Resolution 10766 RESOLUTION NO. 10766
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach has earned the reputation of being
one of the greatest tourist and convention resorts in the world, and
WHEREAS, Miami Beach, with a permanent population of almost 65, 000
persons serves about a quarter of a million persons from all parts of the world
on any given day, and
WHEREAS, Miami Beach has the greatest concentration of ultra-modern,
luxury hotels and apartment houses of any community of its size in the world, and
WHEREAS, the volume of mail emanating from and destined for Miami
Beach exceeds most cities many times larger than Miami Beach both geographi-
cally and population-wise, and
WHEREAS, Miami Beach, through public and private funds, spends many
millions of dollars annually to promote the area and to attract visitors, and
WHEREAS, Miami Beach is one of the few major cities of its size in the
nation that cannot boast of its own postal service, and
WHEREAS, the "Miami Beach" postmark on all mail emanating from this
city is a major means of advertising this community, and
WHEREAS, the operators of tourist and convention accommodations, local
banking institutions and other businesses must rely upon fast mail service, and
WHEREAS, mail service for both incoming and outgoing mail is materially
delayed because Miami Beach does not have a main post office, and
WHEREAS, it frequently takes as long as three days for delivery of a first
class letter from its posting in a post office at Miami Beach to an address within
a few minutes walking distance from the depository post office, and
WHEREAS, business firms in Miami Beach must travel to Miami, four
miles one way, to obtain bulk mailing permits, and
WHEREAS, fast and efficient mail service is vital to the business com-
munity of Miami Beach and the poor service over the years has been a source of
embarrassment, frustration, chagrin and concern to the businessmen of the
city and adeEerzent to the establishment of many new businesses,
MELVIN J. RICHARD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 940 LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that these facts and
circumstances be brought forcefully to the attention of the appropriate Federal
authorities with the urgent request that the needs of this community be recognized
by the establishment, with all speed, of a main post office in the Cityof Miami
Beach, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded
with dispatch to U. S. Senator Olin D. Johnston, Chairman of the Senate Com-
mittee on Post Office and Civil Service, U. S. Congressman Tom Murray,
Chairman of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, U. S.
Senators George A. Smathers and Spessard Holland, U. S. Congressman Dante
B. Fascell, Hon. Claude Pepper, Democratic nominee for the U. S. Congress,
Postmaster General J. Edward Day.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 1962.
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MELVIN J. RICHARD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 940 LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
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