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RESOLUTION NO. 85-4:16
A RESOLUTION DEDICATING THE FOUNTAIN AT
BICENTENNIAL PARK TO THE CITY OF CALI,
COLOMBIA, IN A GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP
FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI, RECIPROCATING A
SIMILAR GESTURE MADE IN NOVEMBER, 1983;
INSTRUCTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION TO PREPARE AN APPROPRIATE
PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THIS GESTURE AS
WELL AS PLANNING DEDICATION CEREMONIES
DURING THE 2ND WEEK OF MAY, 1985; AND
FURTHER ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $1,000.00 FROM THE OPERATING
BUDGET OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT TO COVER RELATED COSTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Cali, Colombia, dedicated a fountain in
honor of the City of Miami in November, 1983, as part of the
sister city program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami wishes to reciprocate this
gesture of friendship; and
WHEREAS, the large fountain at Bicentennial Park, as a part
of the Bayfront Park of the Americas, is a most suitable site to
reciprocate the friendship shown by the people of Cali, Colombia;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
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OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The large fountain located at the Bicentennial
Park is hereby dedicated to the City of Cali, Colombia, in
reciprocation for the November, 1983 dedication of a similar
fountain in the City of Cali, Colombia, to the City of Miami.
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Section 2. The Department of Parks and Recreation is
instructed to make preparations for a commemorative plaque to be
placed near the fountain as well as plan and execute the
dedication ceremony to be held in the 2nd week of May, 1985.
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Section 3. An amount not to exceed $1,000.00 is hereby
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CITY COMMISSION
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allocated from the Operating Budget of the Parks and Recreation
Department to cover the cost of said plaque and ceremony.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this llth day of APRIL- - - - , 1985.
MAURICE A. FERRE
MAYOR
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alph G. Ongie, City Cler
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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Chief De uty C' Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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Lucia A. Dougherty,
City Attorney
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CITY OF MIAMI, PLORIDA
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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Tc Sergio Pereira April 1, 1985
City Manager DATE:
Resolution dedicating
susJECT: Bicentennial Park
' Fountain to the City
of Cali, Colombia.
vnoM: Carl Kern, Director REFERENCES: April ll, 1985, City
Department of Parks Commission Agenda
and Recreation ENCLOSURES:
"It is recommended that the
fountain in the City of Miami's
Bicentennial Park be dedicated
to the City of Cali, Colombia,
as a gesture of friendship, re-
ciprocating a similar gesture of
November, 1983, in which a
fountain in the City of Cali,
Colombia was dedicated to the
City of Miami; instructing the
Department of Parks and Recrea-
tion to prepare a plaque commem-
orating this dedication and to
plan a dedication ceremony for
the 2nd week of May, 1985; fur-
ther allocating $1,000.00 from
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the Operating Budget of the
Parks and Recreation Department
to cover the cost of the plaque
and ceremony, per the attached
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resolution."
On November of 1983, the City of Cali, Colombia, dedicated a fountain
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in honor of the City of Miami as part of the sister -city program
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between the two municipalities.
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It is recommended that the City Miami reciprocate this gesture of
friendship by dedicating the large fountain in Bicentennial Park to
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the City of Cali, Columbia.
The Department of Parks and Recreation will be responsible for
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coordinating the design and installation of a commemorative plaque
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and for planning a dedication ceremony to be held in the 2nd week of
May, 1985.
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It is further recommended that an amount not to exceed $1,000 be
allocated from the Operating Budget of the Parks and Recreation
Deaprtment to cover these costs.
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