Resolution 77-15478 RESOLUTION NO. 77-15478
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A
PROCLAMATION EXPRESSING ITS APPRECIATION AND
GRATITUDE, AND THAT OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE
PUBLIC SERVICE OF COUNCILMAN AND VICE MAYOR
HAROLD SPAET.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, that the following measure be recorded in the
Official Minutes of this body, and be promulgated throughout the
City of Miami Beach:
PROCLAMATION
BY VIRTUE OF THE POWERS vested by the Legislature of
the State of Florida, in the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, and in the individual members thereof, be it
hereby proclaimed that
COUNCILMAN AND VICE MAYOR HAROLD SPAET
by these presents be hereby officially apprised that this City
Council, each member thereof, and on behalf of the citizens and
residents of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, are profoundly
and immeasurably appreciative and grateful for the integrity,
selfless devotion to duty and exemplary manifestation of perfection
and genius in the legislative and policy-making function of his
high office as Councilman of the City of Miami Beach.
He has served the City of Miami Beach and its citizens
and residents continuously and uninterruptedly from November 7,
1974, to November 2 , 1977, and because of the heavy demands of
his professional practice and intentions to become a candidate
for State Legislative Office, he is compelled not to seek reelection
to said office.
His tenure in said office has been marked and characterized
by the expenditure of countless hours and immeasurable energy. His
dedication to duty; his clarity of intellect; and his impeccable
and far-seeing judgment has been an inspiration to his fellow
Councilmen and to all those who labored with him.
This City Council did, on August 3, 1977, duly elect
the said Harold Spaet to the office of Vice Mayor of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, and he thereupon held said office until the
expiration of his term as Vice Mayor, and was called upon by his
fellow Councilmen to serve repeatedly thereafter as Mayor Pro Tem.
His tenure in office as Councilman and Vice Mayor as
well as that of his fellow Councilmen, coincided and was contem-
poraneous with vital and most critical chapters in the history
of the community and of its citizens, when problems of unprecedented
and overwhelming gravity confronted the City Council, and the
determination of which was fraught with utmost consequence for the
future of the City. When his duties as Vice Mayor called him to
the presiding chair of the City Council, his spirit of imperturb-
able equanimity evoked an atmosphere of dispassionate deliberation
imperative to the proper councilmanic determination of issues of
overwhelming concern to the citizens of the community.
The said Harold Spaet, as Councilman and Vice Mayor,
unfailingly manifested a temperament of judicial courage and
impartiality and his tenure of office was characterized by a
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pervading brilliance which transformed the crucible of acrimonious
debate into a uniting mould of compassion, sympathy and under-
standing.
The warm and glowing aura of his magnanimity invariably
dispelled the vexations which afflict the spirit in times of
stress . His profound and unequaled knowledge of governmental
science and legislation proved to be, upon times without number,
of inestimable value to his colleagues and to the community at
large. The list of accomplishments as Councilman and Vice Mayor
included Public Housing for Senior Citizens; a Youth Center for
the activities of the younger citizens; a cultural Theater of the
Performing Arts; an incomparable Civic Center and Convention Hall;
a City Hall envied by all; an Adjunct Library; Community Centers;
the Restoration of the Beaches; the Redevelopment Project; and the
all-surpassing Miami Beach Marina.
His voluntary and temporary withdrawal from the govern-
mental arena is evocative of the most profound regret by his fellow
Councilmen, and affectionate constituency.
It is a consummation devoutly to be wished that the said
Harold Spaet will in the future again devote his noble spirit of
sacrifice and dedication to the enhancement and improvement of the
City, County, State and the Nation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a certified copy of this Resolution
and Proclamation be presented to the said Harold Spaet.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of November, 1977 .
Mayor, Pro Haec Vice
Attest:
City C erk
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 77-15478
(mat ioniexpressizing ngis,.icy cuouuncalpsocla-
gratitude, and that of the community,
for the public service of Councilman
Harold Spaet)