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2/4/98
RESOLUTION NO. ` R 152
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENT OF THE CITY
COMMISSION TO DESIGNATE COCONUT GROVE MINI -PARK,
LOCATED AT 3410 AND 3412 GRAND AVENUE, COCONUT
GROVE, FLORIDA, AS WILLIAM R. "BILLY" ROLLE DOMINO
PARK; FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
INSTRUCT THE ADMINISTRATION TO INITIATE THE FORMAL
PROCESS FOR DESIGNATING SAID PARK.
WHEREAS, Billy Rolle, who recently passed away, was a multi -faceted community
leader and creative force whose many contributions will be long remembered by a
community as diverse as his talents; and
WHEREAS, Billy Rolle was primarily an educator whose career spanned 35 years of
community service in the Dade County school system as a teacher, football and track
coach, band instructor, assistant principal and superintendent for community education;
and
WHEREAS, there was also Billy Rolle, the sophisticated saxophonist and leader of
the Billy Rolle Jazz Band that enjoyed long and noteworthy popularity from its inception in
1981; and
WHEREAS, his creative expertise also helped organize and launch the first Goombay
Festival held in his native Coconut Grove where the event has become an annual tradition;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission, on behalf of the City of Miami
and its citizens, to express its deepest gratitude by honoring the memory of Billy Rolle for
CITY COMMI33ION
MEETING OF
FEB 10 1998
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his many years of community service in academia and the arts by renaming Coconut Grove
Mini -Park in his memory;
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 hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby expresses its intent to designate
Coconut Grove Mini -Park, located at 3410 and 3412 Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove,
Florida, as William R. "Billy" Rolle Domino Park.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby directed to instruct the Administration to
initiate the formal procedure for designating said park.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of February—, 1998.
AT ES .
WALTER J. M , CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
L EDWARD M XWEL
I ERIM CITY dTORNEY
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XAVIER L. SUAREZ, MAYOR
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