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Resolution: R-16-0314
File Number: 16-00958
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 7/14/2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DECLARING NO OBJECTION
AND SUPPORTING THE CODESIGNATION BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE,
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2014-228, DESIGNATING NORTHEAST 73RD STREET
FROM NORTHEAST 2ND AVENUE TO NORTHEAST 3RD COURT, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS "REVEREND WILNER MAXY STREET"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DISTRICT SIX, FOR SIGN INSTALLATION
WITHIN THE NEWLY DESIGNATED ROADWAY.
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature, during its 2014 session, passed Chapter 2014-228,
approving, inter alia, several road designations, including a designation for Reverend Wilner Maxi;
and
WHEREAS, Reverend Wilner Maxy began his ministry in 1976 and was ordained as Pastor of
Haitian Emmanuel Baptist Church ("Church") in 1983 at the Church's original location at Northwest
4th Avenue and Northwest 77th Street, Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Church subsequently moved to a location at 7321 Northeast 2nd Avenue,
Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Wilner Maxy currently has a congregation of 1,300 parishioners; and
WHEREAS, the Wilner Maxy Community Center was established in 2012 with a youth
program for one hundred (100) students, an afterschool program for children aged six 6 through 15,
and an elderly program with seventy-five (75) participants; and
WHEREAS, on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, Reverend Maxy hosts a Pastoral
Fellowship Program with forty (40) Baptist Pastors from the community; and
WHEREAS, the Church has built over eight (8) churches in Haiti in the following locations:
Port-au-Prince, Arcahaie, Gonafves, Moreau (La Valle6 de Jacmel) - (School K-6), Gerard (L6ogane),
St. Louis -du -Nord (K-6), Ballade (Near Port-de-Paix) (K-9) and Terrir - Rouge Near Cap -Haitian; and
WHEREAS, the Church has also created water wells for three (3) areas in Haiti and a "funeral
program" established in 1993 hosted by Caballero Funeral Home to help Church members who have
a hardship; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Wilner Maxy has been the Pastor of the Church for thirty (30) years;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
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File Number: 16-00958
Enactment Number: R-16-0314
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission declares no objection and supports the codesignation
by the Florida Legislature, pursuant to Chapter 2014-228, Laws of Florida, designating Northeast
73rd Street from Northeast 2nd Avenue to Northeast 3rd Court, Miami, Florida, as "Reverend Wilner
Maxy Street".
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Florida
Department of Transportation, District Six, for sign installation within the newly codesignated
roadways.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{1}
Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) 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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