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Home My WebLink AboutR-82-0275[ii RESOLUTION NO. 82-275 A RESOLUTION CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF NORTHWEST SECOND AVENUE, FROM NORTHWEST 29TH STREET TO 26TH STREET TO NORTHWEST SECOND AVENUE/EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS BOULEVARD; DIRECTING APPROPRIATE CHANGES IN STREET SIGNS AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO INFORM THE DADE COUNTY DEPART- MENT OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION, SIGNS AND MARKERS DIVISION; AND AUTHO- RIZING THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TO CHANGE THEIR RECORDS. WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board at its meeting of February 17, 1982, Item No. 2, following an advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB 9-82 by a 3 to 3 tie vote RECOMMENDING DENIAL that the name of NORTH- WEST SECOND AVENUE, FROM NORTHWEST 29TH STREET BE REDESIG- NATED AS EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS BOULEVARD/NORTHWEST SECOND AVENUE; and WHEREAS, the City Commission, notwithstanding the denial by the Planning Advisory Board, and after careful consideration of this matter, deems it advisable and in the best interest of the general welfare of the City of Niami and its inhabitants to grant said use; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. Northwest Second Avenue, from Northwest 29th Street to 36th Street be and the same is hereby rede- signated as NORTHWEST SECOND AVENUE/EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS BOULEVARD. Appropriate street signs are hereby directed to be changed accordingly and the City Clerk is directed to inform the Dade County Department of Traffic and Transpor- tation --Signs and Markers Division, of the herein resolution which authorizes all appropriate departments and agencies to change their records accordingly. C"Ify COMMISSION MEETING OF 1AAR 2 5 1982 Ituaw" rar 82. 2 7 KMAft ...»...- .................. PASSED AND ADOPTED this ATTEST: d RALP G. GIE City Clerk PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: ,-J EL E. MAXWELL ' -i�ssistant City Attorney 25 day of MARCH , 1982. MAURICE A. FERRE MAURICE A. FERRE, Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: cz;- GEORfjEF. KNOX, JR. City Attorney 2 82 - 275 • -`-� CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM to: Howard V. Gary DATE March 10, 1982 FILE C' Manager oEr5go e sFROMu iDPlanning & Zoning Boards Administration Department SUBJEC1 STREET NAME CHANGE -RECOMMEND DENIAL NW 2 Avenue from NW 29 to 36 Street r rrri7Fk,c F-" COMMISSION AGENDA - March 25, 1982 PLANNING & ZONING ITEMS evict ostmrs! The Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of February 17, 1982, Item #2, following an advertised Hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB 9-82 by a 3 to 3 tie vote, constituting a RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL that the name of NW 2 Avenue, from NW 29 Street to 36 Street be redesignated as EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS BOULEVARD/NW 2 AVENUE. A RESOLUTION to provide for this Street Name Change has been prepared by The—City—A-£iorney's Office and submitted for consideration of the City Commission. AEPL:mo cc: Law Department NOTE: Plat and Street Committee Recommendation: DENIAL. Planning Department Recommendation: DENIAL. 82-275 OrN PLANNING FACT SHEET APPLICANT City of Miami Planning Department: January 26, 1982 PETITION 2. Per City Commission Motion 81-1064; December 10, 1981 consideration of renaming that segment of NW 2nd Avenue from NW 29th Street to NW 36th Street from "NW 2nd Avenue" to "Eugenio Maria de Hostos Boule- vard" REQUEST To change the name of NW 2nd Avenue, from NW 29th Street to NW 36th Street, to "Eugenio Maria de Hos- tos Boulevard" BACKGROUND Mr. Jose Mendez appeared before the Commission on December 10, 1981 and requested this name change. The item was referred to the administration for processing. Eugenio Maria de Hostos (1839-1903) was a Puerto Rican writer and educator who was in favor of the independence of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo from Spain. ANALYSIS The City of Miami has utilized, with few exceptions the municipal numerical quadrant system for street names since 1920. Aside from Flagler Street and Miami Avenue, the base line streets, exceptions are those roads which are diagonal to the gridiron (Bis- cayne Boulevard;South Dixie Highway; Brickell Avenue; Beacom Boulevards River Drive and South Bayshore Drive); and in Coconut Grove, where the streets are short and discontinuous. Dual designations have been ap- proved for certain main section and half -section line roads (Douglas Road/W 37th Avenue; Red Road/W 57th Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard A 62nd Street) and for short one -block street segments such as Plaza Venetia/NE l5th Street. The City Commission, by Resolution 77-506; June 6, 1977 (attached) recognized the integrity of the numerical quadrant street system and established their policy that the numbered street system should not be degraded. The renaming of NW 2nd Avenue, from NW 29th Street to NW 36th Street would appear to cause concern on two points: 82-275 1. Re -naming the avenue from a numbered to a named designation degrades the numberical street system; and 2. Re -naming the avenue for 7 blocks of its its six -mile length in the City. RECOMMENDATION PLANNING Denial, based on the unanimous recommendation for DEPARTMENT denial, by the Street and Plat Committee (includ- ing the Fire Department) on January 13, 1982. The Police Department, by memo of February 11, 1982 (attached) also has certain reservations. PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD 2/17/82 Motion to Recommend failed to pass by a 3 to 3 vote WHICH CONSTITUTES A DENIAL. f i I PAB P--11-ITMI, iTT 1 1 it I I'll I FEB 17, 1981 7T J11H i I i i 7 I =,I � 82-275. 7171 Tr --- 1111 TT-7, 0r,` :iTY �,F 11:;Air. rL.(7RIDA AON " Joseph W. McManus Acting Director lanning Dept. (thru cl�a elsl F. uAK one Gun�n Deputy Chief Support Services 'Bureau 11 February 1982 Street dame Change BILE In response to City Commission Motion 81-1064 dated December 10, 1981 considering the designation of renaming that segment of NW 2nd Avenue from NW 29th Street to N14 36th Street from Ned 2nd Avenue to "Eugenio Maria de Fiostos 'Boulevard", this requested ad- ditional designation by itself would not present a problem for the Communications Unit of the Police Department. However, after consulting with other members of the Department, it is the con- sensus of opinion that major problems would develon in the event that there are numerous changes in our street numbering system. Among these would he the change in size of the street alias file, thereby causing the necessity to restructure and reload: also, a proeramming change would be necessary to prevent the numbered street data from replacing the entered street data. Perhaps these would be small i.n comnarison to the possible hazards that could result by the confusion of the field units getting calls one time by number and the next time by name. It could lead to emergency service not being answered promptly. In addition, city visitors used to a simple numbering, system as compared to the various names, such as those used i.n Coral Cables and certain parts of Coconut Grove, could become easily confused. It is the Department's recommendation that an alternate be uti- lized rather than changing the existing mariner of numbering the street within the City. FRG: jr LIA 2-4 -- 82-2'75 01�) CITY OF MIAM1. FLOI41DA INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM ° Planning Advisory Board OATE March 9, 1982 FILE. SUBJECT Street Name Changes -ac .� seh F1. McManus REFERENCES Acting Director Planning Department ENCLOSURES Because of the interest in the past history of street name changes at the Plan- ning Advisory Board meeting of February 17, 1982, this memorandum has been pre- pared to show past City (and other agency) actions. 1. Proposed Street Name Changes Presented to the Planning Advisory Board. (The City Commission established a policy on street name changes by Resolution 77-506; June 6, 1977). N.W. 12th Avenue, between NW 62nd S t and NW 71st St. was proposed to be changed to "Bulls Boulevard" by students at Northwestern High School. The Planning Department recommended denial, but also recommended approval of posting signs at the four corners of the one block containing Northwestern High as "Bulls Square". The PAB recommended approval of dual designation of Bulls Plaza for the block on May 4, 1977. The City Commission gave approval of Bulls Plaza dual designation by Resolution 77-507 on June 16, 1977. S.W. 27th Terrace "A" in Coconut Grove was a one -block street segment which was often confused with S.W. 27th Terrace. One resi- denE_petitioned that it be re -named to Bleier St., after a deceased local recreation person.. The Planning Dept. recommended that it be renamed to "SW 27th Way". The PAB recommended approval of SW 27th Way on Jan. 4,1978; the City Commission approved SW 27th Way by Resolution 78-147 on Feb.23,1978. The developer of Plaza Venetia petitioned for the dual designa- tion of the one -block segment of NE 15th Street between North Bayshore Drive and Biscayne Bay (Venetian Causeway) to be NE 15th Street/Plaza Venetia". The PAB recommended denial on September 5, 1979. The City Commission approved the dual desig- nation by Resolution 79-726 on October 30, 1979. Only the devel- oper's property and three commercial properties have addresses on this block. Students at Miami High School petitioned to have the one -block segment of SW 1st Street in front of Miami High to receive the dual -designation of"SW 1st Street/Stingtown Boulevard". The Planning Advisory Board Page 2 March 9, 1982 Planning Advisory Board recommended approval on March 5, 1980 and the City Commission granted the dual designation by Resolution 80-331 in May 7, 1980. Only the High School has an address on this segment. Proposed changes were presented to the PAB for NW 20th Street and NW 2nd Avenue on February 17, 192C and were recommended for denial. This recommendation will be forwarded to the City Commission. 2. Proposed Street Name Changes Presented to City Commission S.W. 13th Avenue (south of SW 8th Street) was changed to "Cuban Memorial Boulevard" by Resolution 73-88 on February 8, 1973 (prior to PAB and prior to Commission policy). NW 17th Avenue, between North River Drive and NW 79th Street was proposed to be renamed "Athalie Range Drive" and Grand Avenue, with- in the City of Miami, was proposed to be renamed to "Theodore R. Gibson Drive". The Plat and Street Committee recommended against both. The City Commission took no action on April 23, 1981. 3. Proposed Street Name changes Presented to Plat and Street Committee The developer of Mayfair proposed to change the name of Mary Street to Vayfair Street; the Plat and Street Committee recommended denial on December 3, 1980. A resident of Kent Street proposed it be renamed to Baldwin Street, for one of his relatives; the Plat and Street Committee recommended denial on July 1, 1981. Both requests died with no further action taken. Other Actions NW 36th Street (State Road 834) was designated as NW 36th Street/Allapattah Boulevard to Le Jeune Road and NW 36th Street/Doral Boulevard west of Le Jeune by the State of Florida. A clarifying memorandum (attached) dated February 23, 1982 has been offered by the Fire Department which clearly states their recommendation. JWM : mb Encs. 82-275 6 . CITY OF MIAM1. FLORIDA INTER-OFF16�F EJ1�I�RAI�OVM :.I f y ri +r11 NINI;G DEPT. Jos h McManus iJ�` 29 c� ;. t -CD• ep DATE: F'ebl�ilk'ity +� , 1982 FILE; Asst. Director February Planning Depar--_,ent ".0W 'of H.W. 3rice, Department of Fire REFERENCES. ENCLOSURES: It has ::rn the policy of the Miami Fire Departrrent to oppose the redesigna- tion ofE streets within the corporate limits of the City of rJmU. There are some ve_r✓ valid reasons for this resistance. Response Delay The cent trend in changing street names may seem insignificant to the civilian out it presents serious ccanplications for the Fire Department. We respond- to approximately 34,000 emergency calls per year utilizing a system which-acilitates street location and dispatch. We are fortunate in that our City streets were carefully planned and consecutively numbered. A change in this system will result in serious problems which could cause delays in res:;orse to emergencies. Such delays may result in loss of Life and/or extended property damage. Disnatc^.i.na Problers It has seen the en-Z)erience of the Fire Department that when a new street name is adder: under the designated street nu•7ber, the public will inevitably refer to that street by name when reporting emergencies. This creates confusion for the dispatcher who is responsible for pinpointing the location and dispatch- ing the proper ermrgency apparatus. Relearni r.7 Sze e%7_-rienced dispatcher depends in part on his memory of street designations for efficient dispatch of emergency equipment. Street designations which are arbitrarily changed tax such recall which results in unnecessary confusion and ca=lications. Worrdcad These a_bitrary changes in street designations cause numerous changes to be made on the computers in the Alarm Office, on the response maps located at all staticns, and on the hydrant maps and street index ccir s carried on all apparatus. it is requested that the practice of altering or renaming City streets,be d4s- couraged. c A pU3 FLORIDA POWER d LIGHT COMPANY February 12, 1982 Mr. Donald Cather Director of Public Works City of Miami 275 N.W. 2 St. Miami, Fla. 33128 Dear Mr. Cather: From time to time, the issue of renaming streets within the City of Miami has come to our attention for comment. It is our recommendation that such requests for renaming should be denied because such changes create confusion to our service and emergency crews. A departure from the established numerical numbering system could lead our personnel to the wrong location where a timely response might be critical. Please consider these needs, which echo those of your Fire and Police Departments, when these renaming requests come to your at- tention. Sincerely, G. J. Sanchez District Manager GJS/JCE/od 82..275 r r.noi F �cavin:r. vcnoi c r • RESOLUTION No. 77-506 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHI140 A POLICY OF THE CITY COcU:ISS ION rOtdC4'.' ING THE ZITMEPCIAL OUADRAiNT SYSTEid FOR STREET NAMES. WHEREAS, the City Commission and. -the administration have received many requests to change the names of streets in the City•of Miami; and WHEREAS, t'iere has been no clearly defined policy con- cerning these requests; and WHEREAS, it is desirable that a policy regarding, street name changes be established; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COI-41•tISSIOIN OF THE CITY OF MI.V-11I, FLOLDA: Section 1. The Commission hereby makes and declares the following policy statement: The City of Miami has adopted and used, with few exceptions, the numerical quadrant system for street naming since 1920.. This system is readily understood by the public and affords visitors a means of easy reference for quickly determining - their location and finding their way through the area. This system is widely used through the country for these reasons. The City Commission, taking cogni--ance of these facts and not wishing •to incrementally weaken this highly regarded and useful system, notes the following additional reasons for establishing its policy that the numbered street system should not be degraded: 1. Street name changes will cause confusion and delays in public agency response to. police and fire emergencies by receiving faulty or contusing descriptions of the locations of those emergencies. 2. Street name changes are not in concert with the intent of the long-established numerical quadrant system. 3. Street name.changes can cause confusion and delay to the motoring public and to commercial delivery people in delivering goods and providing services to the general public. 4. Financial investments for both businesses andprivate parties in stationery, telephone. listings, and other address -related items are jeopardized if subject to street name changes, CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF ••J U H , 6 1977 m mWu:...... ................. ..... 82.21 -- - - ------ i Any decisions to be made regarding sur;gested street name changes should be viewed with the intent of strengthening the present system, rather than weakening it. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16TI-1 day of JUNE 1977. MAURICE A. FERR I, M A Y 0 R 1 i P::EPAPWD AND APPROVED BY: I Assistant City Attorney r.tiP? S TO FORM AND C 0 R RIECT:;ESS LT:.V:VLrr. r . IT1,• fin.. City At tor. e C" COMMISSTON ME-l'ENG OF JUN , 5 ;?i i 7l- Sat -275 RALPH G. ONGIE City Clerk MATTY HIRAI Assistant City Clrrk DEPUTY CITY CLERKS Rohert I. Tint::c, Genrgta M t if;, - ilia Tevrrl' S0I 13 M. Mendcl"'+ hello Run, MICROFILM DIVISIC)'. Doroth% Brm%n Domingo Acosta March 30, 1982 Sheldon Pivinik, Chief Metropolitan Dade County Department of Transportation Traffic, Signals & Signs Division 7100 N. W. 36th Street Miami, Florida 33166 Dear Mr. Pivinik: Enclosed herein please find copies of Resolutions Nos. 82-275 and 82-276 passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on March 25, 1982 which are self-explanatory. On behalf of the City, thank you, for your kind attention. Very truly yours, M?tetyy Hirai Assistant City Clerk MH:smm Enclosures (2 ) Of FICE OF THE CITY CI FRK/ City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive : Miami, Florida 33133 i 579-6065