Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 121024 |
Printable PDF Format Clerk's Official Copy |
File Number: 121024 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-497-12 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 6/5/2012 | ||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 6/5/2012 | 11A27 | Adopted | P | |||
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County Attorney | 5/22/2012 | Assigned | Jess M. McCarty | ||||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF MIAMI CODESIGNATION OF NW 28TH STREET FROM NW 7TH AVENUE TO NW 12TH AVENUE AS �BETH LANG WAY� BODY WHEREAS, on December 15, 2011, the Miami City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-11-0535 which codesignated NW 28th Street from NW 7th Avenue to NW 12th Avenue as �Beth Lang Way,� in recognition of her contributions to the City of Miami, a copy of which is attached and incorporated by reference; and WHEREAS, Beth Lang was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1938, and achieved a degree in nursing and a master�s degree in social work; and WHEREAS, Lang, who herself overcame alcohol and prescription drug addiction, dedicated her life�s work to substance abuse treatment programs; and WHEREAS, shortly after Lang moved to Miami in 1987, she became the director of Better Way, a substance abuse treatment center; and WHEREAS, along with the Homeless Trust, Beth Lang helped raise community consciousness and made it possible to shrink the homeless population in Miami-Dade County; and WHEREAS, Beth Lang passed away on September 19, 2011; and WHEREAS, NW 28th Street from NW 7th Avenue to NW 12th Avenue is a city street located in the City of Miami; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami wants the County to install signage indicating this codesignation on County street signs and traffic signal masts arms; and WHEREAS, this 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. Approves the City of Miami codesignation of NW 28th Street from NW 7th Avenue to NW 12th Avenue as �Beth Lang Way.� Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to send certified copies of this Resolution to the City Manager of the City of Miami, the United States Postal Service, the Traffic Signals and Signs Division of the Public Works and Waste Management Department, the Land Development/Right-of-Way Division of the Public Works and Waste Management Department, the Miami Police Department, and the Miami Fire-Rescue Department. |
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