AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION APPOINTING PETA-GAY LAKE 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. (the "Education Foundation") 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 $352,120 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 Education Foundation 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 Karen M. Brooks as a director of the Education Foundation for a three (3) year term. Ms. Brooks was re-appointed as a director by the City Commission in March 2023, for an additional three (3) year term. In 2024, Ms. Brooks announced her retirement from the City of Coconut Creek, leaving her position on the Education Foundation vacant. As a result, Peta-Gay Lake was appointed in April 2024 to fulfill the remainder of Ms. Brook's three (3) year term. Ms. Lake's curren...
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