Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 101797
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File Number: 101797 File Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Version: 0 Reference: R-796-10 Control: Board of County Commissioners
File Name: CODESIGNATE QUAYSIDE BLVD AS MIAMI MILITARY ACADEMY BLVD Introduced: 7/8/2010
Requester: NONE Cost: Final Action: 7/20/2010
Agenda Date: 7/20/2010 Agenda Item Number: 5B
Notes: Title: RESOLUTION CO-DESIGNATING QUAYSIDE BOULEVARD FROM BISCAYNE BOULEVARD TO EAST DIXIE HIGHWAY AS ''MIAMI MILITARY ACADEMY BOULEVARD''
Indexes: ROAD DESIGNATION
Sponsors: Sally A. Heyman, 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 5B 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

Legislative Text


TITLE
RESOLUTION CO-DESIGNATING QUAYSIDE BOULEVARD FROM BISCAYNE BOULEVARD TO EAST DIXIE HIGHWAY AS �MIAMI MILITARY ACADEMY BOULEVARD�

BODY
WHEREAS, Miami Military Academy was originally established in 1924 as Coral Gables Military Academy by George E. Merrick, who sought Colonel Jesse Williams, an Arkansas educator, to head the school; and
WHEREAS, in 1933, the school was relocated to northeast Miami-Dade County near the Village of Miami Shores and was renamed �Miami Military Academy�; and
WHEREAS, by 1959, enrollment at Miami Military Academy had grown to more than 300 under Colonel F. R. (Reed) Williams, who expanded the school�s academic scope to include a broader subject range and more formalized military instruction; and
WHEREAS, in the following decades, the Miami Military Academy developed an international student body representing nearly every Central and South American and Caribbean country, and almost every state in the eastern U.S.; and
WHEREAS, Miami Military Academy graduated some of the finest men and women for our community and for this nation; and
WHEREAS, in 1974, after serving the community for 50 years, the Miami Military Academy closed and the land was sold to the Muss family for $7 million dollars; and
WHEREAS, this Board would like to recognize the Miami Military Academy with this codesignation; and
WHEREAS, Quayside Boulevard from Biscayne Boulevard to East Dixie Highway is a County road located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, this proposed codesignation 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 considered this matter at a public hearing, co-designates Quayside Boulevard from Biscayne Boulevard to East Dixie Highway as �Miami Military Academy Boulevard�.
Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the U.S. 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.



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