On October 31, 2017, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2017-30082, approving an Agreement with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), for the Foundation to raise the funds and be responsible for all of the expenses related to the City’s design, development and construction of an Adaptive Recreation Center (the “Center”) to be located within a portion of the City’s “P72” surface parking lot at the 53rd Street and Collins Avenue (the “P72 Lot”).
The City would be the owner of the Center, which will be used for the primary purpose of providing the general public and specifically, persons living with physical and cognitive disabilities, including seniors living with disabilities and able-bodied individuals with temporary injuries, with an accessible access point to the beach and related beach programming.
The Agreement between the City and the Foundation was executed on November 2, 2017 (Exhibit “1”).
Subsequently, on July 2, 2018, pursuant to the Agreement’s terms, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2018-30377, and approved, in the City’s proprietary capacity, the Foundation’s proposed Concept Plan for the Center.
On January 16, 2019, the City Commission approved Amendment No. 1 (Exhibit “2”) via Resolution No. 2019-30671 updating certain technical references, consistent with the Concept Plan approved by the City Commission on July 2, 2018 and applicable provisions of the City Code.
The City and the Foundation desire to make an additional amendment to the Agreement, simply to extend the fundraising schedule and deadlines in Section 7.1.b by 12 months in order to allow additional time for large donors to contribute.
Currently the Foundation has had until July 2, 2019 to raise 25% of the funds for the Adaptive Recreation Center. The Foundation has requested an extension of twelve (12) months to the fundraising schedule as the initial donations are the most difficult to secure.
The proposed amendment is attached as Exhibit “3” hereto.