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Home My WebLink AboutM-82-0228Howard Gary City Manager Joe Carollo Vice -Mayor ALt30 GG`` J OF 'I',b11, FLORIDA LATER-07FIC'E" PIEN10RANDUM .:.r 02-24-82 William R. Perry Enclosed please find a copy of a letter addressed to you from William R. Perry. Mr. Perry is requesting funds from the city for a special pro- ject. I would appreciate your cooperation in having Mr. Perry appear before the Commission to follow up his request. Thank you. cc: Bill Perry FILE Sz-:"� BRANCH OFFICERS DR. WILLIAM R PEPRY, JR President MRS YVONNE HARRIS First Vice -President GERALD A WILLIAMS. ESO Second V.Ce•PreS-dent ROBERT G BEATTY.ES0 Third Vice -President MS ARLENE R BETHEL Secretary MS SANDRA PARAMORE Assistant Secretary MS EVELYN RODRIQUEZ Treasurer EXECUTIVE C0..%Im;TTEE Mrs Leamc,! Damus Al Dotson John Due.Esq Robe•t Edv a•ds George Few, uay Edd,e F,elds. Esp Mrs Dor's Han Al Hn; e M,s MWC-A Hope W:!i-e Lawson Ill Or James D MCCoer Han Carr.e Meek Joseph M.ioJlebroo«s M.t Doretha M'ngo Thomas Pearson Mrs Mare POAber Of Gdbeh Pone, Of Holes Price Ms Jackie Spence Of Mcnard Strachan Clarence Thompson Sonny Wright Mrs Diane While Mrs DeDra Williams Ms Eunice Young YOUTH MEMBER Tanananve Due ADVISORS Mr Charlie Hanley Mrs Mhal.a RJnge Mr Garth Reeves Sr A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE GREATER MIAMI BRANCH 4610 N. W. SEvtNYH AVENUE MIAmi, FLORlDA 33127 1305) 751-6079 February 11, 1982 • v �1 m � •Y Mr. Howard Gary, City Manager ink - City of Miami b �. 3500 Pan American Drive -� Miami, Florida N -- Dear Mr. Gary: co rf -t The Greater Miami Branch NAACP is spearheading a drive to hold a one (1) day conference relative to crime in the Black community. We will be addressing those issues we perceive as major contributors to crime such as dope, unemployment, sub -standard housing, and unequal education. The intent is to determine strategies (recommendations) in each area that can be implemented by the Black community and those to be implemented by various agencies. We consider it of extreme importance that the Black community take a leadership role relative to crime which negatively impacts our people. The conference design calls for the construction of a Action Plan to address and bring resolution to the many problems. We are requesting that the City of Miam make funds available to underwrite conference expenses of I would appreciate having this request placed on the agenda for the next City Commission meeting for discussion and sub- sequent approval. Sincerely, William R. Perry, Jr. WRP,Jr. /w cc: City Commissioners Attachment 82`22b r►82_��q CRIME AND TOE BLACK COMMUN1Ty - A Statement oS .the NAACP os GAeatet Miami. - Vade County's Stack community, jurt titre any other Amvt,ican community, cannot and trite not pno.spen when it is tagged as a 'ch.im.inat', 'dangenous' community. To be zone, Sea& has atAeady taken its tort .in Ai.am.i's .innm- city. And Seat baUds .t is owvrt momentum and deveeops it,6 mon ixta ti.onat panano.ia -- untit it beeomez the b"i-6 o6 weU-entAenehed betiess. UAContunatety, Dade County zubunbanites believe .in the .cmpendi.rzg eo.P ipse o6 the in.neAcity, poputated mainey by Stacks and the poo.Y They point to chime as the major evidence o6 this; and eve&y publicized cnbne .that takes ptaee ..in Wami's Beach. community is .seen as yet another episode .in .the Sate o6 the city. Thus beeie5 .in the degradation o6 the .innenei ty kepets m.iddte- ineome nes.idents, bus.ine zmen and potent,iae .inv¢.s.to.ts -- thereby aceeeenatiq the economic decapitation os. our urban cuiterc, even w't. to it putzes with rnuch activity. Contltany to the belies o6 Dade County.ts pot,Wcae, b"iness and educationat teadeAz, chime wl U not be detmed me tety by .inc teasing .the ateocat.ion o6 Sunds and manpotwen Sot .haw ensoncement. Ample tueaAch .into this matter, specis.icatey the S.indings o6 Unbanotog.usts tlojvtus and Hcukim (cst. LETTER TO THE PRESTDEhT ON CRTME CONTROL) Unive,kz ty_o6 Chicago Press, 1977), con- S.vtms the seeirtng Suti,titt� os potvring move he�souhces .into the wan agai,rvst chine as temW,6cent o6 the Arnmican essott .in the V.ie.t'zam Wan. Tremendous mitt a.ny tech noeog y did not comp ervsate Son .the tack o5 motivation .ist both the South V.ietncvnese and ArneAi,can ini tarry on the Fitch o6 enthuvs.iaui Son the wale essott among the South �sctrta,n��e..po►.�� ic��t.. To be tune, the a;a& against c t irne w�U not be won umEm s an undeAztandiiig is teaehed among atC Dade Coun#.ians conce,trt.ing the abns os ouh. .Cato ensohcernert.t agencies and the uLZni.naC justice system. The NAACP contertds that .it is a tog.ustic .tmposs.ibiZity, ,i6 not a rnout abe'vcntion, .in oust society to stop chime tui h more police Sonee, mane judges, more pnosecatons and mote pA sons atone. On the conttaty, peace 5ut societies can and tai U ernehg e when ►vt.e s sate is exytted by q,% ups o�_.inctiv_.idttafA upon th. 't 1�eeh�s to exhibit. behavior. Add t.iona.Utj, strategies {ton peace on the stneeU actor .tit .tie Etome�5 os our conanum ty trust be based on cu.tt.ivating such peen pnesstvice, w,'LUe at the scune .time tecogniz-ing the cuepab.iei.ty os eveAyone who cortt7.ibutcs to chine Aathet than conccrLtlLaangr-the b arne on .the •town 6tAata o6 saci.ety. This modtcs opeAandi, the NAACP beticvez, tJW tay the gnoundtcotk So,% mote tetevant late-enSotevient procedures .in which poor S.Cach s and nunotLtiez, tv"to are the most victbn.ized by crime, to to be served pnopetey by taco enso't.cem:.rtt agencies. And when changes .in the cAirn.ir.a.0 justice system a.uow more peAso►Ls to bee .the system as a pnotecto�. rathteA than an advctsany, the powJt o6 sociae ostracitnr by pec&6 toZtt .tun.i.t cAZn.bzae acts. T n Sac t, .it is the c.tbna to o6 tiusregand Sot the t to and f),tes.stote to cvn aoftm to that crime to that spuu miminae acts, whether .in Dade County's highest po.£,i..ti.ca£ and economic eevets, of .bt Miam is inneaci ty. " 82-228 r The NAACP 6utdiet believes .that unemployment and ct me aloe .entettrt.etated. When Stack youth and adt.W (and .thus iz truce Got any other ethnic/Aaci.aC gtoup) ate out o6 tvotk in .Cacge. numbetth and cute not ab.Ce to attain the mateAi.aC eom6oAt6 ouA ma ket-otiented society encouAageh them to ttgmn and expect, they may, .in 6aet, turn to chime. In his tteatihe on the hoots o6 urban crime (e6t. CRTIME IN URBAN SOCIETY, The VuneUen PAehs, New Yonh, 1918), Watten Menn.inge,% cited that unempCoyment can be especia ty jurttat ing Got Btaefvs and m.ino4iti.es who have aeAead y been d is cA m inated aga n,s.t when seeking and obtaining emptoyme►tt and who have been dihtegctded 6tequentty bon promotion and other economic, soci.at and edueattionat oppot- tunitieh. The dZ6comagement, dL6ittu.6 ionrnent, and anger that a "e- 6tom expeAiencing a maAltetpeace that zystematieaUy exc ides them can be veAy devastating. A generta.0 sense o6 6aititr.e and despaih..ch the gteatest 6Auhttattion. And it Zs o6ten 6iut apparent dtvt i.ng school yeatus . Adotucenth and young adut is who are .in the m.idht o6 adjusting to towetted see6-ehteem ate eo►vsequejWy .kapon4 ib.Ce Got a great numbest o6 ctt ime. Eon Btach.,s who have gtovn up in an urban Amexican schoot 6ystejn, .it .cs di66.icutt to view education object- - .iveZy. 16 one .ch B.ea.ck and pooh, too many memoAies get in the way -- e.g., memoAieh o6 having been sorted out and .Cabe.Ced in taccatCy izotated schoo.e<s, memo)tties o6 dairy exposuAe to textboohs that .ignored your exUtence and den.igtated your atcehtolus, as weU as memm ies o6 con6tontatt otvs taws teaeheut,s who, aWtough o6tejt poo,tty ptepaviced themsef-ves, Aem.inded you eveAy day o6 yout sho7tc.o►n.ings and convinced you that you Acatty didn't belong. These memotieh, unSoA-tawtett , ate a path o6 the .6oc,iat conditioning o6 urban B-2ack Ameti.cans. White education can be one o6 the most Zi.beAating 6otces in the tt,or„Cd, it coutd aeso be one o6 the most oppness.ive. In 6act, one ends up teaAning that a.etltough Amc'ti.ca gives Zip setv.ice to equality o6 oppottunitiy, the %catity is that equity .in education Got minotiti.es and bon the pooA .bi Anetti.ca is stt,QC taAgety ujvteae.ized. Throughout out nation's hihtoty, attempts have been made to co►ttAot access to educrttionat oppattu city. Advantaged A►nen.icats have syztejnaticaUy and deZi.benatety ma► ipuea.ted the educationaC syste►n to sti6.Ce the aspikations o6 toweA-.iaicome citizens. Onty thAough a Zong, hand sttuLggte have ►ninmitim and the poor gained some access to equaC.ity o6 educationaC oppo.%tu►city -- aPthoug h Reagano►n.ics is vit tta Uy e.C.imi hitting those ga.i ns . StiU .in ae,C, Btack,6 Accognize that educationaC atta.ijune►tt .is a ptcAcqu.vs.ite bon succehs6ut competition .in the An►ctican mainstream. And /unmica's dcepQy rooted and pelcs.ihtent malady o6 ptejud ice based on pace and c eass continues to .i►ttet6ete with the achievement o6 equatity o6 educational oppottuivEty in tlzih nation. Pon a the ejtd the bottom-.e i.ne question is not whet`.het we have the capab.i.,iity, but whether ice have the kehoZve to maize justice a teaCity. Then too some neighbothocd.s .in the Stack c.ommuitity aAe hnotm as war zones. They are not ca.ee.ed that because o6 gang mu and ctcii.x, but because o6 .tile numbeA o6 repos.sessed, abandoned, vandaeized, and burned -out hones thea atteA the streets. The s.toty o6 urban decay .cis a 6toty o6 .Cow-.i,ncc►ne guaps and .tac.i.at minon.ities being utegated .to buying and keitting east-reso►tt hou.si ng. The 6edetat govennme►tt's app.,.oach to housing and urban decay has been di.s jointer and o6ten desttucttive o6 ouA cemWt city ne{.ghbothoods. 82-228 � -- Compounding thus negative dcenatu,o, there a .tithe appreciation 60r the oveAwhetming majot.i ty o6 B.tack community residents who earn on uii�sh to eaAn a decent, honest .t.iving.. They, .too, have coneeAn 6or othetLs, and they, too, adheAe to mora.t or tet ig.iouz betie6s, and des,vte a peaee6u.t, e i.vit pfa.ce to .five. &Lt dauty repotts o6 cAL mince activity by repeat Oj6endeJus, combined with exp.tanations netating dr one and economic derAi- vation, have ted the widen pub.tic to be.ttieve that chime -cs pa'ct o6 the B&ck community ti6e.-styte. Mote o6ten than not, a number oS repeat o66endehs go back to pxaon became and ontu because they cannot get a job and provide 6or a 6mn.i ty. A pvbsoneA o ten AEt n s to a 6amity cui tlt his po ition as prov.idet u suAped by wet6aAe. lit addition, he is 6aced wWt oveAcoming the stigma o6 an ex -convict when tooki.ng 6or emptoynent, white exposed to constant schuti.ny and poss.ib-te haAass►nerLt 6tom .taw-en6otcceinent age►Lt,,s. This scenatio poyitts out the weaknuses o6 teltab.it Cation eSSotits. The NAACP recommends that white kehabititation eoneentAates on the .ind.ividuae's mind, what reatty needs to be adcttessed ate h s .t i 6e chances. Voeati.ona,e .6tdJ-Cs wi r t. not su*66.iee .in a society where great ntcmbets o6 ab.te-bodied peopee wwiout ehim.inae %eco.tds cannot get work. In otheA words, when butt empZoymerit becomes a ttute ptc,iot ty po.ti,cy, this prob.te►n taitt be on its way to .ao.tution. Accordiiig.ty, a bas.ic.atey humaita an approach to eAZn.inat justice makes mote economic sense than-6impte dead-end, get -tough measwtes. Putting and keepi� ig peop.te .in jaie .us expensive, jcvst as - putting and keeping peop�'e occt oS woU .us expensive. FoA this reason, the NAACP sttong.ty suggests that the most eeonortieat eeczy to handt-c c ime .us to oS6er Su.Ce paAti.ci.pa_Uon in _ aociety to aP,C sttata oS peopte, AegaAd.tess o6 co.tot, sex, eheed on nation at- otc igin. lit Sact, it is cheapen to t ctuui peopec to the community with tkopet suppotc t tican to keep them une►npZo yed and .t i,ving .in one o6 the most expensive hostee&i.es on earth, i.e., ptrisons . FwIttltetunone, it is o6 c titi,ca.t importance that juveni e oS6endeAs showed be tAeated in such a wzxy that they opt 6o.t Zaw-ab.cdi►cg .Coves. A great peAeentage oS ouA dunes are pehpettated by juve►cites; but, most o6ten, on.ey the BZaek and ►n.btotu ty youth become repeat o66endens. White those who ate gu.i tty oS seA,i.ows 06 Jenses must be dealt to th S.uun.ey, a major investment shouts be exportded to haping juveniles .cook upon chime as a pooA atternati.ve to the oppotLtunities they coued lurive. Pataplvtas.ing Soclo.togi,st Robelc_t K. Menton, it seems that Uon most Beack youth vice and etc i►ne constitute a "notunaV' Aesponse to a .6ittat.ion where society's cu.ttu,%aC e►nphccs.us upon monetaAy success has been absorbed. But whe•te theAe .us Z ttCe access to co►tvent.ionaQ and .tegitbnate mca►ts 6o.t Wining 6ucce6s6ue, a caa .Lllat e)L,-caft vvLtuL', �ial:l .E6ofL �, p�'Lo uceb a catdinaZ Amehican vice, ''dev.c.cuLt behavior" -- which atmost a wa ys tAa►►.s eates .i.ts c t , into chime. - — - It .is With tlu,s 64 me o6 te6eAenee that .the N AA(P Branch o6 Greaten Miami, .in eoneetct with the Cut<y o6 Uiam,i,, the Miami —fade Chamber o6 Commence, and other community based organizations, .us peaniubig a couit.tywi.de Con6etence on Ot me and .0te Beaek Cormnuni ta. Tlus ►nutestone evert-t taEZC be heed on Satutdacy, Aptit 3, 1982 at the Pau.tey ALditott.i.um oS WarnZ- Dade (bmmun.itey Cottcgc (North Campus) 6rom 8:00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m. 82-;�28 FOP_ I TIE ON WHICH VOTE occuaaEo: PROPOSED CONFERENCE BUDGET FOR 300 PARTICIPANTS 1. COFFEE AND DANISH (AM/PM) -@ $1.00/person 2. LUNCH VIA CATERING -@ ./person 3. PRINTING OF PROGRAM, TYPING & POSTAGE 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/PREPARATION FOR FINAL DOCUMENT (1PFRC-PR2ATto N PeND t'JRtn*T.wA& 05= PLjeUt•ATwna*) $ 300.00 900.00 2,000.00 5. CONFERENCE FACILITATORS (5) 500.00 -@ $100/Facilitator S) 200, nD pfc- TOTAL AMOUNT..$ ► 82'0,8 FOP TIE ON WHICH VOTE OCCURRED: MEMORANDUM OF VOTING CONFLICT Aprt1 1 ,1982 PART A �TTT Name: Dawkins Miller J Telephone: (305) 579-6026 (LAST) (FIRST) (MIDDLE) (A/C) (NUMBER) Address: 3500 pan American Drive Miami 33133 Dade (STREET) (CITY) (ZIP CODE) (COUNTY) PART B Agency is a unit of (check one] : ( ) State of Florida; 1 X) County, City or other Political Subdivision Name of Agency: City of Miami Position held in Agency: Commissioner PART C MEMORANDUM OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN A VOTING SITUATION (Required by Florida Statutes § 112.3143 (1975)) If you have voted in your official capacity upon any measure in which you had a personal, private, or professional interest which inures to your special private gain or the special private gain of any principal by whom you are retained, please disclose the nature of your interest below. abstained from voting Agenda items: 1) #8, Commission Meeting 1. Description of the matte4&which yoLhatatad in your official capacity:' of 3/11182: and 2) #29(b)Commission Meeting of 4/l/8 (guoted below): "Community -wide Conference on "Crime in t purpose of formulating strategies to address and help solve community problems created by crime." 2. Description of the personal, private, or professional interest you have in the above matter which inures to your special private gain or the special private gain of any principal by whom you are retained: 3. Person or principal to whom the special gain described above will a. ( g) Yourself b. ( ) Principal by whom you are reta (NAME] PART D FILING INSTRUCTIONS This memorandum must be filed within fifteen (15) days following the meeting during which the voting conflict occurred with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in the meeting minutes. This form need not be filed merely to indicate the absence of a voting conflict. Florida law permits but does not require you to abstain from voting when a conflict of interest arises; if you vote, however, the conflict must be disclosed pursuant to the requirements described above. PART E R SIGNATURE OF PERSON DISCLOSING DATE SIGNED NOTICE: UNDER PROVISIONS OF FLORIDA STATUTES §112.317 (1976). A FAILURE TO MAKE ANY REQUIRED DISCLOSURE CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: IMPEACHMENT, REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, DEMOTION, REDUCTION IN SALARY, REPRIMAND, OR A CIVIL. PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED S5A00. CE FORM 4 - EFF. 1/1/77 FC@.',A 4 CATE ON WHICH VOTE OCCURAkD-. w - MEMGRAN'DUM OF VOTING CONFLICT I ---? - // ,lea PART A Name:_DAW K„vs L. J- Telephone: 33—y3` (LAST) (FIRST) (MIDDLE) (A/C) )NUMBER) Address: S ev PJ 5 D M i CL y4t— Qt.d-e— (STREET) (CITY) (ZIP CODE) (COUNTY) PART B Agency is a unit of (check one] : A ► State of Florida; ( ) County, City or other Political Subdivision Name of Agency: Position held in Agency: -t ^-a"' - a c cc PART C MEMORANDUM OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN A VOTING SITUATION [Required by Florida Statutes § 112.3143 (1975)] If you have voted in your official capacity upon any measure in which you had a personal, private, or professional interest which inures to your special private gain or the special private gain of any principal by whom you are retained, please disclose e n re of your interest below. 1. Description of the matter upon which you voted in your official capacity: 2. Description of the personal, private, or professional interest you have in the above matter which inures to your special private gain or the special private gain of any principal by whom you are retained: _ 3. Person or principal to whom the special gain described above will inure: a. ( 1 Yourself b. ( ) Principal by whom you are retained:hl (NAME) PART D FILING INSTRUCTIONS This memorandum must be filed within fifteen (15) days following the meeting during which the voting conflict occurred with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in the meeting minutes. This form need not be filed merely to indicate the absence of a voting conflict. Florida law permits but does not require you to abstain from voting when a conflict of interest arises; if you vote, however, the conflict must be disclosed pursuant to the requirements described above. PART E h/1 L .l' L e'(-'Z. SIG TORE OF PERSON DISCLOSING DATE SIGNED NOTICE: UNDER PROVISIONS OF FLORIDA STATUTES §112.317 (1975). A FAILURE TO MAKE ANY REOUIRED DISCLOSURE CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED (BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: IMPEACHMENT, REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, DEMOTION, REDUCTION IN SALARY, REPRIMAND, OR A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED 85=. CE FORM 4- EFF. 1/1/77 �� Z