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tO' Howard V. Gary DATE: July 20, 1981 FILE:
City Manager
SUBJECT; Miarrii Memoxial Committee
Recommendation to the
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FROM: Carl Kern, Director REFERENCES:
Department of Parks
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Summary:
The Miami Memorial Committee does not recommend
that Fern Isle Park be renamed to Nelson L. Adams
Park. Mrs. Burton, Chairperson of the Memorial
Committee, requested that this decision be passed
on to the Mayor and City Commissioners.
Background:
A group of citizens sent a petition to the City Commission
(attached), requesting that Fern Isle Park located at
NW Und Avenue and 14th Street be renamed to Nelson L.
Adams Park. Mr. Adams is the retired principal of
Dunbar Elementary School and is a recognized educator
and civic leader in the Miami area. The Committee
Chairperson, Mrs. Burton, emphasized that the Memorial
Comn ittee's decision was no reflection on Mr. Adams'
contrib.itions and recommended that perhaps a more
_ appropriate gesture would be to rename a school ,a honor
of Mr. Adams' outstanding achievements.
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Hon. Maurice A. Ferre -2- June 10, 1981
The Advisory Board has decided by a vote of 5 against/3 for, not to recommend
the program as presented. We do, however, recommend quality housing with
emphasis on homeownership. We understand that under• the Reagan Administration,
1 programs of this nature are experiencing an unfortunate demise. In the event
the program survives, our community would be most interested in reviewing a
plan which will entail the betterment of the lives of the residents of the
! neighborhood we so richly love.
i Respectfully yours,
Willie Calhoun, Chairperson
Model City Community Development
Advisory Board
cc: Rev. Theodore R. Gibson, Vice -Mayor
Joe Carrollo, Commissioner
Armando Lacasa, Commissioner
J.L. Plummer, Commissioner
Model City Community Development Advisory Board Members
Mel Adams, Director, Dade County HUD
Jimmie Lacey, Dade County HUD
Jeff Hepburn, City of Miami Community Development
Laurence Martinez, City of Miami Planning Department
Dena Spillman, Director, City of Miami Community Development
Cathy Leff, Assistant Director, City of Miami Community Development
Jerry Gereaux, Assistant Director, City of Miami Community Development
Matthew Schwartz, City of Miami Planning Department
Joseph McManus, Acting Director, City of Miami Planning Department
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DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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MR. NELSON L. ADAMS
PRINCIPAL.
505 N. W. 'TWENTIETH STREET
Honorable Maurice Ferre
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Armando LaCasa
Commissioner J. L. Plumber
Commissioner Rev. Theodore Gibson
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
Dear Sirs:
MIAMI. FLORIDA 33127
May 15, 1981
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Dr.' L. Britton,
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We, -the undersigned; the staff members of Dunbar Elemenetary School, the parents, and the
members of the community, respectfully submit for your consideration the following petition:
We ask to change the name of Fern Isle Park located at 14th Street, N. W. and 22nd Avenue
to be named after our principal, Nelson L. Adams,
Our proposal is based upon the following considerations:
1. Mr. Ne.lson'L. Adams has been a dedicated principal of Dade County for 30 years.
_ 2. Mr. Adams has continually been the principal of Dunbar Elementary School for the
past 22 years. '
3. Through all these years he has harmoniously worked to promote understanding among
the many ethnic groups living in this community.
4. He has maintained a very close and loving relationship with the community.
5. He has continoasly shown his humanitarian actions toward his faculty, students and
- parents.
6. He has worked as a member of the Red Cross for many years.
7. He has been an exemplary family man, rearing two fine siblings and many more foster
children.
8. Mr. Adams has been actively involved in his church both as a leader and a deacon.
9. He served his country by.being a captain in the United States Army.
10. This man has been married for the past 40 years to a woman whose family is one
of*the prominent pioneer black families in Dade County.
11. Mr. Adams has been a dedicated educator all his life.
Sirs, as you see, Mr. Adams has had many accomplishments of which we are proud to present
to you. There are many more things to be Baia about this remarkable man who has made many
achievements throughout his fruitful and rewarding life and career.
Therefore, his high christian and moral values, democratic feelings and kind understanding
for the different cultures should be publicly recognized as an example for future generations.
We are sure that the park with the name of Nelson L. Adams should be a permanent and vivid
expression of brotherhood among the different ethnic groups that make up the city of Miami.
It is always an inspiration to honor those who deserve to be honored.
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We are asking immediate action since fir. Adams will be retiring #rom he sL�hool sys em on
June 30, 1981.
"We the members of Dunbar faculty, respectfully ask your response before June 12, 1981.
That day the community and faculty of Dunbar Elementary School will be honoring our
principal with a banquet at the Miami Springs villa. • .
.Respectfully yours, t
uana L. M. Trigo, Chairperson
Park Comnittee ,
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Anna Grace Sweeting, Chairpersoni7
Faculty Club
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