HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-80-0894FLORIDA MARITIME MUSEUM
Care Of Al Veliky, Secretary FMM
4400 Richenbacher Causeway, Miami, FL 33149
October 23, 1980
The Honorahle Richard L. Fosmoen
City Manager
Citv of Miami
P. O. Box 330703
Miami, Flor-Fla :33133
Dear Mr. Fosmoen:
On behalf .,f the Board of Trustees of the Florida Maritime Museum
I request that the matter of a•resolution of support for the maritime
museum project he placed on the agenda of the first Cite Commission
meeting scheduled in November.
Respectfull\•,
W . Trent German
President;
FLORIDA IMARITLME MUSEUM
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, representatives of the VMM have
appeared before this commission in January and April,
1980 requesting and receiving the unanimous support of
the Miami City Commission for the creation of a maritime
museum center on appropriate city waterfront property;
and
WHEREAS, the requested ten acres of Bicen-
tennial Park and portions of the FEC property facing the
deep water slip and the Miami harbor turning basin con-
stitute a site for a major mariti.me museum/center on a
par with or superior to any known maritime museum site in
the world; and
WHEREAS, Bicentennial Park, one of Miami's
most well -planned and elegantly designed tropical land-
scapes, continues to be an underutilized community
_ recreational and aesthetic resource; -and
WIiERrn,S, the Statement of Purpose of the
Florida Maritime Museum, which is attached as part of
this resolution, sets forth a series of goals which are
conducive to and compatible with the commercial, cul-
tural, recreational and educational development goals of
downtown Miami, and
V7111FREAS, the Florida Maritime Museum on the
proposed site w(iuld help to fill an increasing need for
resident and visitor oriented day and evening programs
and activities in the downtown area; and
WHEP.I:AS, the organizers of the Florida Mari-
time Museum have, taken all the necessary steps required
to bring the concept, to fruition including incorporation
in the State of Florida, the appointment of an appro-
priate Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, the
adoption of a set of By -Laws and a Statement of Purpose,
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and the assignment of an IRS tax exempt status as pro-
vided in Section 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
granted as of September 12, 1980; and
WHEREAS, the concept of a Florida Maritime
Museum in downtown Miami has generated a body of broad
and enthusiastic support from leaders in government,
business and civic organizations as well as a wide cross
section of the citizenry; and
WHEREAS, any further progress on the Florida
Maritime Museum project depends on the immediate initia-
tion of a fund-raising effort to obtain operating and
capital funds, and
WHEREAS, a successful implementation of said
fund-raising effort depends upon a clear declaration of
intent by the Miami City Commission, pending all proper
legal and administrative processes, to make available a
minimum of ten acres of Bicentennial Park as the site of
the proposed maritime museum/center.^
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS
OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION THAT:
Section 1. The Board of Directors of the
Florida Maritime Museum be requested to immediately begin
a fund-raising campaign utilizing all appropriate
private and public sources.
Section 2. Subject to favorable public hear-
ings and staff recommendations, the City Commission
declares its intent to provide the requested Bicentennial
Park and FEC sites for use by the Florida Maritime
Museum/Center.
Passed and adopted this day of
1980.
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Cesar Odio December 3, 1980
Assistant City ;•tanager
Maritime Museum Resolution
Carl Kern, Director 3;
Department of Parks
At the last meeting of the Waterfront Board, the Maritime
Museum concept was presented and approved by the waterfront
Board subject to approval by the Parks Department. The
Parks Department recommends to the City Manager's Office
the approval of the `taritime Museum concept for Bicentennial
Park. The approval of the '•taritime 'luseum concept needs to
be submitted to the City Commission in the form of a resolution
perhaps at the December 17th rreetina.
The preliminar, ar)Froval of the concept of a Maritime Museum
does not preclude future more specific review of site plans,
budgets any, leaal arrancement�; which will develop dependent
on the capability of the :taritime Museum's ability to raise
funds.
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