98-22781 RESO
RESOLUTION NO.
98-22781
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING A
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RENAMING THE MIAMI
BEACH GARDEN CENTER AND CONSERVATORY, TO THE
MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN.
WHEREAS, at its meeting of May 6, 1998, the Mayor's Ad Hoc Garden and Conservatory
Committee discussed changing the name of the Garden Center from the Miami Beach Garden Center
and Conservatory, to the Miami Beach Botanical Garden; and
WHEREAS, the primary reasons for the name change included: 1) "Botanical Garden" more
appropriately describes the activities, purposes, and goals of the Garden Center; 2) the Committee
plans to apply to the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA) for
membership; and, 3) the term "Garden Center" has attained a commercial connotation with most large
home improvement stores having such centers; and
WHEREAS, the request to rename the Miami Beach Garden Center and Conservatory was
referred to the Community Affairs Committee for discussion and recommendation at its first regular
meeting on June 5, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the Community Affairs Committee considered and reviewed the aforestated
renaming of said public facility and, after reviewing the proposal in accordance with the established
selection criteria, as set forth in Article V, Section 39-24 through 39-27 of Chapter 39 of the Miami
Beach City Code, unanimously recommended that the Mayor and City Commission consider the
proposal to rename the Miami Beach Garden Center and Conservatory to the Miami Beach Botanical
Garden; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V of Miami Beach City Code Chapter 39-27, the Mayor and
City Commission must now hold a public hearing to consider the aforesaid renaming.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a public hearing to
consider renaming the Miami Beach Garden Center and Conservatory to the Miami Beach Botanical
Garden is hereby called to be held before the Mayor and City Commission in their Chambers on the
Third Floor of City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida on Wednesday,
July 1, 1998, beginning at 10:45 a.m., and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
publish appropriate Public Notice of the said Public Hearing in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Miami Beach, at which time and place all interested parties will be heard.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of
June
,1998.
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH. FLORIDA 33139
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. 380 -98
TO:
Mayor Neisen O. Kasdin and
Members of the City C mission
DATE: June 17, 1998
FROM:
Sergio Rodriguez
City Manager
SUBJECT:
A RESOL N OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER RENAMING THE MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CENTER AND
CONSERVATORY TO THE MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN.
ADMINISTRA TION RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt the Resolution.
BACKGROUND
At its meeting of May 6, 1998, the Mayor's Ad Hoc Garden and Conservatory Committee discussed
and unanimously approved a motion to change the name of the Miami Beach Garden Center and
Conservatory (Garden Center) to the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. The request was then
forwarded to the Community Affairs Committee and reviewed by the Committee in accordance with
Article V, Section 39-24 through 39-27 of Chapter 39 of the Miami Beach City Code. The proposal
to rename the Garden Center was unanimously recommended by the Community Affairs Committee
at its meeting of June 5, 1998.
ANALYSIS
Pursuant to Article V of Miami Beach City Code Chapter 39-27, the Mayor and City Commission
must now hold a public hearing to consider the aforesaid renaming.
CONCLUSION
The City Commission should set a public hearing on July 1, 1998, at 10:45 a.m. to consider changing
the name of the Miami beach Garden Center and Conservatory to the Miami Beach Botanical Garden,
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