HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1987-05-14 Discussion Item (2)T70
April 20, 1987
Mayor Xavier Suarez
Mayor of Miami
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
. Dear Mayor Suarez,
You have long been a strong
supporter of "Miami
Nice. "
As you
will see from the attached
letter which
I have sent to
Corma.*:lis-
sioner Winn on behalf of St.
Thomas University
and) The
Service
Institute, soon Miami is going to be able
to boast that
ours is
the first city in the cOvn`, _, pot
all 4000 taxi
drivers
through a courtesy course.
In my letter to Commissioner tvinn I am followin_ , Lq, on a ccD.r.,it-
ment made by the Convention Bureau to contribute to the promo-
tional program for: "Miami Nice."
I see a great oL-I,portur_ity this July on the 2nd anniversary of
tNice - when 4 .i 4CCC (1ri vers wiII nave been throuah the
&f. "` tC' f_GOE i 1'C•t CI t::G ("rid%elf:, i1ra'Li.e but boost miami
on a national Level..
We would like .to �a.a-d.inn.er/dance for all the drivers ar,c
ti✓eY".cive� at major Miami hotel to salute these "P iai i :lice"
gra7dates,=iffiost of whom are hard working family men and women.
Since there will surely be national press for SUCI) an event i5nc;
since the City of Miami will benefit greatly fror., this lit ec:i r
am r4ega"tieg a grant of $10,80b fren- the City of Liowi. to t:<--1p
defray those costs. "I'liami Nice" training is furs er 7 : y LF_<= e
County, but "graduation" events such as this arP fury( fc' c•,t:I_c'
�.t r•ve that.
1 i ould te happy to discuss this with you, or your
,-erfoLr. a.ny r�ractical s-tef.F, related to this request.
Sincerely,
Thomas Vurpby
Executive Director
The Service Institute
Et. Thomas University
designee, and
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April 20, 1987
Robert Rosenberg
Greater Miami Convention &
Visitors Bureau
4770 Biscayne Blvd., Penthouse A
[Miami, Florida 33137
Commissioner Sherman Winn
County Commissioner
73 W. Flagler Street, Rm. 252
Miami, Florida 33131
Dear Commissioner Winn and Mr. Rosenberg,
Very shortly Dade County will enjoy the distinction of being the
first major municipality in United States to have nut al= o= its
taxi drivers t_lrouo a courtesy training class.
This July, on the second anniversary of ":!iami
'graduate the 4000th 'nazi Nice to>;i driver. By that =oin;
Qt-�v al+i: vt-ItCr,:n i1-girl cabbies will have taken the ":11i ani Nice"
i.ce
cnuror? ,,i_ ie ^t once.
^c c:-,; eve such a milestone and be the first in the country is
both a ;me,,lorable distinction a -,►t O(t,tt rtunity tC, L)-o.rlote Dade
County as a national leader, even as We , ►. �.yl �u r.:L�;►.. L�,e
scope of the pro(;ram for next year.
At The Service Institut'. --tt St. Thomas university I am workin-3
with County elan a major celebration. in July in
drivers' honor. Y7e have been talking about offering a
dinner/dance for all the drivers and their wives. 14e p.-ian to
hold the event at a major Hotel to i u t1-11� t ;.I�I-t t!lis
of their accomjplishments over the -cast t;ao years.
T_ ;1F,Gc= iC �tU11 t-he Ci enlisting a hotel to contLi'Dui:t soon
a service. Alreat.} r:" ; -„ t, i ;- ' i �a r _13.- ,:-
fered to contribute a full page a.; air i -
so we can list the names of all 4000 "(�J&6 UcttQ'4
The issue: s .)nine.,. _ (l, 111 `: ltltl I
'1 rcf-i j,,; tion on this level for Miami' = taxi drivers, most. of WI:C,It
olt; t,-;►:F�r, �•e vill not only boost the driver's
t )f. ar.le County and Miami.
:+E'_.�.-11'.:��ctr-' +t t �-+t_�t:-i t t t� t :.t;f.� fl
U
r
I am writing to you on a technical matter: currently Tit:"' Servico.
_institute at St. Thomas University oLaerates "Mliami Fic e-
$90,000 contract with Dade County. ,6,0010 of that is intended
lt,)r the try, :sling and $14,000 is earmarked annually for marketing,
Orornotion, etc.
In September the
County
Commission approved the
contract
any
designated that
the 90
five
25
annual fee on medallions
generates half the coy:4 ,
from the airport,
$14,000
from the seaport, $10,000
con:F�I-
tr�
r:.itz to provide
Facilities
and
=1<<,000 is cc- co,,(? fror.) the
Convention Bureau bed tax
money.
Tile first four have all been in place for some time. But with
oroblers at tr!(- has got-
ten lost and the =ureau has not made its .514,000
In ;A4 r;iscussion with a prominent Convention Bureau
week Y it c t ;tip•- -- t tp <<;It t-C r- C if t"-a.t
could not on'-,, jade but designated to us to offset: t.le
of producing, this 2nd anniversary .i.r.
cjriv•__,.. T17c,.suir-it of suc,l cj co mm. i _... _ .. _ ... _ _ -•._ _ __. _
it's now an iS--:�Ur.
I would be ha,)r)y tC disCUSS this with you, aS Well ;!: St%—.e*
need to take
at this point in the C•�un-tj•'_
.process to plan
for continuinc; out :40rF.
�.iLi. .'r_�
ter_
three of the
pro,frarn we seek to expanc:
tl,-
advanta,es of
�orler�curt t--u generate evcn
;r.a___
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ncerel-,
Thomas A. :4urphy
xec uLiv._ 7 actor
The Service lnscitutt,
cc; C--nrty Transportation Committee Members
County Sergio Pereira
" 1
.:- i i--m Cullom
?iciard Careen
dv:iso(, Ccf.•i.t1tc-e Members