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 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 “2”).
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 Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2019-30671, approving Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement clarifying certain technical details consistent with the concept plan approved by the City and applicable provisions of the City Code (Exhibit “3”).
On July 31, 2019, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2019-30922, approving Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement extending the fundraising schedule and deadlines in section 7.1.B by twelve (12) months, in order to provide the Foundation with additional time to raise donations for the design and construction of the Center (Exhibit “4”).