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MEMORANDUM
Agenda Item No. 14 (A) (2 )
TO: Honorable Chairman Bruno A. Barreiro DATE: October 21, 2008
and Members, Board of County Commissioners
FROM: R. A. Cuevas, Jr.
County Attorney
SUBJECT: Resolution codesignating
portion of N. W. 15th Avenue
as Rev. Dr. Gilbert S. Smith
Avenue
Resolution No. R-1128-08
The accompanying resolution was prepared and placed on the agenda at the request of
Prime Sponsor Commissioner Dorrin D. Rolle.
R. A. Cu-eve, Jr.
County Attorney
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MEMORANDUM
(Revised)
TO: Honorable Chairman Bruno A. Barreiro DATE: October 21, 2008
and Members, Board of County Commissioners
FROM: R. A. C evas, JrJ
County Attorney
SUBJECT: Agenda Item No. 14 (A) (2 )
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RESOLUTION NO. R-1128-08
Agenda Item No. 14 (A) (2 )
10-21-08
RESOLUTION CODESIGNATING N.W. 15TH AVENUE FROM
N.W. 73RD STREET TO N.W. 79TH STREET AS "REV.
DR. GILBERT S. SMITH AVENUE"; URGING THE CITY OF
MIAMI TO CODESIGNATE N.W. 15TH AVENUE FROM N.W.
62ND STREET TO N.W. 71ST STREET AS "REV. DR. GILBERT
S. SMITH AVENUE"
WHEREAS, Dr. Gilbert S. Smith is a native of Miami where he has been a reverend for
more than 50 years; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Smith has served as founder and CEO of the Apostolic Evangelistic
Association for 38 years; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Smith's ministry has fed the poor and homeless from its distribution
center twice a week for nearly two decades; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Smith's ministry also includes jail and prison ministries, and his
evangelical endeavors have reached Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Kenya and Nicaragua; and
WHEREAS, the enrichment center run by the Apostolic Evangelistic Association offers
mentoring programs for children and free tutoring for the FCAT; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Smith has offered hope to many more South Floridians over the last
two decades through his "Hope for Today" television broadcast every Sunday evening; and
WHEREAS, N.W. 15th Avenue from N.W. 73`d Street to N.W. 79th Street is a county
road located in County Commission District 2, and N.W. 15th Avenue from N.W. 62nd Street to
N.W. 71St Street is a City of Miami road,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE .IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISS1ONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Agenda Item No. 14 (A) (2 )
Page No. 2
Section 1. Finds that Reverend Dr. Gilbert Smith has made a direct significant
lifetime contribution to this community.
Section 2. By three -fifths vote of the Board Members present, approves the
codesignation of N.W. 15th Avenue from N.W. 73rd Street to N.W. 79th Street as "Rev.
Dr. Gilbert Smith Avenue".
Section 3. Urges the City of Miami to codesignate N.W. 15th Avenue from N.W. 62nd
Street to N.W. 71st Street as "Rev. Dr. Gilbert Smith Avenue".
Section 4. The Clerk of the Board is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of
this resolution to the City of Miami Mayor, the Chair and Members of the Miami City
Commission, the United States Postal Service, the Traffic Signals and Signs Division of the
Public Works Department and Land Development Division of the Public Works Department, the
Miami -Dade Police Department, and the Miami -Dade Fire Rescue Department.
The Prime Sponsor of the foregoing resolution is Commissioner Dorrin D. Rolle. It was
offered by Commissioner Dorrin D. Rolle
seconded by Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson
was as follows:
, who moved its adoption. The motion was
and upon being put to a vote, the vote
Bruno A. Barreiro, Chairman aye
Barbara J. Jordan, Vice -Chairwoman aye
Jose "Pepe" Diaz aye
Carlos A. Gimenez aye
Joe A. Martinez absent
Dorrin D. Rolle aye
Katy Sorenson absent
Sen. Javier D. Souto absent
Audrey M. Edmonson
Sally A. Heyman
Dennis C. Moss
Natacha Seijas
Rebeca Sosa
aye
aye
aye
absent
aye
Resolution No. R-1128-08
Agenda Item No. 14 (A) (2 )
Page No. 3
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed and adopted this 21st day of
October, 2008. This resolution shall become effective ten (10) days after the date of its adoption
unless vetoed by the Mayor, and if vetoed, shall become effective only upon an override by this
Board.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY ITS BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HARVEY RUVIN, CLERK
By: Kay Sullivan
Deputy Clerk
Approved by County Attorney as
to form and legal sufficiency.
Jess M. McCarty