AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MARY C. BLASI AS A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SEMINOLE COCONUT CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC., 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. (SCCEF) was formed 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 $341,530 this year) would be paid directly to a foundation or trust fund to provide tutoring and after school programs for elementary school students, tutoring programs for middle school students, college test preparation courses for high school students, college academic and leadership scholarships, or other educational programs that the trust decides benefit the residents, students of Coconut Creek public schools, or children of employees of the City.
DISCUSSION:
The Board of Directors of the SCCEF consists of five (5) Directors, serving three (3) year terms, with two (2) members nominated by the City of Coconut Creek, two (2) members nominated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and one (1) member nominated by the first four (4) members. In January 2020, the City Commission appointed Mary C. Blasi as one (1) of the Directors of the SCCEF for a term of three (3) years. Subsequently, the SCCEF Board modified the terms of two (2) directors to two (2) years to avoid the possibility of five (5) new directors at the same time. As a result, Ms. Blasi was re-appointed in April 2022, and her current term expires in April 2025. She is willing and able to serve a third term. Approval of this resolution will appoint Ms. Blasi for an additional three (3) years, expiring in April 2028.
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