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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #43 - Discussion ItemDIVERSIFIED ECONOMIC DIRECTION INC. March 3rd, 1986 Mr. Cesar Odio City Manager MIAMI CITY HALL 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Fla. 33133 Dear Mr. Odio: We the representatives from Diversified Economic Direction, Inc., are requesting to appear on March 18th, 1986 at the Commission Meeting, as a regular item in the mentioned agenda. The matter: The use of the Bicentennial Park for Cultural purposes involving minorities and the educational System of South Florida. Sincerely yours, Marcos-'Alcayaga President By D.E.D., Inc. 555 Plaza Venetia / at N.E. 15si / Suite 23D / Miami, Florida 331321(305) 381-9297 piscussioN DIVERSIFIED ECONOMIC DIRECTION INC. A MESSAGE From Our Minority Company In a very simple and sincere way, we take this opportunity to present our projects and common goals to you. On this special oc- casion, we have the honor and pleasure to share these ideas with distinguished representatives of the international community of Miami. This opportunity to share these views will be platformed as "The Meeting of the Year", because for us this is the most signifi- cant step needed to be taken now, creating the opportunity for all of us to work together. r . n After a long but gratifying labor of love, we are pleased to >A .` present to you the results of this continuing effort --this opportu- nity of participation in the constant process of change and develop- ment. According to our capacities and recognizing our economic limitations, we undertook the research with pleasure. Today, more than ever, we are firmly committed to the belief of obtaining tang - able results in benefit of all. Moreover, we will double our efforts to continue our work until the collective objective and final propo- sal is obtained. .0 For these same reasons, we must express our sincere thanks to 051,the many representatives, officials and executives of profit and 3{ 9- non-profit organizations from the } P B public and private sectors of a this community for their counsel, assistance and guidance. "Thank you.,, The community of Miami must unite all the available human resources - technical, professional, economic and civic - in order to produce tangible results in the shortest period of time in all the structures of society, with special emphasis on education. And today, as a common challenge and leadership test, it is an honor for us to present to you this project; directly supporting the educational needs of this international community of Miami. A Two -Way Bridge That Permits: Support for training and education * Assistance in acquiring or transfering technology * Transfer of management skill * Improving the general environment for entrepreneurial activity; or Development of intermediate financial institutions and organizations. 555 Plaza Venetia I at N.E. 15st I Suite 23D / Miami, Flonda 33132 / (305) 361-9297 I 91 This event needs the collaboration, help and participation of a number of important and influential institutions; in addition, we will be privileged to have the support and guidance of a distin- guished roster of professionals who have been producers of success- ful fairs, expositions, conferences, and special projects. This will give to the international community of Miami the assurance of a well -coordinated, organized and professionally promoted and well -attended event. We cordially invite you to participate in this event. This invitation is extended to managers and executives designated by your organization or institution to cover the cycles of conferences and meetings, to participate in the process of decision -making, and to be a part as a Member in the organizational structure of the event. We urge you to review the enclosed material, in our effort to produce results for the benefit of all, especially to organization directly or indirectly related to activities dealing with education, international trade, or commerce and finances. Considering your invaluable help, we would appreciate a prompt response and support which will enable us to complete with you all phases of the program. We sincerely find this project timely in responding to true needs of the community. Sincerely, Marc os�A_lc ayaga President MA/mp $` Enc.: A highlight presentation, introducing you to the "BICENTENNIAL s. PARK INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 19861, 4 0 2 00 0 P NON-PROFIT RESEARCH PROJECT USE OF THE FIXED ASSETS NOT USED BY THE COMMUNITY, PARKS AND RECREATIG Bicentennial Park. International Education Development Project. Creation & Formation of the International Latin American Institute for Professional Capacitation & Training in U.S. It is well known that the contribution given and paid by the community to develop, build and maintain Park and Recreation areas are not well utilized to the full capability, creating a tremendous depreciation of fixed assets because of poor management, affecting the charisma of the City, moreover creating losses in tourism, employment and family entertainment which was the real foundation for what the community was paying for. One of the most important goals of the City of Miami, State and local government agencies, profit and non-profit business development organizations, trade associations and others is to have a "permanent fair". Miami's special characteristics such as its ethnic diversity and weather characteristics are also intangible assets helping develop this permanent fair. All these factors together make and create a favorable climate to reach this goal. Our interest is to provide the good use of the areas already identified as creating losses to the city or the county due to '<w lack of interest or poor management operation. Our interest is to develop a total and Master Plan for the specific area where activities are going to be scheduled on a permanent basis. - Our interest is to provide 11,600 new jobs in a current year. - To generate income to the city where before there was a loss. - To recuperate the fi::ed assets and to provide the real value of what the community i:; paying for. - Our desire is to obtain a management contract between the city and non-profit institutions and organizations created for this purpose. - To coordinate all the human, material and institutional sources at a local and international level. The Master Program for a permanent fair must contemplate socio-cultural, recreational, educational and commercial activities to satisfy the wants and needs of the local and international community. r" ' 9 0. 0 "0w; Because of the slow motion of the process of decision -making at the level of the public sector, a delay in progress and main- tenance is created throughout the areas where the community is in- vesting and paying. The management ability, capability and �.:• flexibility y of the private sector demonstrate that all of the r£-- obstacles listed can be avoided. The time for responsible action is now, not next year. Therefore, in a general exposition, we can firmly say this is a bridge which needs a two-way action to be a real and active part to share common philosophy in the defense and support of the economic system of free enterprise and the conservation of demo- cratic principles in the Western Hemisphere and especially in our City. t We want to bring attention to the proper use and applications technological of funds and human and effort. Our g' goal is to spend �k the minimum and produce the maximum in terms of quantity, Y, quality and time. We want to encourage U.S.A. companies to participate in helping us to open new and real channels of the international trade ` fair, especially those involved in non-profit organizations acting as the real sponsors, and to support and p pp guide in these areas: support the training and education P--:.:: - assist in acquiring or transfering technology �• - transfer management skills improve the general environment for entrepreneurial activity; or 6w4., develop intermediate finance institutions and organizations. D.E.D., Inc. firmly recognizes and wants to offically confirm i ' t that for this specific project, it is not actingfor profit. D.E.D., Inc.Inc is acting as a private minority corporation working for the community. a We propose a ehating profit as follows: • 8, ADMINISTRATIVE its*; 96 to the City of Miami and all public administrative body EDUCATION `{ % to reinvest in support the training and education of the local educational institution assisting in: * acquiring or transferring technology * transferring management skills *,improving the general environment for entrepreneurial skill * developing intermediate financial institutions and organizations at the international level participating t S OC IO-CULTURAL-SPORTS yb to be shared between non-profit organizations participating in the program ECONOMIC ._ % to be shared between sub -contractors of the private sector participating and helping directly as sponsors % for the International Latin American Institute for Professional Capacitation and Training Name = ? n ?01% • 404'.IA OWSOM "AMC .4 I 0 kk Give and take on foreign students To The Editor. i read with Interest your recent editorial applauding the state of Florida for its scholarsMp efforts with respect to students from Latin and South America, It Is an excellent program and should be cultivated. On the other hand. it Is with considerable irony that I recall an article from a recent Issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. It pro- video a classic example of the right hand not knowing what the left. is doing. First we try to encourage qualified students from our neighbors to the South to attend our Institutions as past of the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Then, when they get hen, the best of the lot graduate students who are employed es teacMng assistants — are now subjected to an unreasonably heavy tax on the stipends they are paid. As a result. we am imposing hardships of /—,those International studemts who corm o study In tbe'Unitsd Stater. Poi Uc&Uy We.belleve it Is In our bem interest to brink students from owes - countries to the United ' States so they may profit from their experience has and return, home with a greater under- standing of the value of freedom and an ability to make a positive contribution to the propees of their native lands. EconomiesUy, however, to make an Infinitesimal dent in the Federal deficit. the Deficit Reduction Act has effective- ly undermined and removed virtually all of the positive benefits we have sought to generate by bringing these bright students to this country. It doesn't make sense. SIDM L. BEsvD= Associate Provost and Dealt for Research and Graduate Studies. university of hilamf 12A The Miami Herald / Tuesday. August 27, 1985 Kerala _. Dollars for Scholars THOUSANDS of students from Latin America and the Caribbean attend A6 colleges and technical schools in Communist -bloc countries. Along with their education, they receive a heavy dose of political indoctrination. Many of the students. who Include young Panamanians in Moscow to study "waterway management," are there by default. Some would prefer to study in the United States. especially In Florida. t The climate -- literal and academic — makes sunny Miami far more congenial to them than frigid Moscow for free academic Inquiry. The Soviets, however, work through Communist -led unions and other groups to recruit bright students from the Third World. They offer scholarships and other aid. The United States competes poorly. { This can't be encouraging for Ameri- cans who want democracy to flourish in ry _x Latin America and the Caribbean. The specter of Marxist -trained graduates returning home as teachers, doctors, economists, and politicians does not bode well for U.S. security, either. The solution, however, Is not for the United States to try to prevent these students from studying in the Soviet bloc. Rather. It's to offer them an alternative. Most simply cannot afford to attend college In the United States without help. Trouble is, with financial aid to American students now being reduced, persuading Congress to Increase aid to ' foreign students isn't easy. Fortunately. Foreign students Florida is showing the way. In Nflami tti^ other day, eight students from Centrsl America and the Caribbean were given scholarships. They join 10 other recipi- ents already studying in Florida schools. All told. Florida now offers 22 of these scholarships. The program. initiated last year. received $256,000 in state mono -.- for the current fiscal year. Encouraging as this program is. remains minuscule alongside Soviet-bic aid. Florida alone cannot hope to ma:c:: that. but there are other rescurcps can be tapped. More Federal :none;: i:: needed, but private donations are real hope. To receive p: ivate gifts, the Flor':+- interamerican Scholarship 1'oundat:- has been created. Its board of trustee:: i.; headed by Gov. Bob Gra:ia:n includes Congressman Dante Fasc6l, state Rep. Betty Metcalf, and several other distinguished Miamians. Amber Moss, former U.S. ambassador to Panr.- ma, Is the group's adviser on internation- al affairs. The group Is worthy of the rublfc'•.; generous support. The money that II, spends to help Latin American ^a•! Caribbean students attend coNege Florida is as investment that yields triple dividends: It is spent in Florida. it helps those students. and it serves U.3. Interests. 0 November 1 17 Soviet plan demands a doubling 1W of industrial .output in 15 years MOSCOW — The Soviet Union X; plans to double Its Industrial output In the next 13 yes». with of the growth coming from increased labor productivity. Then goals —theeyy an central bfikhall Gorba- '` ebev'osvrevitalization of the Soviet economy —were outlined In a draft veratoa of the nation's 12th Five -Year Plm, pubWhed Friday night by Tau news agency. The proposed plan. to run from 1930 to 1990, along with goals set for the year 2000, was approved at a plenum of the Communist Par- ty s Central Committee last month. It will be adopted formally next February at the 27th party congress. x Under the Soviet Union's cen- ;. _ ` t: alized economy, the plan deter- : mines the nation's economic course In all its aspects, from the rate of growth In capital Invest- ment to the number of shoes to be produced by 1990 (the goal is 900 s million palrsk N `The 12th five-year 'period is to become the turning point in the economic and social development of the U.S.S.R. in every respect.' Soviet Five -Year Plan Coming before the end of Gor- bachev's first year in power. the FIan also will be one of the key evers in his campaign to improve the economy. to boot technologi. cal progress and exact the kind of work needed from the Soviet labor force. "The 12th five-year period is to become the turning point In the economic and social development of the U.S.S.R. In every respect, the plan says. Without giving any figures or percentages. the plan makes pass- ing reference to an increase in military spending. The draft plan criticizes the recent slowdown in the Soviet economy, which it blames on a failure to switch to "Intensive" production and to restructure management methods. For several years. Soviet plan- ners have been trying to shift the country onto "Intensive" irowth, away front the "extensive' use of labor and resources that helped to fuel growth rates in earlier years. In the 1980s. the growth in the Soviet economy has leveled off at about 3 percent a year. In a major speech this spring, Gorbachev said that a 4 percent annual growth rate was the minimum required now. in calling for a 150 percent Increase In labor productivity by the yeat 2000, the new plan recalled recent campaigns against alcoholism and appeals for greater labor discipline. UNESCO plays it safe, puts SOK.A, Bulgaria — (UPI) -- The good deal of agreement that things r lengthy 0 session that , haft to change." I off reform ended Saturday In Sofia was a Aside from worrying about the "don't rock the boat" affair aimed The United States provided $43 U.S. pullout, UNESCO Is faced mainly► at saving the embattled million annually to UNESCO, with a decision by Britain to quit agency. about one-fourth of its budget. at the end of 1983 unless major The five -week conference of 132 During the summer, the executive reform are instituted. member states of the United board co UNESCO paring down Timothy Ralson. Britain's minis. Nations Educational. Scientific and programs ter for overseas development, told Cultural Organization had its combining some and ellminaung the conference last month UNES. share of political wrangling. Others. CO was "nowhere sufficiently There were few serious efforts, The board and the agency's focused on the practical develop• however, to unravel a careful controversial director. Amadou ment of education, science and consensus reached last July by the Mahtar M'Bow. made no decision. culture." executive board that dealt less however, On controversial propos- Among Britain's long list of with rhetoric and more on ways to als dealing with law to cut back proposed reform is sharp cuts in deal with the buret shortfall its staff or bow to bring about programs on pie and dim. resulting from the United States' Worms. Neither, for the most ment. withdrawal at the end of 1054. p t6e� ooaference. Rataah acid Britain will make a "It is for that reason this 1J s 1d deciaioa-mak- final decision after it analyzes the conference Is being quite moder- Ins body, w ch began Its work results of the gea�ral conference. ate." said one Western dNeg Oct. L Other nations — moat notably "Then Is a signtAcant %Wwe of -At a clod" news conference. Canada and Japan — an trying to will to acoommodaq cow_ peomin Henri Z.opes, assistant director reform the organization from to save the organlzatbn. Tb 'a a generab noted that only two of within. /'\ '"*N f. '1Lm 1S" S Florida to -add 5.7 million - in 15 years, planners say WASMMUM — (AP) — Five statas in the Sun Belt Will account for wore than bait the nation's population growth through the t � �t other�t all states asy ion far fewer people. a private resserch group said Man - National Planning Assncla. tba projected that California win 000d tD be the nation's biggest =tIon gainer, adding 6.6 mil. iioa people between the 1960 census and 2000, while Florida will add S.7 million people. California. Florida. Texas. Art - zoos and North Carolina will account for 21.8 million additional trin bepiopealetatlon's total2000. OW 34 addigons�. tube tact, early 80 percent of the nation's population gain in the coming yyeses b expected to be in the Souuth and West as Americans migr to in search of jobs. Whta le the National Planning Association projected relatively little growth for or parts of the nation. It foresaw population dos clines IA only three places — New York. the District of Columbla. NoNYe ork losing And it foresaw Now 3.= residents insteadofthe 13.miglon that the Ceases Bureau had prof. ected In 196& That is good news for several Northeastern and Midwestern states that have lost population in recent yam. and had been expect. ed b� some population experts to onthat decline. In the Northeast. for example, the planning associationthat Massachusetts projected gSM gainer by adding 360.000 woaN. Michigan was expected to NW 0. Midwest in growth with to its mat recent projections, lamed two years sip. the Census Bureau forecast that Massacbu- setts would lam 246.800 people between 1980 and Z000. and Michigan would drop 50,700. Carttou Strom of the planning association said that while his uses figures as they of the same ban Consuls Bureau spedansts. It places more empha. eats one eoonoalc charge, and this likely explains the difference. He also noted that his group has had the benefit of two more years of economic taformad"L The Census Bureau projections were based on changes in birth AM death rates anti migration ri d of pt h e act led the expe• OW of the larger differences between the teams and planning aasoNadon figures was for Flori- da, and Strong said he was uumre of the reasons for the discrepancy. The planning association antid- patea that Florida will add 5.767.- 000 people by 2000 while census experts had placed it first. antici- pating growth of 7.698.000. Since the 1980 census, however. Charles Lon Ao of the University of Miami has documented an Increase In what be calls reverse qdvwoL with some retied el - OM POO& to their choosing after �back evea i yam in retirement. Moot of the differences in popu. lation growth among the states can be attributed to the migration of people responding to job oppor- tunities. Str"g said. However. this varies coaddsra. bly by age group. with the remit Bhand o expected of people &se tted to grow more sharply In Arixoas and Fkurida anti to a much leaser extent 14 Illinois sad New York. amllt M--I�M A ststaboetate Not of e9 tam estimated by the National Plarumkp Association end the COMA ewes: � 'e`'vr rm w Go"^ IMAM %aasw o I.u� w MOM mom e..Mew�. sews MOW low VIM obsoloneft mgbiw anwame aim twin 411111111111 wss w lam �� NUMIM � i. � • s _ _w wives am mum i famedsammeno OPOSSUM Now lid ++MOM 4am famed" u.� I � WAM lam � sri� nun ++n awn gum swrre.�n. own Ism ass oams "JOIN IOAN $$mesh" ism am a. rna •ass mauve e"W" . "W "Vier. •sous olkin r / s �y The Miami Hersfd• » .�:• �i Friday. November 30, 19M r , • . Hel eli*pa.0. L,y 1� y Crl'�W1G 1 :r , ..0 Rli �e�i RF�Oi •�t•-iu yirsx y HAW smif w rrtf. in the comieg years. Florida should create jobg • The. row n' is the first SWon 4► older residents. develop • �• may:' said (ors' housing options ttiar. kW:Pbll Lewl •r :tad encourage. the dtairasan, ei-= private firms to; Pa4m Bench' "But.if ew'fedon! . ' help . f�N housistgt� P *ad : p health, �~ �`�?•; �iM6 ��4 � ` x ,• .•fir tlrt as to a'. r--�p�. 1 1 tlatioa. . �r'e!rscom— °h� LW�i ` milliOM The .Y•�•Ozy ��N3 rleodatioasr COI>fmittee os „. aging • frM, P4nr to educate A�°g' to el g " youngsters about the podd%w, as- in Fort Lauder• ppeeacs of old a e to fqe' We Thursday, roleased a grtttt of . ipesa±ea,ed t me-hesf4 "r lino uaag tcr- the report It will present Gm►, cam senior centers wad nutrition; Bob Geahwm tiext month. Graham appolatsd the 19-member c9mmit proms :fit•. , reoa�f► tee' fit June to develop pdifcg': � jot of -the •' guidelines and legislative retort- mendstlo" however. is • to "`` mendations to help Florida bitter MOW ing Florida's^ elde0 ` residencLi Ju ding for proggrams aimed' at active and independent. hopefa8y - keeping people Wing Independent - preventing great-coftrrisis cars ; lyas laag.as possible. at a later date.. Florida' • should "aggressively For instance« the -report recom- . support - those who are able and r. mends expandfog the scale's Com- want to work." the report says, munity Can for. the Elderly Pro ' adding that It -they are not earning gram; wWrdr brings health and their own income, it is more likely ' housekeeping services into the the state would have to support• homes of frail old people. The them. it calls for job training and program serves 13 per cent of tbW expandon of senior employ- those:eil AFcordin`` to the mesh prognma.aad suggests eau• conrrpieteeporR. tb CCE pro- cafiionaf•ppogratftt aftned at dispel - gram should by to meet SO per ing negative myths about old age. ` cent of the aced by 1990. The committee's report atao ' The oommittse•eho dealt exten- dvely with Wise of housing. notes that many elderly partld• ; Includia boarding homes and pats In volunteer programs and r nursingDomes. Its report encour• suggests that Florida take advan• ages the development of elderly ttge o[ senior volunteers in state ; roup•housing and adult foster programssen�iag elderly. omen. and urges tighter licensing , In all areas considered — health, k controls on nursing and boarding housing, employment and educa- homes. tion — the committee urges tax But. noting that 80 per cent of Incentives to encourage the the Florida's elderly residents own Wt. to 1 o t : MEOMMEM010WE'FaZz 11 IAA- The BMW Refit I Ilanday, Movember 10, IM •. ,._ .cam-: •: = .... • .: �;:::: .,e;i•4r�' , •,-. Nation; s top'i",*' worf, 0 jo MAW- conearn about the tedeal'Its detidt was mendotted by ' vi*Wa & 1 .11 U a" , In nWe than 300 ddCa � Pen ,. ptraent each are •abw. tanners' eco. t,, sw poverty and Ya40 lor #fferedca ahomt, which nitlOnaC�e+OblemY are 7ltoat.11ti1nt tie abmW ai' ROW.ROW.; nun { %n not coo. 1 elle deReMrin r V Much D ocher peraot���l vrhose tatNgr ttiCome . fell thim 00MAMAft (30 eroeny thps full atom/ wbtta 22 pet�ceat Repo_U, (15 t) and thaw with incomes d SM000 or more (17 peresma IA the latest sunray, the Rgwbll- cam Party has eat the advaetsp ovW tfM►Defitotatle Party It bald 1 arlies 'tbb►rear as better able to Cope wit>t'the problems the public deemp. most ttryeot. 6 Ili propaf�s. x eaeb, Wattle the am and �.,a tie' ntle Party as non �:. �rlta tllaaadoa. �: probNaw whiillejp2233 13 pet+alnt • an ` GOP (37ottm pettxnt) �►K. ptoca Odemen than the And in e�lvanta�e was a wkh the GOP fMf>e�- lit 4 tkt frost. f� this a >dM tier of no_ fief WOne 23li ?e 231 27 22 1d S .. If 12 j! yam•: . 10 td w w-101 1010— doom Crkm 3 4 4 4 grtp ebtne 3 d s 1 f tt•af to lug :t.'...,,R 3 1 2 ... d' 9 3 . 17 24 14 17 3 3 3 • • f " iiMW in airnnt wrv". ••• Lees thm 1% Tete1/. am to non Men 100 perowrt bsonr.e of rrxrft w rwporom This question was also asked: *,~ political Party do You tklek Can do a better' job of handnb tkit prob�t you leave PartyMe or#& DmmocieR� 1 F70 I M V_ �W.A Group of volunteers wants to keep arts financially healthy uring the recent de•y:; bate oyer increasing I occupational license I tees in Dade County to fund a symphony orchestra. we ` beard a lot about the impor- tance of culture to a communi• y, s<especi ry ally in attracting new indIt was one of the chief arguments of business and cul- total leaders who insisted that a with twresda numbers of finely caned orchestra is a educaderL welfare and health necessary Ingredient to making orgaolzdons. This places a Greater Metal more than Just premium on managemm►t skills another metropolitan area that only talented and Intarest- whtere people might want to ed executives can provide.live and work. Kea Kahn kaoas the problem Indeed. culture is Important. wets. He has seen the cultural It can be the make-or•break commtmity mushroom — and factor In whether a company stumbN at times — during his decides to open a new plant 10 years as executive director of beta. Conversely. it can key a the Dade County Council of management decision to move Arta and Sciences. Nsewbero "no cultural community Is in But there's another side to desperate need of knowledge - culture that doesn t grab a lot of able. thinking board members besdtlaes. It's the behind -the- to guide them' says Kahn. -scan *boardroom challenge of "Wa ve lot 230 ships; they all keepiag the various cultural need to be dptalned." groups — symphony. theater. Enter the Arta & Business art, ballet — financially healthy CounW Inc. An independent so they can sta a the kinds of agency started In 1972 in New events the pudic wants to York City. It unites corpora - attend. thous and cultural organizations tbmGifted executives a more businational ness suppoograms rt. M volvement and understanding i kr I