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Re: Emergency Clean-up /La Salle High School
Date: February 20, 1997
To whom it may concern:
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(Ws) 954-2334
Fax: ()Jf) $58-5971
Mr. Mayor and City Commissioners, we applaud your commitment to prioritize your appropriations to the
basic needs of the community and the concerns which can easily be ratified with minimal assistance on your
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With this is mind, we respectfully request emergency financial or In -kind assistance from the City of Miami
for the following:
1. To remove garbage and debris left on school property as a result of the hurricane.
2. To clean-up and restore, or fill in the reflective pool which also contains debris as well stagnant water
and insects.
{ Although our institution received F.E.M.A. dollars, there was never enough to complete the total clean-up.
Of course those funds have ceased to exist, and our needs have become more crucial.
Many city based community organizations .md individual artists in residence include:
The Coconut Grove Children's Theatre, Inc. (now in its 25th year), Momentum Dance Company, The
Children's Cultural Coalition with some over 200 members, Bess Conservatory of Music, and
others included in our proposal were displaced for one reason or another and now have been given usage
and/or a home in facilities on La Salle High School property.
The debris, garbage, and stagnate water have become health and safety concerns for the thousands of City of
Miami children who attend performances and other outreach programs offered by these entities.
Because of potential injury and illness these factors ultimately will become a deterrent for participation in
not only these programs, but our general institutional operations with over 95% of our student population
residing in our City.
Initially, it was suggested to pursue our request with an historical reference. A request was made for
S1291 000,00 which included other less pressing concerns.
Today, we make an emergency appeal! Children are getting hurt, and there just isn't enough revenue to
take on this mammoth task!
We urgently, but respectfully need your assistance to bring this massive endeavor to fruition, so that our
institution as well as our various community affiliations may remain viable and continue to serve the young
of Miami.
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Yours for youth,
Sr. Maryann Schaefer, FMA
Administrator
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