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Resolution: R-19-0145
File Number: 5680
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 4/11/2019
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DECLARING NO
OBJECTION AND SUPPORTING THE CO -DESIGNATION OF THAT PORTION
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI'S MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF NORTHWEST
10TH AVENUE FROM NORTHWEST 23RD STREET TO NORTHWEST 27TH
STREET AS "BOBBY MADURO WAY"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO TRANSMIT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
HEREIN DESIGNATED OFFICES.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort
WHEREAS, Roberto "Bobby" Maduro ("Bobby Maduro") was born in Havana, Cuba in
1916; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro helped the negotiate Cuban Winter League entry into
Organized Baseball in 1947; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro helped construct and was a co-owner of Havana's Gran
Stadium, the first million -dollar sports complex built in Latin America between 1946 and 1960;
and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was a co-founder of the Caribbean Series in 1948; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was co-owner of the Cienfuegos Elephants Baseball Team
within the Cuban Winter League between 1949 and 1953; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was owner of the Havana Cubans in 1953; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro created Los Cubanitos (the Cuban Little Leagues) and
established Baseball Academies between 1954 and 1960; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was the owner and founder of the Cuban Sugar Kings,
which relocated to New Jersey as the Jersey City Jerseys and relocated to Florida as the
Jacksonville Suns between 1954 and 1963; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was the General Manager of the Jacksonville Suns and the
Latin American scout for the St. Louis Cardinals between 1964 and 1965; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was the Director of Inter -American Relations under some
baseball commissioners between 1965 and 1978; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was the founder of the Inter -American Baseball League in
1979; and
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WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was inducted into the Cuban Hall of Fame in Exile in 1985;
WHEREAS, in Bobby Maduro's honor, the Miami Stadium was renamed after him in
1987; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Maduro was inducted into the inaugural class of the Latino Baseball
Hall of Fame in 2010; and
WHEREAS, in Bobby Maduro's honor, the portion of Northwest 4th Street between
Northwest 14th Avenue and Northwest 16th Avenue adjacent to Marlins Park was previously
renamed "Bobby Maduro Drive"; and
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission would like to honor Bobby Maduro by
codesignating that portion of Northwest 10th Avenue between Northwest 23rd Street and
Northwest 27th Street, Miami, Florida as "Bobby Maduro Way"; and
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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission declares no objection and supports the co -
designation of that portion within the City of Miami's municipal boundaries of Northwest 10th
Avenue from Northwest 23rd Street to Northwest 27th Street as "Bobby Maduro Way".
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of this Resolution to the
Departments of Police, Fire -Rescue, Solid Waste, the Miami -Dade County Department of
Transportation and Public Works, the United States Postal Service, and, if a State of Florida
road, to the Florida Department of Transportation, District One, for sign installation within the
newly designated roadways.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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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