Legislative Matter

Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 101795

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File Number: 101795

File Type: Resolution

Status: Adopted

Version: 0

Reference: R-795-10

Control: Board of County Commissioners

File Name: CODESIGNATION AS ‘‘JUDGE IRVING CYPEN WAY’’

Introduced: 7/8/2010

Requester: NONE

Cost:

Final Action: 7/20/2010

Agenda Date: 7/20/2010

Agenda Item Number: 5A

Notes:

Title:

RESOLUTION CODESIGNATING VENETIAN WAY FROM EAST SAN MARINO ISLAND TO WEST RIVO ALTO ISLAND AS ‘‘JUDGE IRVING CYPEN WAY’’; URGING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO JOIN IN THIS CO-DESIGNATION

Indexes:

CODESIGNATION

Sponsors:	Sally A. Heyman, Prime Sponsor
	Audrey M. Edmonson, Co-Sponsor
	Carlos A. Gimenez, Co-Prime 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	7/20/2010	5A	Adopted				P
REPORT:	First Assistant County Attorney Abigail Price-Williams read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. There being no comments or objections, the Board proceeded to vote on the foregoing proposed resolution as presented.

County Attorney	7/8/2010		Assigned	Jess M. McCarty	7/8/2010

Legislative Text

TITLE
RESOLUTION CODESIGNATING VENETIAN WAY FROM EAST SAN MARINO ISLAND TO WEST RIVO ALTO ISLAND AS ��JUDGE IRVING CYPEN WAY��; URGING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO JOIN IN THIS CO-DESIGNATION

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WHEREAS, Judge Irving Cypen was born in Chicago, Illinois, of a Russian immigrant father, and at the age of five his family moved to Florida; and
WHEREAS, Judge Cypen married his wife Hazel in 1941, and together they raised five children; and
WHEREAS, Judge Cypen was the first person of Jewish heritage to be elected to what was then the Dade County Circuit Court; and
WHEREAS, Judge Cypen also was the heart and soul of the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital, and was its greatest benefactor, raising over $75 million dollars and donating over a million dollars himself; and
WHEREAS, besides the main campus, the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital operates satellite services that include mental health, memory and research programs as well as Florida�s only teaching nursing home program; and
WHEREAS, Judge Irving Cypen passed away on January 30, 2009, at the age of 90; and
WHEREAS, this Board would like to honor the memory of Judge Irving Cypen, as well as his contributions to this community, by co-designating Venetian Way from East San Marino Island to West Rivo Alto Island as ��Judge Irving Cypen Way��; and
WHEREAS, Venetian Way from East San Marino Island to West Rivo Alto Island is a County maintained road located within the City of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, this proposed co-designation is located in County Commission District 4,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Section 1. Having conducted a public hearing, codesignates Venetian Way from East San Marino Island to West Rivo Alto Island as ��Judge Irving Cypen Way�.
Section 2. Urges the City of Miami Beach to join in this co-designation.
Section 3. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit certified copies of this resolution to the City Manager of the City of Miami Beach, the United States Postal Service, the Traffic Signal and Signs Division of the Public Works Department and Land Development Division of the Public Works Department, the Miami Beach Police Department and the Miami Beach Fire Department.