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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-82-027682276 RESOLUTION NO. } A RESOLUTION CHANGING THE DESIGNATION }� OF NORTHWEST 20TH STREET FROM NORTHWEST !}i 8TH AVENUE TO 27TH AVENUE TO NORTHWEST 20TH STREET/BOULEVARD OF THE AMERICAS; ' DIRECTING APPROPRIATE CHANGES IN STREET SIGNS; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO INFORM THE DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION SIGNS AND MARKERS DIVISION: AND AUTHORIZING THE is APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TO CHANGE THEIR RECORDS. t WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board at its meeting of February 17, 1982, Item No. 1, following an E advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB 8-82 by a 3 1 to 3 tie vote, RECOMMENDING DENIAL that the name of North- i!! west 20th Street from Northwest 8th Avenue to 27th Avenue be I, redesignated as NORTHWEST 20TH STREET/BOULEVARD OF THE 1; AMERICAS; and 1 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 ii best interest of the general welfare of the City of Miami and its inhabitants to grant said change; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. Northwest 20th Street from Northwest 8th Avenue to 27th Avenue be and the same is hereby redesignated as NORTHWEST 20TH STREET/BOULEVARD OF THE AMERICAS. Appro- priate records and street signs are hereby directed to be changed accordingly and the City Clerk is directed to inform the Dade County Department of Traffic and Transportation -- Signs and Markers Division, of the herein resolution which authorizes all appropriate departments and agencies to CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF MAR2 5 1982 NSOUMON No. 8 2,- 2 6 C*1• 400, ` change their records accordingly. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25 day of MARCH , 1982. MAURICE A. FERRE MAURICE A. FERRE, Mayor ATTEST: (Z - %�/ RALP G. ONGIE X,ity Clerk PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: /7 Z / JO L E. MAXWELL sistant City Attorney APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: C,1 GEORC4 F. KNOX, JR. City ttorney 61, 2 82 - 276 ..A TO: i i ,:1104 Howard V. Gary r;TY Oi= N!IAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE: March 10, 1982 FILE: SUBJECT: STREET NAME CHANGE-RECOM14END DENIAL NW 20 Street from NW 8 to 27 Avenue R EFFRE"CES: COMMISSION AGENDA - March 25, 1982 PLANNING & ZONING ITEMS Planning & Zoning Boards E►4CLosuacs: Administration Department The Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of February 17, 1982, Item #1, following an advertised Hearing, adopted Resolution No PAB 8-82 by a 3 to 3 tie vote, constituting a RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL that the name of MW 20 Street from NW 8 Avenue to 27 Avenue be redesignated as BOULEVARD OF THE AMERICAS/ NW 20 Street. A RESOLUTION to provide for this Street Name Change has been prepared by The ity -Attorney'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. 82-276 PLANNING FACT SHEET APPLICANT City of Miami Planning Department: January 26, 1982 PETITION 1. Per City Commission Motion 81-850; October 7, 1981, consideration of designating that segment of NW 20th Street, from NW 8th Avenue to NW 27th Avenue to the dual -designation of "Avenue of the Americas." REQUEST To add "Avenue of the Americas" to the name of NW 20th Street, from NW 8th Avenue to NW 27th Avenue. BACKGROUND Allapattah merchants requested this dual -designation before the City Commission on October 7, 1981. The item was referred to the administration for processing. ANALYSIS The City of Miami has utilized, with few exception, 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 (Biscayne Boulevard; South Dixie Highway; Brickell Avenue; Beacom Boulevard; River Drive and South Bayshore Drive); and in Coconut Grove, where the streets are short and discontinuous. Other dual designations have been approved for certain main section and half -section line roads (Douglas Road /W. 37th Avenue; Red Road/W 57th Avenue and Martin Luther Kind Boulevard /N 62nd Street) and for short one - block street segments such as Plaza Venetia/NE 15th 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 addition of "Avenue of the Americas" to the name of NW 20th Street between NW 8th Avenue and NW 27th Avenue would appear to cause confusion on two points: a) The term "Avenue" usually refers to a north - south alignment; not to an east -west alignment; and b) The dual -designation of a section line street for approximately two miles of its four mile. length in the City RECOMMENDATION PLANNING Denial, based on the unanimous recommendation for DEPARTMENT denial by the Street and Plat Committee(including the Fire Department) on December ?, 1981. The Police Department, in memo of February 11, 1982 (attached) also has certain reservations. 82=276 PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD 2/17/82 Motion to Recommend the Applicant's revised request of "Boulevard of the Americas" failed to pass by a 3 to 3 vote WHICH CONSTITUTES A DENIAL. 82-276 j Li+ew i LsrJ �� oa0000 000��o JEHI FST I JED N w E SWAY 0 11 CP REN t� VuO PU E� El 9ED CA01 D CE31 r c D Q ® [a 60 M El 1:1 c t9ig ®o�ooa�a®cc�, . lz OD®®O©OC�oC��1 L�--i LtrJ X U MM _�JUUUUUUC)t:ILJL � U- -- I :3 �o®®o®ate L ------- =:3 L—jG;0 E::] OF E3 F-I E;;J= D�� F-uo = =1o®�LN-W-i ®o � ©o®�o��o NL ®coo®c�c»��E����D� ®cam L�j hggFl® � 0 �D00000® o a®�. ' o0 LZUILJ �0®© I 4c EiZa 1—m:9 Z";.,� J z N ) 7�,z F--.7 FT- C3 -;:] F U== = = 11 - IL E3 I'a-0 Vn Et;:g 01- 0 R $ 8 c PAB STA 3fd� FEB 17 1981 MOORE a PARK CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM ,i To: Joseph W. McManus DATE: 11 February 1982 FILE: LIA 2-4 Acting Director anning Dept. SUBJECT. Street Name Change i hru ls) �t .L Gunn D e p Ch i e f REFERENCES: Sup t Services Bureau ENCLOSURES: I, 1 In response to City Commission Motion 81-850 dated October 7, 1981 considering the designation of N.W. 20th Street from N.W. 8th 4 Avenue to `T.W. 27th Avenue to carry the additional designation of "Avenue of the Americas", this requested additional designation by itself would not present a problem for the Communications Unit of i the Police Department. However, after consulting with other mem- bers of the Department, it is the consensus of opinion that major problems would develop in the event that there are numerous Echanges in our street numbering system. Among these would be the change in size of the street alias file, thereby causing the ne-cessity to restructure and reload; also, a programming change would be necessary to prevent the numbered street data from re- placing the entered street data. Perhaps these would be small in comparison 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 in Coral Gables and certain parts of Coconut Grove, could become easily confused. It is the Department's recommendation that an alternate he uti- lized rather than changing the existing manner of numbering the street within the Citv. i EBC:jr 82-276 .�i CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA FEZ INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM #� TO Planning Advisory Board i se W. McManus " Acting Director Planning Department DATE March 9, 1982 SUBJECT Street Name Changes REFERENCES! ENCLOSURES. FILE: 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 St.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- denf_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 ■ `82-)76 ,r 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, 1980 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 I! both. The Citv 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 Streetto Mayfair 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 h`W 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. r a CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFF I 4]R AKIDUM L,v.. FEB ^ n _ ,ro•Joseph McManus �F b`zaiy � 1982 — OATE: FILE: Asst. Director Maiminge t :r f� � FROM:.W. Brice, Dir r REFERENCES: ent of Fire ENCLOSURES: s It has been the policy of the Miami Fire Department to oppose the redesigns- tion of streets within the corporate limits of the City of fliami.. There are some very valid reasons for this resistance. _ Response Delay The current trend in changing street names may seem insignificant to the civilian but it presents serious eorrplications for the Fire Department. We respond to approximately 34,000 emergency calls per year utilizing a system which facilitates 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 response to emergencies. Such delays may result in loss of life and/or extended property damage. Dispatchinq Problers It has been the experience of the Fire Department that when a new street name is added under the designated street number, 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 emergency apparatus. Belem nq Uie experienced dispatcher depends in part on his nimory of street designations for efficient dispatch of emergency equipment. Street designations which are arbitrarily changed tax such recall which results in unnecessary confusion and complications. Workload Mese arbitrary changes in street designations cause numerous changes to be made on the computers in the Alarm Office, on the response maps located at alll, stations, and on the hydrant maps and street index cards carried on all apparatus. it is requested that the practice of altering or renaming City streets,be d5s- couraged. 82 - 2 7iT '' 6 A.PU3.1O'QR::G FEB R .' February 12, 1982 Mr. Donald Cather Director of Public Works City of Miami 275 N.W. 2 St. Miami, Fla. 33128 Dear Mr. Cather: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 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 w82-2?6 PCI:DI F CrA%'V;^. 0C11P1 C tj RESOLUTION No. 77-506 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY OF THE CITY C0v2-1ISSIO'N CONCERNING THE NUTIE.RCIAL OUAORANT SYSTEM FOR STREET MIES. WHEREAS, the City Commission and. -the administration have received many requests to change the names of streets in the City'of Miami; and WHEREAS, there 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 COIL-tISSION OF THE CITY OF Mi.*11I, FLORIDA- 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 cognizance of these facts and not wishing.to incrementally weaken this highly regarded and useftLi system, notes the following additional reasons for establishing its policy that the numbered street system should not be degraded: I. Street name changes will cause confusion and delays in public agency response to. police and fire emergencies by receiving faulty or confusing 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 confusio n on 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 'JUN, 6 1977 tzowm mo...7.7- 82-2 AN�Q4iyr/?p• .\ • l • Any decisions to be made regarding suggested Street name changes should be viewed with the intent of strengthening the present system, rather tiaan weakening it. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16TH day of JUfIE 1977. -MArrarCF A,--FEBBF M A Y U R AT'"�""" PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: _ MIC::Ei. c.. ti�DEc:SON Assistant City Attorney APPP . ZD .S TO FORM AND CORR-7C--TNESS : ;,I,,City Attoz G 82'&276 CITY COMMISSION MEETING CIF JUN . 5 Ql' l SOL is�uv ..,_....._.._... L i i RALPH G. ONGtE City Clerk MATTY HIRAI Assistant City Clrrk DEPUTY CITY CLIRKS : Roert I.t:Ting:, . GPnrt��� 41 t rt!�,• ilia Teem•. S0I 13 tit Mendcl", hello Run, MICROHI.Ni DIVIS10'. 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 I ICE OF TF1E CITY Ct FRK/ Ctty Hall 3500 Pan American Drive.' Miami, Florida 33133 i 579-6065