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NEW BUSINESS  8.

COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM

TO: Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee Members


FROM:
Raul J. Aguila, Interim City Manager/Rafael Paz, Acting City Attorney


DATE: March 26, 2021


SUBJECT:REVIEW OF A PROPOSED TRANSACTION WITH THE GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION (THE “FEDERATION”), THE CITY’S LONG-TERM LESSEE AND OPERATOR OF THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SITE LOCATED AT 1933-1945 MERIDIAN AVENUE (THE “MEMORIAL”), FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING LEASE FOR THE MEMORIAL TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE EXISTING LEASE FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY-ONE YEARS, AND TO EXPAND THE LEASED PREMISES TO INCLUDE THE ADJACENT MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT AT 775 19TH STREET (THE “ADDITIONAL PREMISES”), FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING THE FEDERATION, AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE, TO DEVELOP, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A STATE-OF-THE-ART HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER ON THE ADDITIONAL PREMISES, FOR THE PRESENTATION OF EXHIBITS, LECTURES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING THAT CONNECTS THE HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCE TO CONTEMPORARY CIVIC LIFE AND PROMOTES TOLERANCE, REMEMBRANCE AND GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

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Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-14? Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds?
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