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2016-29572 Reso RESOLUTION NO. 2016-29572 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND ' URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. WHEREAS, approximately 1 in 68 children has an autism spectrum disorder according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and approximately 1 in 5 individuals has a disability according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau; and WHEREAS, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Convention) is an international human rights treaty that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Convention is to promote, protect, and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity; and WHEREAS, the United States of America is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which supports inclusion and accommodation of children and adults with special needs and disabilities; and WHEREAS, Article 3 of the Convention sets forth the following core principles of inclusion: a. Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make one's own choices, and independence of persons; b. Non-discrimination; c. Full and effective participation and inclusion in society; d. Respect for differences and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity; e. Equality of opportunity; f. Accessibility; g. Equality between men and women; h. Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities; and WHEREAS, inclusion is an attitude, an approach, and a mindset, which welcomes and facilitates participation by those with disabilities and special needs, and encourages accommodations beyond those required by law; and WHEREAS, National Autism Awareness Month is annually recognized in April and provides an opportunity to reflect on the inherent dignity of all human beings, and the importance of including and accommodating children and adults on the autism spectrum, as well as children and adults with other special needs and disabilities, in all aspects of daily life; and WHEREAS, the City's commitment to inclusion is demonstrated through its recreational programs and facilities for children and adults with special needs and disabilities such as the City's Inclusion in Recreation Program that includes children with special needs into various existing regularly scheduled recreational activities at Flamingo Park, North Shore Park and Youth Center, and the Scott Rakow Youth Center, an annual spring break surf camp co-hosted by the University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (UM-NSU CARD) for children with autism spectrum disorders that focuses on swimming skills, basic oceanography, meteorology, and open water surfing, the City's partnership with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation to provide Adaptive Beach Days, mobi mats and beach wheelchairs at numerous beachfront locations, a future accessible playground at Allison Park, the North Shore Margaret M. Swett Social Club for Developmentally Disabled Adults, the Guild for the Blind, a bowling league for adults with special needs, and athletic training for and participation in Special Olympics events throughout the State of Florida; and WHEREAS, the City's commitment to the principles of inclusion is also demonstrated by the Miami Beach Police Department's efforts to establish officer training for The Wallet Card program developed by The Disability Independence Group, in collaboration with UM-NSU CARD and the Coral Gables Police Department, which program assists individuals in informing governmental and police officials of an individual's special needs through the use of a wallet card and trains police officers in interactions with individuals on the autism spectrum and those with other special needs; and WHEREAS, in addition, the City's commitment to the principles of inclusion is demonstrated by its participation in the Best Buddies Job Program, which integrates skilled and qualified individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities into the community through supported employment; and WHEREAS, the City further demonstrates its commitment to inclusion through its Disability Access Committee, which provides recommendations to the City Commission and City Departments regarding improvements to, and the prioritization of, accessible City facilities, streets, sidewalks, and programs; and WHEREAS, not only is the City of Miami Beach committed to the principles of inclusion established by the Convention, but the Mayor and City Commission likewise urge (a) businesses to express their commitment to the principle of inclusion in both employment and commerce, (b) developers, homeowner associations, and condominium associations to adopt policies supporting the principle of inclusion in residential communities, (c) universities and other places of learning to prioritize programs supporting inclusion of individuals with special needs and disabilities, and (e) national, state, and local governments to express their commitment to the principles of inclusion and to continue expanding services to children and adults with special needs and disabilities; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission further urge action by national, state, and local governments, businesses, and residential communities consistent with the principles of inclusion established by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, as follows: 1. The Mayor and City Commission hereby express their support and commitment to the principles of inclusion for individuals with special needs and disabilities in all aspects of its governance and services, and welcomes and seeks to facilitate such participation in the City of Miami Beach; 2. The Mayor and City Commission urge businesses to express their commitment to the principles of inclusion in both employment and commerce; 3. The Mayor and City Commission urge developers, homeowner associations, and condominium associations to adopt policies supporting the principles of inclusion in residential communities; 4. The Mayor and City Commission urge universities and other places of learning to prioritize programs supporting the inclusion of individuals with special needs and disabilities; 5. The Mayor and City Commission urge national, state, and local governments to express their commitment to the principles of inclusion and to continue expanding services to children and adults with special needs and disabilities; and 6. The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, the Florida League of Cities, the Florida Association of Counties, the Miami-Dade County League of Cities, the Board of County Commissioners for Miami-Dade County, the School Board of Miami-Dade County, and the municipalities in Miami-Dade County. PASSED AND ADOPTED this IV day of SPptem be r, 2016. Philip L: .irie •r ATTEST: • APPROVED AS TO Rafael . Granad , City Clerk FORM & LANGUAGE & F R EC TION F:WTTO\TURN\RESOS\Supporting Principles of Inclusion.docx ( • 1.L3. j City Attorney w. Dote Resolutions - R7 0 MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM: Raul J.Aguila, City Attorney DATE: September 14, 2016 SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. ANALYSIS Pursuant to the request of Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco, the above referenced Resolution is submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission. Legislative Tracking Office of the City Attorney Sponsor Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco ATTACHMENTS: Description ❑ Resolution Page 1721 of 2277 MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 President Susan Haynie Florida League of Cities, Inc. 201 West Palmetto Park Road Boca Raton, FL 33432 Dear President Haynie, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Ra ael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 First Vice-President Gil Ziffer Florida League of Cities, Inc. 300 South Adams Street Tallahassee, FL 32301 Dear First Vice-President Ziffer, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 74—y Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 Second Vice-President Leo Longworth Florida League of Cities, Inc. P.O. Box 1069 Bartow, FL 33831 Dear Second Vice-President Longworth, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully Rafael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Florida League of Cities, Inc. P.O. Box 1757 Tallahassee, FL 32302 Dear Florida League of Cities, Inc., Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Executive Director Matthew Chase National Association of Counties 25 Massachussetts Avenue, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001 Dear Executive Director Chase, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 7-2)/(1 Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Town Clerk Lissette Perez One Golden Beach Drive Golden Beach, FL 33160 Dear Town Clerk Perez, • Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfull , 40 R. ael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Marbelys Fatjo, Esq. 501 Palm Avenue, 3rd Floor Hialeah, FL 33010 Dear City Clerk Fatjo, Esq., Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RE SIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Maria L. Joffee 10001 NW 87 Avenue Hialeah Gardens, FL 33016 Dear City Clerk Joffee, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, afael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Elizabeth Sewell 790 North Homestead Blvd. Homestead, FL 33030 Dear City Clerk Sewell, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 4 Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Conchita H. Alvarez 88 West McIntire Street, Suite 220 Key Biscayne, FL 33149 Dear Village Clerk Alvarez, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Marilane R. Lima 9080 Bay Drive Indian Creek, FL 33154 Dear Village Clerk Lima, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND _ RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 4 Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Town Clerk Herlina Taboada 7777 NW 72 Avenue Medley, FL 33166 Dear Town Clerk Taboada, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL .GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, afael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Todd B. Hannon 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 Dear City Clerk Hannon, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,. BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, R.fael E. ranado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Ellisa L. Horvath 19200 West Country Club Drive Aventura, FL 33180 Dear City Clerk Horvath, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and. adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami.Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, A7/' Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Dwight S. Danie 655 - 96 Street Bal Harbour, FL 33154 Dear City Clerk Danie, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 7—af' Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 Town Clerk Marlene Marante 9665 Bay Harbor Terrace Bay Harbor Islands, FL 33154 Dear Town Clerk Marante, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, afael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Maria C. Camara 640 NE 114 Street Biscayne Park, FL 33161 Dear Village Clerk Camara, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL _ GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, R ael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Walter J. Foeman 405 Biltmore Way Coral Gables, FL 33134 Dear City Clerk Foeman, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL _ COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, afael E ranado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 Town Clerk Jacqueline Wilson 10720 Caribbean Blvd., Suite 105 Cutler Bay, FL 33189 Dear Town Clerk Wilson, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Connie Diaz 8401 NW 53rd Terrace Doral, FL 33166 Dear City Clerk Diaz, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL. COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need. additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 4 Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEAC City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Yenise Jacobi 500 NE 87 Street El Portal, FL 33138 Dear Village Clerk Jacobi, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, • Rafael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Jennifer A. Evelyn 404 West Palm Drive Florida City, FL 33034 Dear City Clerk Evelyn, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL _ COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael . ranado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 • September 26, 2016 • City Clerk Ronetta Taylor 1515 NW 167 St., Bldg 5, Suite 200 Miami Gardens, FL 33169 Dear City Clerk Taylor, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL . COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • E. MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Acting Town Clerk Gina lnguanzo 6601 Main Street, Suite 206 Miami Lakes, FL 33014 Dear Acting Town Clerk Inguanzo, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL _ GOVERNMENTS, _ BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Barbara A. Estep 10050 NE 2 Avenue Miami Shores, FL 33138 Dear Village Clerk Estep, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, _ AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Erika Gonzalez-Santamaria 201 Westward Drive Miami Springs, FL 33166 Dear City Clerk Gonzalez-Santamaria, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES • OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Yvonne P. Hamilton 1700 Kennedy Causeway, Suite 132 North Bay Village, FL 33141 Dear Village Clerk Hamilton, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Deputy City Clerk Stephanie Thomas 776 NE 125 Street, Room 101 North Miami, FL 33161 Dear Deputy City Clerk Thomas, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL _ GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 77/ Rafael E. Granado City Clerk • c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Pamela L. Latimore 17011 NE 19 Avenue North Miami Beach, FL 33162 Dear City Clerk Latimore, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeach8.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 • September 26, 2016 City Clerk Joanna Flores 780 Fisherman Street, 4th Floor Opa-locka, FL 33054 Dear City Clerk Flores, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL_ COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeochfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Missy Arocha 9705 East Hibiscus Street Palmetto Bay, FL 33157 Dear Village Clerk Arocha, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 • Village Clerk Guido H. Inguanzo 12645 Pinecrest Parkway Pinecrest, FL 33156 Dear Village Clerk Inguanzo, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, _ BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Maria M. Menendez 6130 Sunset Drive South Miami, FL 33143 Dear City Clerk Menendez, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, -afa• E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 • September 26, 2016 • City Clerk Jane A. Hines 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 Dear City Clerk Hines, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,. BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Town Clerk Sandra Novoa 9293 Harding Avenue Surfside, FL 33154 Dear Town Clerk Novoa, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL _ . GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafa . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk - Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 i City Clerk Marie O. "Val" Schmidt 500 SW 109 Avenue Sweetwater, FL 33174 Dear City Clerk Schmidt, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk • c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Village Clerk Maritza Fernandez 6498 NW 38 Terrace Virginia Gardens, FL 33166 Dear Village Clerk Fernandez, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,. BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 City Clerk Annery Gonzalez 901 SW 62 Avenue West Miami, FL 33144 Dear City Clerk Gonzalez, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND .__ .RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEAC City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach,'Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7.411 September 26, 2016 • Executive Director Clarence Anthony National League of Cities 660 North Capitol Street, NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20001 Dear Executive Director Anthony, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfu y, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Ms. Maeghan Gilmore National Association of Counties 25 Massachussetts Avenue, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001 Dear Ms. Gilmore, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful y, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • it I , MIAMI BEACH • City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachf.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Ms. Michelle Prince National Association of Counties 25 Massachussetts Avenue, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001 Dear Ms. Prince, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND _ LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful y, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachf.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 Executive Director R. Scott Shalley Florida Association of Counties 100 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32301 Dear Executive Director Shalley, Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. We ask that you please transmit this resolution to your elected officials. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Ra el E. anado City Clerk • c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Honorable Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street Miami, FL 33128 Dear Honorable Mayor Gimenez, —Attached-please-find-a-copy-of-City of-Miami Beach-Resolution No.-2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND-URGING- ACTION BY NATIONAL,- STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful' , R fael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Jordan, —Attached please-find-a-copy-of-City of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No:-2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND -URGING ACTION -BY- NATIONAL, STATE, AND - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfull , afael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Chairman Jean Monestime Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Chairman Monestime, Attached please find a-copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution No-2016-29572: - A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY-NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful , afael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Audrey Edmonson Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Edmonson, -- Attached-please find-a-copy-of-Gity-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No-2016-29572: — A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND--URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND- LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectf Ily, Rafael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Sally A. Heyman Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Heyman, Attached please find-a-copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No.-2016-2957-2: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION--BY-NATIONAL, STATE, AND - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. RespectfulI , Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-741 1 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Bruno A. Barreiro Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Barreiro, Attached-please-find-a-copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No-2016=29572: — — A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Rebeca Sosa Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Sosa, Attached-please-find-a copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No. 2016-29572: — A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND -URGING-ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Xavier L. Suarez Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Suarez, Attached please find-a copy-of-City of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No-2016-29572: — — A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND -URGING ACTION -BY NATIONAL, -STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Ra ael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 • Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Cava, — Attached-please-find-a copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No-2016-295-7-2: —A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND _.URGING ACTION-BY -NATIONAL, STATE, AND - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. • Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Dennis C. Moss Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Moss, Attached-please-find-a-copy of-City of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No-2016-29572=-- A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfu ly, 4 afael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Javier D. Souto Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Souto, Attached-please-find-a-copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No.—201-6-29572: --- A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful y, R.fael E. Granado City Clerk • c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Juan C. Zapata Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Zapata, Attached-please-find-a-copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No-2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND-URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfu ly, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320 Miami; FL 33128 Dear Commissioner Diaz, - - Attached please find a copy of-City of Miami Beach Resolution No-2016-29572: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 • September 26, 2016 Vice-Chair Esteban Bovo, Jr. Stephen P. Clark Center 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320 Miami, FL 33128 Dear Vice-Chair Bovo, Jr., - -- -Attached please-find-a-copy-of-City-of-Miarni-Beach-Resolution-No;2016-2-9572: — A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously p assed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully R fael . Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEAC City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Superintendent Alberto Carvalho MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Superintendent Carvalho, -- -Attached-please find-a-copy-of-City of-Miami-Beach-Resolution No-2016-29572--- A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco .1 MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Assistant Superintendent Iraida R. Mendez-Cartaya MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 912 Miami , FL 33132 Dear Assistant Superintendent Mendez-Cartaya, -Attached-please find a copy of City of-Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-29572: - —---- A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING -ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful) , Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco ■ MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Chair Perla Tabares MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Chair Tabares, Attached-please-find-a copy-of City of-Miami-Beach-Resolution No.--2016-29572--- A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES;- AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, 4 Ra ael E. ranado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachFl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Vice-Chair Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Vice-Chair Feldman, Attached please find a copy of City of-Miami Beach Resolution No. 2016-2957-2---- A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. 1 This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully //(i i Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Board Member Dr. Martin Karp MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Board Member Karp, Attached-please-find-a copy of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No.-2016-2957-2:— A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful y, Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Board Member Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Minidingall MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Board Member Bendross-Minidingall, — Attached-please-find-a-copy of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No.—2016-2957-2.-- — - -- A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, -STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectf Ily, / r Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Board Member Susie V. Castillo • MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Board Member Castillo, -Attached-please-find-a-copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No-2016-295-7-2: - A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful) , Rafael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Board Member Carlos L. Curbelo MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Board Member Curbelo, Attached-please--find-a-copy-of-City-of-Miami-Beach-Resolution-No--2016-29572: - A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE,- AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully Ra ael . ranado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 • Board Member Dr. Wilbert "Tee" Holloway MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Board Member Holloway, - Attached-please-find-a-copy-of City of Miami-Beach-Resolution No-2016-29572: --- — - - A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND URGING ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully Ra ael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 September 26, 2016 Board Member Dr. Marta Perez MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Board Member Perez, Attached-please-find-a copy-of-City of-Miami-Beach-Resolution No. 2016-29572: — – — A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND -URGING ACTION BY -NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectfully, Ra ael E. Granado City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco • • MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov Office of the City Clerk Tel: 305-673-7411 • September 26, 2016 Board Member Raquel A. Regalado MDCPS 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 700 Miami, FL 33132 Dear Board Member Regalado, -Attached-please-find a copy of-City-of Miami-Beach-Resolution-No.-2016-29572: - A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES;- AND URGING -ACTION BY NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach on September 14, 2016. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Respectful; , Rafael E. Granado - City Clerk c: Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco