LTC 295-2006 Hamid Dolikhani, Assistant Building Director
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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # "2.'15- 2,00,"
LETTER TO COMMISSION
FROM:
Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission
Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager , ./~
December 1, 2006 ()
TO:
DATE:
SUBJECT: Hamid Dolikhani, Assistant Building Director
The purpose of this LTC is to advise you of the resignation of Hamid Dolikhani, Assistant
Building Director. This resignation is effective December 1, 2006.
Mr. Dolikhani worked for the Building Department for the past 18 years and made many
contributions during his tenure with the City.
From April 2005 to March 2006, Mr. Dolikhani served as the Acting Building Director where
he dealt with several serious and life-threatening situations with major condominium
buildings, significant damage to older structures resulting from Hurricane Wilma, and also
dealt with policy issues relating to the City's historic building stock, such as the Coral Rock
House and the Neptune building. With regard to Hurricane Wilma, with Mr. Dolikhani's help
and participation, the City of Miami Beach was one of the first municipalities to fully
recognize and address the housing issues caused by the storm's effects which put the City
at the forefront of raising the awareness of the issue to Miami-Dade County, the State of
Florida, and with FEMA. The majority of surrounding municipalities had not even begun
inspections of multi-family structures by the time the City was able to complete our initial
assessment. Mr. Dolikhani's pro-activeness was instrumental in getting the County and
State to recognize that a legitimate temporary housing crisis existed and helped to persuade
them to open and keep open temporary shelters to assist those residents affected.
Please join me in thanking Mr. Dolikhani for all his contributions to the City and in wishing
him the best of luck with his future endeavors.
JMG/ri
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