Florida Senate - 2020                            (NP)    SR 1918
       
       
        
       By Senator Thurston
       
       
       
       
       
       33-03579-20                                           20201918__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the people of the City of
    3         Lauderdale Lakes for having elected the first-ever
    4         city governing body of its size which is comprised
    5         solely of women of color and recognizing the City of
    6         Lauderdale Lakes for its progressive goals of minority
    7         representation by both women and people of color.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, the City of Lauderdale Lakes was incorporated on
   10  June 22, 1961, and
   11         WHEREAS, the City of Lauderdale Lakes originally was a
   12  popular retirement area for northeasterners, many of them New
   13  Yorkers and those of the Jewish faith, but as the 20th century
   14  drew to a close, the population grew more diverse to include
   15  many residents with Caribbean and African-American heritage, and
   16         WHEREAS, the current population of the City of Lauderdale
   17  Lakes is approximately 35,000, residing in approximately 15,000
   18  households, and
   19         WHEREAS, in 2014, the electorate of the City of Lauderdale
   20  Lakes voted to establish a governing body of five elected
   21  officials, including a mayor elected at large, and
   22         WHEREAS, in November 2016, the City of Lauderdale Lakes
   23  held municipal elections and five women of color were voted into
   24  office, making it the only city in this state with a city
   25  commission composed entirely of women, and
   26         WHEREAS, the City of Lauderdale Lakes City Commission is
   27  composed of Mayor Hazelle Rogers, Vice Mayor Beverly Williams,
   28  and City Commissioners Sandra Davey, Gloria Lewis, and Veronica
   29  Edwards Phillips, NOW, THEREFORE,
   30  
   31  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   32  
   33         That the people of the City of Lauderdale Lakes are
   34  recognized for having elected the first-ever city governing body
   35  of its size which is comprised solely of women of color, and the
   36  City of Lauderdale Lakes is recognized for its progressive goals
   37  of minority representation by both women and people of color.