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Resolution: R-16-0473
File Number: 1042
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 10/13/2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY A FOUR -FIFTHS
(4/5THS) VOTE, CODESIGNATING SOUTHWEST 16TH STREET FROM
SOUTHWEST 32ND AVENUE TO SOUTHWEST 37TH AVENUE, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS "ARTHUR H. HERTZ WAY;" FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
DESIGNATED OFFICES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Francis Suarez
WHEREAS, Arthur H. Hertz is Chairman ("Hertz"), Chief Executive Officer, and a
controlling shareholder of Wometco Enterprises, Inc. ("WEI"), a private company that owned the
Marine Exhibition Corporation, owner/operator of the Miami Seaquarium and Wometco de
Puerto Rico, Inc., and owner/operator of forty-five (45) Baskin -Robbins ice cream parlors in
Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, Hertz joined WEI in 1956 as an accountant, was appointed controller in
1960, elected Vice President in 1964, promoted to Senior Vice President and elected a Director
in 1971, elected as Executive Vice President and Treasurer in 1981, and appointed as Chief
Operating Officer in 1983; and
WHEREAS, during his career with WEI, Hertz also served as Treasurer and a member
of the Board of Directors of Wometco Cable TV, Inc., a subsidiary of WEI, which began
operations in 1973 and went public in 1981; and
WHEREAS, Wometco Cable TV, Inc. was purchased as part of a buyout in 1984 and
Hertz continued to oversee the financial operations of the cable company which was the 22nd-
largest multiple -system cable operator in the nation with over 300,000 subscribers; and
WHEREAS, in June, 1985, Hertz and another WEI officer, Michael S. Brown, led a
management buyout of WEI' entertainment and vending operations and named the new
company WOM Enterprises, Inc., now Wometco Enterprises, Inc. ("WOM"); and
WHEREAS, at that time, WOM operated two (2) movie theater chains with eighty-three
(83) screens in South and Central Florida and twenty-seven (27) screens in Puerto Rico;
Wometco vending companies, a $100 million contract food service and vending operation in
Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina; the Miami Seaquarium; and a group of Baskin -
Robbins ice cream parlors in Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, Hertz graduated cum laude with a Bachelors in Business Administration
degree from the University of Miami in 1955 and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta
Sigma, both scholastic honor fraternities; Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership
fraternity; and Iron Arrow, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a University of Miami
graduate; and
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WHEREAS, Hertz has previously been awarded the American Jewish Committee's
National Human Relation Award, the Cancer Support Community Heart and Star Award, and
the Miami Today Outstanding Community Leader Award and has been named a Tourism Hall of
Fame recipient; and
WHEREAS, Hertz serves on numerous community professional organizations, boards,
and foundations which include the Mitchell Wolfson Senior Foundation, the University of Miami
Board of Trustees, the University of Miami Hospital Board of Governors, the American Jewish
Committee, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the Greater Miami Chamber of
Commerce, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City of Miami Off -Street
Parking Authority, the Florida Tourism Commission, the Visit Florida Inc., the Orange Bowl
Committee, the University of Miami Alumni Association, the Miami City Club, and the National
Audubon Society of the Florida State Office; and
WHEREAS, Hertz served on the National Association of Theater Owners of Florida's
Executive Committee, the Dade County Educational Facility Board, the Florida Motion Picture
and Television Industry Council, the Dade County Public Health Trust, and the Board of
Directors Jackson Memorial (Hospital) Foundation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission, by a four -fifths (4/5ths) vote, hereby codesignates
Southwest 16th Street from Southwest 32nd Avenue to Southwest 37th Avenue, Miami, Florida,
as "Arthur H. Hertz Way".
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the
Departments of Police, Fire -Rescue, and Solid Waste; Miami -Dade County Department ofPublic
Works; and the United States Postal Service.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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