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1 I or this any 10 THE HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1998 MB Beach launches campaign to help devastated sister city By RICK JERVIS share cultural and economic The arid coastal Herald Staff Writer ideas. 175 miles south Pounded by El fury, swallowed by mud floods, the city of Ica, Peru, is struggling to keep afloat. Literally. Now Miami Beach is jumping in to help out. Beach commissioners agreed Wednesday to launch citywide relief programs to round up donations and ship them to their mud-soaked "sister city" in Peru.

Seven drop-off locations will be set up around the Beach to collect food, clothes, tools and household objects sheets, towels, utensils to ship to Ica. A city fund will also be established to raise money to buy medicine and other items. Ica was named a sister city to Miami Beach in 1996, a loose agreement between cities to "The people have lost every- been hit the hardest. Ica has thing. They have said been under water since Jan.

29, Roberto Datorre, board mem- when the Ica River flooded its ber of the Miami Beach Devel- banks and toppled most of the opment Corp. and a Peruvian city's adobe houses homes native who is organizing the made of dried mud and straw. effort. "The water has come into The flooding reached nearly the houses. The muddy water is three feet in the city's central up to their chest.

They need square, almost a mile from the river, killed at least 10 people Peru has absorbed the brunt and left nearly 200,000 of the of El fury, an extraordi- city's 350,000 residents homenary warming of ocean tempera- less. tures off that country's Pacific Cases of cholera and bronchicoast that has caused bedeviling lis have also broken out due to weather patterns throughout the the stagnant, swampy water. world, including the United On Thursday, Mayor Neisen States. Kasdin sent out a letter to be cirIn Peru, torrential rains and culated around the city pleading flash floods have knocked out with residents to "provide bridges, swamped roads, killed needed assistance to our Sister cattle and left thousands home- City of Ica, Peru. Your compasless.

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a.m. to 4 p.m. Miami Beach Fire Miami Beach City Hall, 6880 Indian Creek 1700 Convention Center 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. a.m.

to 4 p.m. For more information Miami Beach Fire Station relief effort or to make 1100 Jefferson 8 tions by check, call a.m. to 8 p.m. Datorre at 531-5493 or Miami Beach Fire Station 672-4134. is vital to the families of Hector Vargas, the point man between Miami Beach and Ica, said what IS most needed is medicine, food, water, clothes and tools such as shovels, picks, hammers and nails.

water pump would also be beautiful." Vargas said. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY given that public hearings will be held by the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, in the Commission Chambers, 3rd floor, City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, March 4, 1998, at the times listed below, to consider the adoption of the following ordinances: at 10:15 a.m.: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE CHAPTER 14-A, SECTION 28. ENTITLED "SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CITY COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND TRASH" BY INCREASING THE MONTHLY PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT RATE BY $2.43 TO EQUAL THE INCREASE IN THE RATE ALREADY PAID BY THE CITY TO THE CONTRACTED WASTE HAULER: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. INQUIRIES may be directed to the Sanitation Department at 673-7616. at 11:15 a.m.: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.

789, THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES SALARY ORDINANCE, BY ABOLISHING THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF FLEET OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR MAINTENANCE MECHANIC. PARK RANGER, PARKING FIELD SUPERVISOR, ATTENDANT, RECREATION OPERATIONS MECHANIC, AND TREE MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR; ESTABLISHING THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SPECIALIST, POLICE FLEET SPECIALIST, SENIOR PLUMBING INSPECTOR, AND SERVICE SUPERVISOR, AND ESTABLISHING THE CLASSIFICATION OF PERMIT CLERK II FOR EMPLOYEES COMMENCING EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO, ON, OR AFTER FEBRUARY 21, 1994; AMENDING THE TITLES OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF PERMIT CLERK AND RECORDS TECHNICIAN FOR EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO, ON, OR AFTER FEBRUARY 21, 1994; ESTABLISHING NEW SALARY RANGES FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF PLUMBING SUPERVISOR AND FOR EMPLOYEES HOLDING THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR, ELEVATOR INSPECTOR, ENGINEERING INSPECTOR, MECHANICAL INSPECTOR AND PLUMBING INSPECTOR COMMENCING EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO, ON. OR AFTER FEBRUARY 21. 1994: PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER. SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

at 11:30 a.m.: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1605. THE UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES SALARY ORDINANCE, BY ABOLISHING THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, CENTRAL SERVICES DIVISION DIRECTOR, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COORDINATOR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST (TELECOM), INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST 11I (TELECOM), RISK MANAGER, SECURITY SPECIALIST AND SECURITY SPECIALIST HI: ESTABLISHING THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF GRAFFITI REMOVAL COORDINATOR AND POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER: AMENDING THE TITLES OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF APPLICATION SYSTEMS MANAGER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, COMPUTER COMMUNICATION DIVISION DIRECTOR, AND SYSTEMS SUPPORT MANAGER: PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. INQUIRIES may be directed to the Human Resources Department at 673-7524. All persons are invited to appear at this meeting or be represented by an agent, to express their views in writing addressed to the City Commission the City Clerk.

1700 Convention Center Drive, 1st Floor, City Hall, Miami Beach, Florida 33139. Copies of these ordinances are available for public inspection during normal business hours in the City Clerk's office. The hearing on these ordinances may be continued at meeting and under such circumstances, additional legal notice would not be provided. Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Fla. the City hereby advises the public that: if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to matter considered at its meeting or its hearing, such person must ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

This notice does not constitute consent by the City for the introduction or admission of otherwise inadmissible or irrelevant evidence. nor does it authorize challenges or appeals not otherwise allowed by law. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the City Clerk's office no later than four days prior to the proceeding. Telephone (305) 673-7411 for assistance: if hearing impaired, telephone the Florida Relay Service numbers, (800) 955-8771 (TDD) or (800) 955-8770 (VOICE), for assistance. 53178718 MAP 00 1209 00 1 tools Friweek.

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