| | | | | | | | | TO: | Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee Members |
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| Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
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| | DATE: | May 22, 2018
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| | SUBJECT: | DISCUSSION REGARDING POTENTIALLY CO-NAMING A STREET IN NORTH BEACH FOR RABBI ABRAMOWITZ AND, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, A DISCUSSION REGARDING A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE, OR OTHER MONUMENT OR MEMORIAL, IN HONOR OF RABBI MAYER ABRAMOWITZ |
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| | | | | | | | HISTORY:
Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Michael Gongora, this item was referred to the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee at the April 11, 2018 City Commission meeting. This item concerns the potential co-naming of a street in North Beach for Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz. Rabbi Abramowitz was the spiritual leader of Temple Menorah for 45 years. This referral includes a discussion of an amendment to Section 82-503(c) of the City Code which would be required in order to allow for this potential co-naming of a City street. A draft Ordinance is attached which would amend the City Code to allow City streets to be co-named for a deceased person who served as the spiritual leader of a prominent religious institution in the City of Miami Beach for 35 or more years.
As an alternative to a street co-naming, a discussion of a commemorative plaque, or other monument or memorial, in honor of Rabbi Abramowitz is also included in this referral. This alternative proposal is submitted pursuant to Section 82-504 of the City Code regarding the establishment of monuments and memorials on public property.
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