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7/8/98
RESOLUTION NO. 9 ' - 449
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE CITY OF MIAMPS
MILDRED AND CLAUDE PEPPER .BAYFRONT PARK AND
MOERE NUMA KOEN, A PREMIERE PARK LOCATED IN THE
CITY OF SAPPORO, JAPAN, AS THE WORLD'S FIRST
"SISTER PARKS".
WHEREAS, common ties of mutual interest exist between the City of Miami,
Florida, and the City of Sapporo, Japan, in the area of arts and culture; and
WHEREAS, Moere Numa Koen, a premiere park located in Sapporo, Japan and
Miami's Mildred and Claude Pepper Bayfront Park were both designed by the renown
Japanese -American artist, Isamu Noguchi; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of this commonality, and the benefits derived from the
exchange of mutual interests, the City Commission would like to designate Sapporo's
Moere Numa Koen and Miami's Mildred and Claude Pepper Bayfront Park as the first
"Sister Parks" in the world;
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.
CITY CObwsm0x
MEETING OF
J U L 10 1997
Resolution Na
Section 2. The City of Miami's Mildred and Claude Pepper Bayfront Park and
Moere Numa Koen, a premiere park located in the City of Sapporo, Japan, are hereby
designated as the world's first "Sister Parks".
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July , 1997.
J0FE CAROLLO, MAYOR
ATTEST:
WALTER F EMAN
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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CITY ATTO,Fi
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June 11, 1977
Mr. -Edward Marquez
City Manager, City of Miami
444 Sid 2nd Avenue, 1 tfth Floor
Miami, FL 33130
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TELEVISION STATION
I am writing to request a 'personal appearance'at the upcoming City Commission; Meeting
scheduled for July i Oth. The purpose of this 'personal appearance' is to ask that a
,resolution -be passed -by the Commission making Mami's Bayfront -Par-k and Sapporo,
Japan's WoereNlu m a Park" the first sister parks in the world. -The reason for this is
because troth parrs are iambus ivr their Asian end launtains t av= been designed by the
famous Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi.
InNove , er -of -last year, an offidal -delegation ft<xr, the City -of Sapporo, including
SapW-o's Vice -MayGr ;shihara, visited Miami for preliminary discussions with Mayor
-Caro#o -and Yra -Katz, Executive Director and i fftrager vi the Barr rant Park
Amphitheater. I have been appointed by both the City of Miami and the Cityof Sapporo to
serve as a liaison in these arrangements and have presented t is prto
our Vice Mayor and Commissioners who are all very much in support of this becuming a
reality.
An official deiegaWn fro„n Sapporo is scliedl d to come to Miami for the 033i missia i
Meeting, and Vice Mayor Ishihara hopes to go before the Commission with ,me on that dM.
Should there be a change in te Commission Meeting, I will appear before the Commission
myseff to present the sister -parks' proposed resolution.
For your inforrmaiion, 1 currently serve as Bureau Chief nor Kagoshima TpI M-sion Stalion
Miami, producing a 'sister -city promotional TV show prese.^fing tw `best of ",: r?.�^ri` to the
Because of mry 4onq stand s ig ,relationship with Japan, I am volunteering to help make this
proposed "sister -park" resolution a reality because I believe it will contribute greatly toward
promoting our wonderful city abroad.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
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K73 MIAMI OFFICE
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