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eroding, and the waterfront land values rose exponentially, foretelling the doom of these low -rise motels along the Atlantic coast. By 1967, Dade County's northernmost beach, a 1.2 square mile area, witnessed the construction of its first modern high -rise hotel along Sunny Isles' Motel Row, the Newport Beach Resort. In the following years, the kitschy motels gave way to luxury high -rise condominiums, and citizens weighed their place in the Metropolitan Dade government and evaluated the services provided. Unhappy with police protection, trash pickup and bus service, among other issues, leaders in the community formed an organization called "Concerned Citizens of Northeast Dade County." In 1996, residents Irving Turetsky, David Sampson, Norman S. Edelcup, Danny Iglesias, and Irving Diamond began the process of incorporating Sunny Isles as its own municipality.12 Their efforts led to the incorporation of Sunny Isles after an affirmative vote taken on April 1996 with an enormous turnout (72.7 per cent of the registered voters,) voting in favor,13 A year later citizens officially decided the name of their new city - -- Sunny Isles Beach. The city became Metropolitan Dade County's thirtieth municipality. Relationship to Criteria for Designation: The Temple B'Nai Zion has significance in the historical and architectural heritage of the City of Sunny Isles Beach under the city's Chapter 171 entitled "Historic Landmarks ", and in particular Section 171 -5 "Standards for designation of archaeological and historical landmarks," under the following Criterion: Criterion 171 -5 (b): Are the site of an historic event with significant effect upon the community, City, sate, or nation. The Temple was used as a site for an emotional gathering of Holocaust survivors on March 28, 2004. This historic event had approximately three hundred survivors in attendance, a ceremony that has had a lasting effect on the community. Criterion 171 -5 (c): Exemplify the historical, cultural, political, economic, or social trends of the community. This criterion speaks to the broader patterns of local history. For example, the City of Sunny Isles Beach's decision to form its own municipal government in 1997 is part of the historical and political trends that is of great importance. The United Lutheran Church's decision to build a Protestant Church in the area that would be the first to serve congregants along "Motel Row, "14 evidences both cultural and social trends within the u Richard C. Schulman, City Historian p. 13 " Ibid. 14 Metropolitan Dade County Zoning Appeals Board Application For Public Hearing, dated December 12, 1961 (changing the zoning to allow the use of the land for a church and parking lot.) 9