Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 110653 |
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File Number: 110653 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-224-11 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 4/4/2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Board of County Commissioners | 4/4/2011 | 5E | Adopted | P | |||
REPORT: | First Assistant County Attorney Abigail Price-Williams read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Chairman Martinez opened the public hearing. After no one appeared before the Board wishing to appear in connection with this matter, Chairman Martinez closed the public hearing. Commissioners Moss and Jordan requested to be added as a cosponsor the foregoing resolution. Hearing no further comments or questions, the Commission proceeded to vote on the foregoing proposed resolution. | ||||||
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County Attorney | 3/23/2011 | Assigned | Jess M. McCarty | ||||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION CODESIGNATING NW 2ND AVENUE FROM NW 30TH STREET TO NW 36TH STREET AS �DOROTHY QUINTANA AVENUE�, URGING THE CITY OF MIAMI TO JOIN IN SUCH CODESIGNATION BODY WHEREAS, Dorothy �Dottie� Quintana was born in 1909 in Ponce, Puerto Rico; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Quintana married Efrain Quintana in 1948, and moved to Miami in 1950; and WHEREAS, in 1957, she moved to a house in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, where she lived until her recent death on March 14, 2011 at the age of 101; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Quintana dedicated more than 50 years to improving life for the residents of Wynwood, fighting crime and drugs, helping residents secure social services, feeding the hungry, helping the sick and assisting senior citizens; and WHEREAS, over the years, Mrs. Quintana opened her home to Cuban refugees and to Haitian migrants; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Quintana served as a community activist up to her last days; and WHEREAS, Dorothy Quintana had received many awards and recognition for her service, in April 2002, for example, the City of Miami remodeled the community center located in Roberto Clemente Park located at 101 N.W. 34th Street in Miami, and named it the �Dorothy Quintana Center�; and WHEREAS, NW 2nd Avenue from NW 30th Street to NW 36th Street is a County road located within the City of Miami that borders Roberto Clemente Park; and WHEREAS, this Board would like to honor the memory of Dorothy Quintana and her service to this community with this codesignation; and WHEREAS, this proposed codesignation is located in County Commission District 3, 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, codesignates NW 2nd Avenue from NW 30th Street to NW 36th Street as�Dorothy Quintana Avenue�. Section 2. Urges the City of Miami to join in this codesignation. Section 3. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the City of Miami Mayor, the Miami City Commission and the City Manager for the City of Miami, 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 City of Miami Police Department, and the City of Miami Fire Rescue Department. |
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