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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
FROM: Victoria Mdndez, City Attorney
DATE: August 10, 2021
RE: Resolution No. I6-0473 — Codesignation - Arthur H. Hertz Way
File No. 1042
At its October 13, 2016 meeting, the City Commission adopted the above referenced
agenda item, PH,1, authorizing the codesignation of Southwest 16th Street from Southwest 32nd
Avenue to Southwest 37th Avenue, Miami, Florida, as "Arthur H. Hertz Way". The item
inadvertently contained a typographical error in the description of the codesignated roadway.
The Legislation has been corrected and incrernented to Revision A.
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File Number: 1042
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY A FOUR-FI_r'FHS (415THS)
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 HEREIN DESIGNATED OFFICES.
WHEREAS, Arthur H. Hertz is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a controlling
shareholder of Wometco Enterprises, Inc., a private company that owned the Marine Exhibition
Corporation, ownerloperator of the Miami Seaquarium and Wometco de Puerto Rico, Inc., and
is the owner/operator of forty-five (45) Baskin -Robbins ice cream parlors in Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hertz joined the former Wometco Enterprises, Inc. (''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 as Chief Operating Officer in 1983; and
WHEREAS, during his career with WEI, Mr. Hertz also served as Treasurer and a
member of the Board of Directors of Wometco Cable TV, Inc., a subsidiary, 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
Mr. 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, Mr. Hertz and another WEI officer, Michael S. Brown, led a
management buyout of WEI Enterprises' entertainment and vending operations and named the
new company WOM Enterprises, Inc. (now Wometco Enterprises, Inc.); and
WHEREAS, at that time, the company 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, Mr. 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
WHEREAS, in 2012, he was awarded the American Jewish Committee's National
Human Relation Award and in 2014, the Cancer Support Community Heart and Star Award, the
Miami Today Outstanding Community Leader Award and the Tourism Hall of Fame recipient;
and
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WHEREAS, Mr. 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, Mr. 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 (415ths) vote, hereby codesignates
Southwest 16th Street from Southwest 32nd Avenue to Southwest 28th 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, Solid Waste, Miami -Dade County Public Works, and the
United States Postal Service.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall became effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution: R-16-0473
File Number: 1042
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.cam
Final Action Date: 10/13/2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY A FOUR -FIFTHS
(415THS) VOTE, CODESIGNATING SOUTHWEST 16TH STREET FRAM
SOUTHWEST 32ND AVENUE TO SOUTHWEST 37TH AVENUE, M1AN V, r
FLORIDA, AS "'ARTHUR H. HERTZ WAY;" FURTHER DIRECTING THE OIT'
CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE -
DESIGNATED OFFICES DESCRIBED HEREIN. c'
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Francis Suarez
WHEREAS, Arthur H. Hertz is Chairman ("Hertz"), Chief Executive Officer, and at_
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 195E 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 (4l5ths) 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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