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r OF SUN <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue. Suite 250 <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />(305) 947 -0606 City Hall <br />(305)949 -3113 Fax <br />(305) 947 -2150 Building Department <br />(305)947 -5107 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />The Honorable City Commission <br />Mayor Norman S. Edelcup <br />November 20, 2014 <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup „t /odor <br />Isaac Action. Eice,tlm-or <br />Jeanette Gann, Commissioner <br />Jennifer Levin, Commissioner <br />Georoe -Bud” Scholl. Commissioner <br />Christopher J. Russo Cin•blanager <br />Hans Ottinot. Ciry Attorney <br />Jane A. I lines. JI NIC. Cnr Clerk- <br />Accepting a Donation of a Bronze Statue of Jose Milton to be located adjacent to the <br />Butterfly Garden at Gateway Park <br />REC0iN4MENDATION <br />This Resolution is presented for your consideration. <br />REASONS <br />J. Milton and Associates wishes to donate to the City and install at its own expense a bronze <br />statue of Jose Milton to be located at Gateway Park. <br />Josh Milton, the son of Lebanese immigrants who left Cuba at the age of 20, came to South Florida <br />in 1963 and created, from strength and dedication, the flagship Miami real estate firm, "Jose <br />Milton K Associates" specializing in the construction of large housing complexes that developed <br />and built more than 50,000 units, developing projects valued at billions of dollars. which included <br />Sands Point, Pinnacle, King David, Sayan, Intracoastal Yacht Club, and St. Tropez in Sunny Isles <br />Beach. <br />Jose Milton was an extremely dedicated family and business man who maintained the company as <br />a family business with his sons, Joseph, Cecil and Frank Milton running the day -to -day operations. <br />He believed that success was not an option but a requirement. He also believed that hard work and <br />dedication resulted in achievements that were not given. but earned. <br />Josh Milton was deeply involved in the City of Sunny Isles Beach Community and very supportive <br />of community events and worthy causes over the years. The City Commission wishes to accept the <br />donation of a bronze statue of Jose Milton to be located at Gateway Park and authorizing the City <br />Attorney to file a restrictive covenant with Miami -Dade County to reflect the approval of this <br />Resolution and the placement of the statute. <br />A 2alteb,� : [ 0 1 <br />Date 11- 2,o -14 <br />