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SPECIAL MEETINGS
1. Cuban Refugee Problem.
2. Convention Center - Sale of
Bonds.
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MEETING DATE: JUNE 19, 1980 CITY HALL -DINNER KEY
A MOTION ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY THOUSAND ($30,000)
DOLLARS AS MATCHING DOLLARS TO AN AMOUNT RAISED BY RADIO STATION WQBA
AND OTHER LOCAL LATIN BUSINESSMEN TO FEED NEWLY ARRIVED CUBAN REFUGEES
WHO ROAM OUR STREETS; SAID PROGRAM TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN EXTENSION TO
THE PRESENT EMERGENCY PROGRAM BEING OPERATED BY RAFAEL VILLAVERDE.
A MOTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OFFICIALLY COMMENDING AND THANKING THE
RAUL MASVIDAL, DIECO SUAREZ. G71`.`.NDC CODI"t.. LUIS PO II.OL t17) OTrr' Lr;Pn
BUSINESSMEN, AS WELL AS WQBA, ITS MANAGER HERBERT M. LEVIN, ITS NEWS
DIRECTOR JORGE LUIS HERNANDEZ AND THE JUNTA PATRIOTICA CUBANA AND ITS
PRESIDENT, DR. TONY DE VARONA, FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT IN THE COLLECTION
OF MONIES TO PROVIDE FOOD AND OTHER NECESSITIES FOR NEWLY ARRIVED CUBAN
REFUGEES.
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IMMEDIATELY SECURE SHELTER
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR NEWLY ARRIVED CUBAN REFUGEES, REQUESTING
NEDA (NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION) THAT THE PREMISES KNOWN
AS THE FORMER "ADA MERRITT SCHOOL" BE LOANED TO THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR USE
AS A REFUGEE SHELTER DURING THE PRESENT CRISIS AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
BE DIRECTED TO SURVEY OTHER POSSIBLE SHELTER SITES FOR TEMPORARY USE, RE—
QUESTING OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE STATE OF FLORIDA, METRO—
POLITAN DADE COUNTY, THE SCHOOL BOARD, ETC. TO ALSO AID IN THE SEARCH FOR
SUCH A FACILITY.
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO FIND IMMEDIATE SHELTER FOR THE
NEWLY ARRIVED CUBAN REFUGEES AS AN INTERIM MEASURE PENDING A MORE PERMA—
NENT RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING AND APPROVING THE RELINQUISHMENT BY MIAMI
CENTER ASSOCIATES, INC. OF ITS RIGHT TO DEVELOP THE AIR SPACE ABOVE THE
PROPOSED CITY PARKING GARAGE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI/
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER.
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M-80-430
MOVED:CAROLLO
SECOND:LACASA
UNANIMOUS
M-80-431
1IOV ED • G LBSON
SECOND:LACASA
UNANIMOUS
M-80-432
MOVED:LACASA
SECOND:CAROLLO
UNANIMOUS
M-80-433
MOVED:CAROLLO
SECOND:LACASA
UNANIMOUS
R-80-438
MOVED:GIBSON
SECOND:LACASA
UNANIMOUS