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Resolution: R-14-0371
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 14-00714 Final Action Date: 9/29/2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION CODESIGNATING
SOUTHWEST 4TH AVENUE FROM SOUTHWEST 4TH STREET TO SOUTHWEST
5TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS "SISTER MARGARITA MIRANDA OTERO
R.S.C.J. WAY"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY
OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE HEREIN DESIGNATED OFFICES.
WHEREAS, Sister Margarita Miranda Otero joined the Society of the Sacred Heart
Religieuses du Sacre Coeur de Jesus ("R.S.C.J.") at the age of twenty-one (21), later becoming the
principal of the Sacred Heart School in Santiago de Cuba and later in El Cerro, Havana, Cuba; and
WHEREAS, Sister Margarita Miranda Otero resided and taught at The Carrollton School of the
Sacred Heart in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, Sister Margarita Miranda Otero and a group of volunteers were concerned about
the situation where children were home alone after school while their parents worked; and
WHEREAS, Sister Margarita Miranda Otero and volunteers donated their time and talents to
the Little Havana community; and
WHEREAS, Sister Margarita Miranda Otero created an informal "after -school program" that
quickly expanded to classrooms within Ada Merritt School, where English, Religion, and cultural
activities including music, art and dance were taught; and
WHEREAS, the after -school program was later formally named in homage to the Virgin Mary
(Mater Admirabilis) patroness of the religious of the Sacred Heart Centro Mater;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this section.
Section 2. Southwest 4th Avenue from Southwest 4th Street to Southwest 5th Street, Miami,
Florida, is codesignated as "Sister Margarita Miranda Otero R.S.C.J. Way."
Section 3. The City Manager is directed to instruct the City Clerk to transmit a copy of this
Resolution to the Departments of Police, Fire -Rescue, Solid Waste, Miami -Dade County Public Works
and Waste Management and the United States Postal Service.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{1}
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Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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