HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-73-0629RESOLUTION NO. 73-629
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE POLICY OF THE
COMMISSION THAT A HISTORICAL MARKER COM-
MEMORATING THE LANDING OF DON PEDRO
MENENDEZ de AVILES', WHO LANDED AT THE
MOUTH OF THE MIAMI RIVER IN 1567, AND
WAS THE FIRST RECORDED EUROPEAN CONTACT
WITH WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS MIAMI, BE
PLACED AT THE TRAFFIC ISLAND AT THE
INTERSECTION OF BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AND
S.E. 2ND STREET; REQUESTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY
OF SUCH LOCATION, AND FURTHER, THAT SUCH
ACTION BE CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL
OF THE MIAMI MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
That the policy of the Commission be, and it is, that a
historical marker commemorating the landing of Don Pedro
Menendez de Aviles, who landed at the mouth of the Miami River
in 1567, and who was the first recorded European contact with
what is now known as Miami, be placed at the traffic island at
the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and SE 2nd Street; re-
questing the City Manager to investigate the feasibility of
such location; and further, that such action be contingent upon
the approval of the Miami Memorial Committee.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of July, 1973.
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