LTC 343-2021 City of Doral Resolution No. 21-148M IA M I BEAC H
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
No. 343-2021
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Com
FROM: Rafael E. Granado, Ci ty Clerk [3,
DATE: August12,2021
SUBJECT: CITY OF DORAL RESOLUTION NO. 21-148
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 21-148, adopted by the Mayor and City Council of
the City of Doral on August 11, 2021.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DORAL, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING AND UNITING IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE CUBAN PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH
AND ASSEMBLY; AND REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
JOIN AND SUPPORT THE CUBAN PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO DEMOCRACY,
FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND ASSEMBLY; PROVIDING FOR
TRANSMITTAL; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City of Doral Clerk has requested that a copy of this resolution be provided to the Miami Beach
Mayor and Commissioners.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 305.673. 7 411.
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RESOLUTION No. 21-148
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DORAL, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING AND
UNITING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE'S RIGHT
TO DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY;
AND REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT JOIN
AND SUPPORT THE CUBAN PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO
DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND ASSEMBLY;
PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Cuba's communist dictatorship has wrought 62 years of
oppression, starvation, murder, and economic instability on the island nation ever
since the 1959 revolution; and
WHEREAS, Cuba's already existing humanitarian crisis resulting from the
incompetence and brutality of its communist regime has been exacerbated by the
COVID-19 pandemic to which the communist government's response has been
particularly inept and has added thousands upon thousands to the list of the regime's
victims; and
WHEREAS, Cuba's healthcare system has been overwhelmed to the point of
collapse, most medical supplies and medicines have run out, and food has become
increasingly scarce; and
WHEREAS, the Cuban government does not have the resources nor the ability
to improve the situation yet continues to reject humanitarian aid; and
WHEREAS, in response to the Cuban government's oppression and
incompetence, the Cuban people have revolted against the communist regime by
taking to the streets to demand freedom in a manner not seen before; and
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WHEREAS, the Cuban government has responded in typical autocratic
fashion by continuing to arrest those who oppose it, fire live rounds at unarmed
protesters, shut down the internet and mobile communication among the public to
conceal the truth, and shut down electricity thereby worsening living conditions in the
country; and
WHEREAS, the City of Doral is comprised of a significant population of Cubans
and those of Cuban heritage as well as those from other countries that have
become victims of repression by communists and socialist regimes such as
Nicaragua and Venezuela; and
WHEREAS, the City of Doral seeks to express solidarity with the Cuban people
in their hour of need; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Doral to encourage other municipalities in Miami-Dade County to express solidarity
with the Cuban people in their struggle for independence; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral hopes that by
doing so there will be a stronger response from the federal government of the United
States to bring the full weight of its influence and power to bear on the communist
regime that sits only 90 miles away from our border; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral urges
our federal elected officials and other key federal officials to exercise the federal
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government's power and influence such that it provides support to the democratic
movement in Cuba that is currently unfolding through all diplomatic, political, judicial,
and economic means available to it.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DORAL, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and
correct and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. Expression of Support and Call to Action. The Ma y or
a n d th e City Council of the City of Doral unites in support and solidarity with the
Cuban People's fight for democratic governance, freedom of speech, assembly,
religion, and of the press and further requests the United States government use
the full weight of its power and influence to provide support to the democratic
movement in Cuba that is currently unfolding through all diplomatic, political,
judicial, and economic means available to it. Further, the Mayor and the City
Council strongly urges all municipalities in Miami-Dade County to pass a resolution
substantially similar in form to this resolution.
Section 3. Transmittal , The City Clerk is hereby instructed to provide a
copy of this Resolution to the President of the United States, the United States
Secretary of State, the Cuban Ambassador to the United States, Senator Marco
Rubio, Senator Rick Scott, Congressman Mario-Diaz-Balart, the Miami-Dade League
of Cities for distribution to its members, and to the Clerk of each municipality in Miami-
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Dade County for distribution to their elected officials.
Section 4. Effe ctive Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Councilmember Puig-Corve who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Mariaca and upon being put to
a vote, the vote was as follows:
Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez
Vice Mayor Pete Cabrera
Councilwoman Digna Cabral
Councilwoman Claudia Mariaca
Councilman Oscar Puig-Corve
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11 day of August, 2021.
JUAN CAR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
FOR THE USE AND RELIANCE OF THE CITY OF DORAL ONLY:
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