Resolution 12270 RESOLUTION NO. 12270
WHEREAS, on July 21, 1965, the City Council created
an Advisory Board, known as the "Miami Beach Development
Commission", composed of RITTER LEVINSON, Chairman,
Messrs. Stanley Arkin, Charles L. Clements, Jr. , Edwin
Dean, Nathan Gumenick, Burton S. Kahn, Morris Lapidus,
Joseph Weintraub, Mrs. Anna Brenner Meyers, the Honorable
Emett Choate, Judge of the United States District Court,
Southern District of Florida, and Louis E. Wolfson, acting
as Honorary Co-Chairman and as advisors to the Mayor and
the Commission, and all outstanding figures of business,
civic, philanthropic and professional attainments; and
WHEREAS, the term of existence of said Commission has
been extended from time to time, the last extiOsion being
up to and including December 31, 1967; and
WHEREAS, the Commission was created to acquire, compile
and collate all available data, materials, statistics, maps,
photographs, reports and studies necessary to an understand-
ing of past trends and present conditions which affect the
City and the economic and general welfare of its residents
and inhabitants, and to evaluate the data so acquired in
relation to such trends in population, property values,
economic bases, land use, and, among other things, to evolve
the principles and policies required to guide the direction
and type of future development and expansion of the City;
and
WHEREAS, among the many accomplishments of the Commission
has been the creation and development of a long range
Comprehensive General Plan as a guide for the future develop-
ment, aesthetic as well as practical, of the City of Miami
Beach as a leading resort, tourist and residential comm-
unity; and
WHEREAS, Chairman Ritter Levinson, until his untimely
death, and Stanley Arkin, the present Chairman, and Messrs.
Charles L. Clements, Jr. , Edwin Dean, Nathan Gumenick, Burton
S. Kahn, Morris Lapidus, Joseph Weintraub, Mrs. Anna Brenner
Meyers, Honorary Co-Chairmen the Honorable Emett Choate
and Louis E. Wolfson have labored tirelessly, selflessly,
diligently and brilliantly, without remuneration, and have
prepared, in connection with the Comprehensive General Plan,
Phase I, Phase II and Phase III, which have been and will be
of immeasurable value to the City's growth and development
as one of the finest resort and residential areas in the
world;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, for itself and for each
and every member thereof, and in behalf of the City's resid-
ents and inhabitants, that this resolution be formal recog-
nition by the City Council of the magnitude of the accomplish-
ments of former Chairman Ritter Levinson, present Chairman
Stanley Arkin, the Messrs. Charles L. Clements, Jr. , Edwin
Dean, Nathan Gumenick, Burton S. Kahn, Morris Lapidus, Joseph
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Weintraub, Mrs. Anna Brenner Meyers, and Honorary Co-
Chairmen the Honorable Emett Choate and Louis 1 . Wolf son,
and their untiring efforts in behalf of the City and its
residents and inhabitants.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a certified copy of
this resolution be submitted to Mrs. Ritter Levinson
and to each and every member of the Commission.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of November, 1967.
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Mayor
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City Clerk and Finance Director
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