Florida Senate - 2018                                    SR 1840
       
       
        
       By Senator Campbell
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01345A-18                                          20181840__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the Town of Bay Harbor
    3         Islands on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of its
    4         incorporation.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the Town of Bay Harbor Islands grew out of the
    7  vision of Shepard Broad, who came to America from Pinsk,
    8  Belarus, in 1920 when he was just 14 years of age, and
    9         WHEREAS, after receiving a degree from New York Law School,
   10  Mr. Broad practiced law in New York until 1940, when he and his
   11  wife Ruth moved to South Florida, and
   12         WHEREAS, in 1945, the Broads acquired two low-lying,
   13  undeveloped swamp islands off 96th Street on Miami Beach, which
   14  he filled and on which he began constructing residences, and
   15         WHEREAS, in 1947, the Town of Bay Harbor Islands was
   16  incorporated and in 1953 was officially authorized by the
   17  Florida Legislature, and
   18         WHEREAS, Mr. Broad was elected the first mayor of the Town
   19  of Bay Harbor Islands and served 26 consecutive years until his
   20  retirement from office in 1973, and he died at his home on
   21  November 6, 2001, and
   22         WHEREAS, the Town of Bay Harbor Islands is led by Mayor
   23  Jordan W. Leonard, Vice Mayor Stephanie Bruder, and council
   24  members Joshua D. Fuller, Kelly Reid, Isaac Salver, Elizabeth
   25  Tricoche, and Robert Yaffe, and the Town Manager is Ronald J.
   26  Wasson, NOW, THEREFORE,
   27  
   28  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   30         That the Town of Bay Harbor Islands is recognized on the
   31  occasion of the 71st anniversary of its incorporation.