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Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 090435

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File Number: 090435

File Type: Resolution

Status: Adopted

Version: 0

Reference: R-145-09

Control: Board of County Commissioners

File Name: CODESIGNATING - ASHLEY VALDES STREET

Introduced: 2/20/2009

Requester: NONE

Cost:

Final Action: 3/3/2009

Agenda Date: 3/3/2009

Agenda Item Number: 5L

Notes:

Title:

RESOLUTION CODESIGNATING S.W. 80TH STREET BETWEEN S.W. 147TH AVENUE AND S.W. 152ND AVENUE AS ‘‘ASHLEY VALDES STREET’’

Indexes:	ROAD DESIGNATION
	CODESIGNATION

Sponsors:	Joe A. Martinez, Prime Sponsor
	Dennis C. Moss, Co-Sponsor
	Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor
	Dorrin D. Rolle, Co-Sponsor
	Barbara J. Jordan, Co-Sponsor
	Carlos A. Gimenez, Co-Sponsor
	Sally A. Heyman, Co-Sponsor
	Audrey M. Edmonson, Co-Sponsor
	Bruno A. Barreiro, Co-Sponsor
	Katy Sorenson, Co-Sponsor
	Rebeca Sosa, Co-Sponsor

Sunset Provision: No

Effective Date:

Expiration Date:

Registered Lobbyist:

None Listed

Legislative History
Acting Body	Date	Agenda Item	Action	Sent To	Due Date	Returned	Pass/Fail

Board of County Commissioners	3/3/2009	5L	Adopted				P
REPORT:	First Assistant County Attorney Abigail Price-Williams read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Chairman Moss opened the public hearing. Hearing no one wishing to speak before the Board, Chairman Moss closed the public hearing. Commissioner Martinez stated the County Mayor intended to submit a Mayoral Veto Waiver for this resolution to the Clerk of the Board’s Office. Chairman Moss and Commissioners Diaz, Jordan, Gimenez, Heyman, Rolle, Edmonson and Barreiro asked to be listed as cosponsors on this resolution.

County Attorney	2/20/2009		Assigned	Jess M. McCarty

Legislative Text

TITLE
RESOLUTION CODESIGNATING S.W. 80th STREET BETWEEN S.W. 147th AVENUE AND S.W. 152nd AVENUE AS ��ASHLEY VALDES STREET��

BODY
WHEREAS, Ashley Nicole Valdes was born March 4, 1997; and
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2009, while Ashley was on her way home from an after-school program, her life was tragically taken in a hit-and-run accident on S.W. 80th Street near S.W. 149th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, though only 11 years old at her untimely death, Ashley already had touched the lives around her in a meaningful way, including her family, friends and those with which she came in contact; and
WHEREAS, Ashley was her mother Adonay Rosete�s best friend and a tireless helper while her mother studied to be a paramedic in the single-parent home; and
WHEREAS, when not in school, Ashley spent substantial amounts of time taking care of her mentally disabled younger sister, Amanda, helping to dress her sister and sometimes getting up in the middle of the night to take care of her sister so that her mother could sleep; and
WHEREAS, Ashley was also a very spiritual child; and
WHEREAS, Ashley took a great interest in animals and was always very involved in school activities; and
WHEREAS, this Board would like to honor the memory of Ashley Valdes by codesignating the location of her tragic and untimely death, S.W. 80th Street between S.W. 147th Avenue and S.W. 152nd Avenue, as �Ashley Valdes Street�; and
WHEREAS, S.W. 80th Street between S.W. 147th Avenue and S.W. 152nd Avenue is a County road located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, this proposed codesignation is located in County Commission District 11,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Section 1. Codesignates S.W. 80th Street between S.W. 147th Avenue and S.W. 152nd Avenue as ��Ashley Valdes Street.��
Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the United States Postal Service, the Traffic Signals and Signs Division of the Public Works Department and Land Development Division of the Public Works Department, the Miami-Dade Police Department, and the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.