AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ONE (1) REGULAR MEMBER TO THE SEMINOLE COCONUT CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. TO FULFILL THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE (3) YEAR TERM ENDING IN APRIL 2026, PURSUANT TO THE COCONUT CREEK FEE TO TRUST LANDS MITIGATION AGREEMENT AND THE BYLAWS OF THE SEMINOLE COCONUT CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
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BACKGROUND:
The Seminole Coconut Creek Education Foundation, Inc. ("Education Foundation") was formed in or around 2020 to implement the educational component of the Coconut Creek Fee To Trust Lands Mitigation Agreement (the "Mitigation Agreement") with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Mitigation Agreement required certain payments from the Seminole Tribe of Florida, one eleventh of which (approximately $329,980 this year) would be paid directly to a foundation or trust fund to provide after school tutoring programs for elementary students, college test preparation courses for high school students, college academic and leadership scholarships, or other educational programs that the foundation decides benefit the residents, students of Coconut Creek public schools, or children of employees of the City.
DISCUSSION:
The Board of Directors of the Education Foundation consists of five (5) directors, serving three (3) year terms, with two (2) members appointed by the City of Coconut Creek, two (2) members appointed by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and one (1) member appointed by the first four (4) members.
In January 2020, the City Commission appointed Karen M. Brooks as a director of the Education Foundation for a three (3) year term, and the City Commission re-appointed Ms. Brooks in March of 2023 for an additional three (3) year term. Ms. Brooks announced her retirement from the City of Coconut Creek, leaving her position on the Education Foundation vacant. Approval of this resolution will appoint Peta-Gay Lake to fulfill the remainder of Ms. Brooks three (3) year term, expiring in April 2026.
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