HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To :
Honorable Mayor and M9rnhers
of the C>'EvZCommissio
Joe Arrio
FROM : Chief Ad>iinis1rator/City Manager
CA.9
NOV 14 2003
DATE : FILE :
Street codesignation of NW 7 Street from
suBJEcrNW 42 Avenue at NW 47 Avenue as
"Manuel Antonio De Varona Way"
HEFEHENCES:
F.NCLOEIIIRES:
RECOMMENDATION
The City of Miami Street Codesignation Committee recommends that the City of Miami Commission
adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the street codesignation of NW 7th Street from NW 42"1 Avenue
to NW 47th Avenue as "Manuel Antonio De Varona Way"
BACKGROUND
Manuel A. De Varona, an attorney and a life-long political activist, held numerous prestigious elected and
appointed posts in Cuba until 1960 when he settled in Miami. Locally, he taught Spanish and free-lanced
on the university and college lecture circuit discussing latin american affairs placing him at the forefront
of forging a nexus with the general american public by relating the cuban exile experience in Miami. The
proposed codesignation will serve not only to uphold the concepts of liberty and justice the residents of
Miami collectively value but also underscores the importance of the city of Miami as a crossroads for
Latin America.
Fiscal Impact: $1,200 .
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