drains -~,100,000
For - 3, 627 Against - 646
3) Sanitary Land Fill - $150,000
For - 3,613 Against - 643
4) Municipal B1dgs, Traffic Control System, Motorpoo1 - $1,970,000
For - 3,563 Against - 700
2/9/71 - Should Clearwater Development Board tax selves
For - 3,408 Against 708
6/13/72 - Charter revision
For - 1,131
Against - 1,863
7/25/72 - Annexation - Woodmont Park Sub., Woodmont Park Estates,
Woodmont Park Estates First Addition
For - 159 Against 144
12/12/72 - Annexation Shadow1awn Sub., & B1ks. F&G F10ridena
For - 86 Against - 12
7/10/73 - Annexation Bermuda Street (in Knight's Acres Sub., &
C1eardun Sub.)
For - 28 Against - 5 (Eligible to vote 50)
12/11/73 - Annexation Sunset Knoll Sub
Cancelled 10-22-73
9/11/73 - Annexation Duncan & Parkside area (in Lakeview Vista Sub.,
Lakeview Vista First Rep1at, & Emerald Hills Sub.)
For - 17 Against - 29
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2/11/75 - Annexation Douglas Manor Park area
For- 19 Against - 32
2/8/77 - 1) Ordinance 1649 Amend Charter
For - 6,066 Against - 3,522
2) Ordinance 1643 New Civil Service System
For - 5,173 Against - 4,246_
3) Ordinance 1648 Pension Administration
For - 5,139 Against - 4,334
4) Ordinance 1648, Pension Benefits
For - 3,259 Against - 6,188
7/12/77 - Postponed dnti1 8/9/77
8/9/77 - Ordinance 1688 and Resolution No. 77-61 (GOB) $15,000,000
1) Active & Passive Recreational Parks and Land $1,500,000
For - 5,739 Against - 6,385
2) Storm Drainage Facilities
For - 6,222
3) Libraries $4,450,000
For - 5,327
$1,650,000
Against - 5,989
Against - 6,808
4) Culture Civic Center
For - 3,899
$7,400,000
Against - 8,191
12/12/78 - 1) Ordinance 1830 Amend Charter
For - 2,995 Against - 1,963
2) Ordinance 1831 New Civil Service System
For - 2,716 Against - 2,238
3) Ordinance 1832 Pension Administration
For - 3,314 Against - 1,669
4) Ordinance 1832 Pension Benefits
For - 3,040 Against - 1,953
2/12/80 - Annexation Tropic Hills Subdivision
For - 6960 Against - 4086
2/9/82 - GOB - Library Construction
For - 5662
Against - 6220
Three year Commission Term
For - 3805
Against - 8061
2/8/83
Employee Pension Amendment re Firefighters
For - 6711 Against - 4719
Limiting Bayfront Development
For - 16,647 Against - 2,815
Nuclear Freeze
For - 13,585
Against - 5,785
12/4/84 - Bayfront plan Bond Referendum
#1 For - . 3,427
#2 For - 2,973
Against
Against
8,479
- 8,910
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2/12/85 Charter Review Questions
#1 For 6,421 Against
#2 For 6,302 Against
#3 For 3,587 Against
#4 For 6,264 Against
#5 For 6,815 Against
#6 For 8,781 Against
117 For 8,464 Against
#8 For 7,857 Against
10/1/85
Marine Science Center Referendum
#1 For 5,505 Against
#2 For 5,806 Against
Civil Service & Property Exchange Questions
III For 1,435 Against
#2 For 2,232 Against
3/11 /86
11/4/86
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5,126
5,570
8,030
4,977
4,489
2,574
2,709
3,229
1,913
1,980
1,181
374
Sale of Surplus Property, Highland Lake Sub, 4th Addition
For 21,178 Against 9,241
11/8/88
Question #1 - Removal of the 45 year age limitation on Civil Service
Retirement Plan
Yes 24,009 No - 12,281
Question #2 - $300 per mont minimun pension payment vice $75.00 a month
minimum pension payment
Yes - 21, 921 No - 14, 498