LTC 200-2019 Hispanic Affairs Committee Motions MIAMIBEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
200-2019
NO. LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber & Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager O/"
DATE: April 5, 2019
SUBJECT: Hispanic Affairs Committee Motions
The Purpose of this Letter to the Commission (LTC) is to inform the Commission of two (2)
motions passed by the Hispanic Affairs Committee at their April 4, 2019 meeting.
Members Present: Gabriel Paez, Grace Calvani, Victor Pulido, Susanita Ferro Rodriguez-
Chornat
Members Absent: Francis Trullenque, Angela Luz Diaz, Rosary Falero Plana
Motion:
Motion urging the City Commission to organize a yearly festivity in coordination with the
Hispanic Affairs Committee in celebration of the birthday anniversary of Simon Bolivar
during a ceremony on or about July 24, 2019 and yearly thereafter at the monument of
Simon Bolivar in Collins Park, Miami Beach.
Simon Bolivar was born on July 24, 1783, in Caracas, Venezuela and is recognized as
the Liberator by people of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela for liberating
these 5 countries from Spanish colonial rule.
This ceremony will be the first-ever in Miami Beach at the site of the Simon Bolivar
monument at Collins Park at a time when the Hispanic community of Miami Beach joins
the people of Venezuela and other countries to commemorate the ideals of freedom,
democracy and self-determination, as Bolivar did what George Washington did for us in
the United States of America.
Motion made by Gabriel Paez after passing the gavel for this item to Grace Calvani
Motion seconded by Victor Pulido
Motion unanimously approved by all members present
Motion:
Motion urging the City Commission to direct the City Administration to produce and
record two historical archives interview segments for a MBTV 77 Segment to be aired in
MBTV 77 during Hispanic Heritage Month 2019 and yearly thereafter and for the first
interviewees to be Former Mayor Matti Bower and Former City Manager Jose Garcia-
Pedrosa and that Alex Fernandez be the interviewer or host of the segment.
Motion made by Victor Pulido
Motion seconded by Susanita Ferro Rodriguez-Chomat
Motion unanimously approved by all members present
cc: Marcia Monserrat, Chief of Staff
Members of the Hispanic Affairs Committee
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