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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-26325 Reso I . ! J RESOLUTION NO. 2006-26325 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDIA, WAIVING, BY 5/7THS VOTE, THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND UNIDAD OF MIAMI BEACH, INC., A FLORIDA NOT- FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF THE CITY FACILITY CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, LOCATED AT 7251 COLLINS AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AS A COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTER (TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NORTH BEACH SENIOR CENTER"), WHICH . WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING SOCIAL SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND TRAINING, COUNSELING, HEALTH INFORMATION, NUTRITION, AND. RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PERIODIC CULTURAL AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMMING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF MIAMI BEACH; IN ORDER TO ALLOW UNIDAD TO MAXIMIZE ITS ELIGIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE "NORTH BEACH SENIOR CENTER" ACHIEVES AND MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE AND MAXIMIZES ITS GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES, SAID AGREEIVIENT TO HAVE AN INITIAL TERM OF FORTY (40) YEARS, WITH FOUR (4) TEN (10) YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, AS CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITY'S APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND AS A CONDITION THEREOF, UNIDAD SHALL COMMIT TO MANAGE, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THE SENIOR CENTER, AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE, AND SHALL FURTHER COMMIT TO ASSIST THE CITY IN THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATION OF THE FACILITY (THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS) AS FOLLOWS: 1) COMMITMENT OF UNIDAD FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN $500,000; 2) PROCEED WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WHICH WILL BE APPROVED AND PERMITTED BY THE CITY; AND 3) BASED ON THE APPROVED AND PERMITTED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, PROSECUTE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. WHEREAS, the City is the owner of that certain facility currently referred to as the North Shore Community Center (and hereinafter referred to as the Senior Center or, in the alternative, the Premises), located at 7251 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33139; and WHEREAS, UNlOAD is a Florida not-for-profit corporation which has developed a proven track record in providing senior employment services, senior training and related elderly services; and I I I I , j I , WHEREAS, the City, through its Five Year Consolidated Plan (2003 through 2007), has noted a continued "high priority" need for senior services and senior oriented community centers; and WHEREAS, the City is desirous of forging a partnership with UNlOAD to manage a comprehensive senior center on the Premises, and has deemed that it would be in the City's best interest to utilize UNlOAD's prior expertise and skills in developing programming in this Senior Center; and WHEREAS, in particular, the North Beach community has been identified as an area in high need and low supply of senior programming and has, through a community consensus process, identified the creation of a senior center as a top priority, as part of the revitalization of the North Beach park corridor; and WHEREAS, the City has identified the Premises as an ideal facility for the proposed Senior Center; the facility is in proximity to both Normandy Drive and Collins Avenue, providing ready pedestrian access for seniors in the North Beach community, and adjacent barrier island communities; and . WHEREAS, the proposed Senior Center will attract seniors to participate by offering a range of wholesome activities; seniors involved at the Center will become familiar with a full range of social services, including employment, counseling, support groups, health information, nutrition, and cultural offerings; and WHEREAS, concurrent with its desire to engage UNlOAD in the programming of a comprehensive senior center, and in order to effectively and fully accomplish such purpose(s), the City has also identified the need for capital improvements to the Senior Center and has committed to appropriating funds for the renovation and rehabilitation of the Senior Center; and WHEREAS, rather than independently seek out and purchase a building, and rehabilitate and program a comprehensive senior center on its own, using its own funding and technical and intellectual resources, UNlOAD has been engaged in discussions with the City with regard to the aforestated "partnership of resources", and is ready, willing and able to contribute substantial financial resources, obtained through Federal capital grant programs administered by the City and Miami-Dade County, toward augmenting the City's proposed capital renovation and improvement of the Senior Center, in order to develop and operate a full service multi-purpose facility; and WHEREAS, the City is desirous that UNlOAD playa primary role in the operation and management of the proposed Senior Center, as set forth in the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and WHEREAS, in order to optimize its ability to raise monies, through public grant programs and/or such other sources as may be available to it, it is vital that UNlOAD (and the City) demonstrate a long-term commitment toward the parties' intended use and programming of the Premises as a comprehensive senior center; to that end, UNlOAD has requested, and the City has deemed it in the best interest of the public, particularly the City's elderly population, that the foregoing Agreement have as long a term as possible. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission waive, by 5/7ths vote, the competitive bidding requirement, finding such waiver to be in the best interest of the City, and approving and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Management and Operation Agreement between the City and Unidad of Miami Beach, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation, for the management, coordination, maintenance, and operation of the City facility currently known as the North Shore Community Center, located at 7251 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, as a comprehensive senior center (to be known as the "North Beach Senior Center"), which will provide a full range of services including social services, employment services and training, counseling, health information, nutrition, and recreational and cultural activities for the senior community, as well as periodic cultural and other special event programming for the benefit of the residents and visitors of Miami beach; provided that in order to allow Unidad to maximize its eligibility and opportunities for funding assistance to ensure that the North Beach Senior Center achieves and maintains the highest level of service and maximizes its goals and priorities and programming opportunities, said Agreement to have an initial term of forty (40) years, with four (4) ten (10) year renewal options; provided further that, as consideration for the City's approval and execution of this Agreement, and as a condition thereof, Unidad shall commit to manage, operate, and maintain the Senior Center, at its sole cost and expense, and shall further commit to assist the City in the proposed capital improvements and renovation of the facility (the proposed improvements) as follows: 1) Commitment of Unidad funds, in an amount not less than $500,000; 2) Proceed with the procurement of design services for the proposed improvements, in accordance with plans and specifications, which will be approved and permitted by the City; and 3) Based on the approved and permitted plans and specifications for the proposed improvements, prosecute construction of the improvements. PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of September ,2006. fr/:! f~ ~~. ).' - 1._ {/ Vice-Mayor Jerry Libbin City C1etk Robert Parcher F:\atto\AGUR\RESOS-ORD\Unidad Management Agreement Reso.doc APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FOR EXECUTION OJ J 2.5 J Qft Date COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY Condensed Title: A Resolution approving a Management and Operation Agreement between the City and Unidad for the o eration of the North Beach Senior Center to be located at the 72nd Street Communit Center. Ke Intended Outcome Supported: Increase satisfaction with Recreational Programs. Increase community rating of cultural activities. Issue: Shall the City approve a Management and Operation Agreement between the City and Unidad for the operation of the North Beach Senior Center? Item Summary/Recommendation: The City has identified in its Five Year Consolidated Plan (Years 2003-2007) a high priority need for senior services and a senior oriented community center in the north part of the City. The Consolidated Plan identifies that while there are scattered individual service providers for certain senior services including the City of Miami Beach, there is no one center or agency that undertakes a coordinated and wide range of services for seniors. A Senior Center facility concept has been developed to the point where a Management and Operation Agreement between the City and Unidad to operate a North Beach Senior Center has been developed and is being presented to the City Commission for review and approval. Unidad is being recommended as the non-profit agency to serve as the North Beach Senior Center Manager on behalf of the City as they have had a long history in the community of successfully operating programs. Unidad has successfully been operating in the City of Miami Beach continuously since 1993. The North Beach Senior Center will provide a much needed comprehensive senior center in the community of greatest need in Miami Beach, designed to serve the low-income, predominantly Hispanic immigrant population who will benefit from the full range of services that will be available at the facility. There are 24,776 people over age 55 in Miami Beach according to the last Census. The census data on the northern target area of Miami Beach shows approximately 8,677 low/modest-income persons residing in the relevant census tracts. Experience, backed by Florida demographics, places the senior (55+) proportion of this population at approximately least 82%. This yields a potential low/moderate income clientele of 7,200 seniors in the North Beach community. Based on Unidad's experience in serving this population, it is projected that the Senior Center would service a minimum of 1,000 seniors not currently served with a full slate of program activities during the first 12 months of operation. The Agreement calls for Unidad to renovate the nnd Street Community Center to house the Senior Center. CDBG and Resort Tax will be the principal source for renovation expenses. The North Beach Senior Center is an exciting project for the community as it provides both a facility focal point and a quality service delivery agency to address a population of the City that has historically been under served. Unidad has both the programmatic experience and the skills and resources necessary to address this very important service for the community. Further, the revitalization of the nnd Street Community Center facility into the Senior Center and a multi-purpose community use facility will add significantly to the overall renovation of the North Beach community. It is recommended that the Mayor and City Commission approve the Resolution which authorizes a Management and Operation Agreement between the City of Miami Beach and Unidad for operation of the North Beach Senior Center. Financial Information: Source of Amount .m Account Approved ..... Funds: 1 $500,000 Resort Tax aBP Total $500,000 Si n-=f Department Director .Assistant City Mariager City Manager F :\cmgr\$ALL \BOB\northbeachseniorctrsum9-6-06.doc m ..... MIAMI BEACH AGENDA ITEM R7 Q DATE ~-~-oCJ m MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City.Commission FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager \_____ ~ DATE: September 6,2006 0 SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDIA, WAIVING, BY 5/7THS VOTE, THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND UNIDAD OF MIAMI BEACH, INC., A FLORIDA NOT- FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF THE CITY FACILITY CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, LOCATED AT 7521 COLLINS AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AS A COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTER (TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NORTH BEACH SENIOR CENTER"), WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING SOCIAL SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND TRAINING, COUNSELING, HEALTH INFORMATION, NUTRITION, AND RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PERIODIC CULTURAL AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMMING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF MIAMI BEACH; IN ORDER TO ALLOW UNIDAD TO MAXIMIZE ITS ELIGIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE "NORTH BEACH SENIOR CENTER" ACHIEVES AND MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE AND MAXIMIZES ITS GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES, SAID AGREEMENT TO HAVE AN INITIAL TERM OF FORTY (40) YEARS, WITH FOUR (4) TEN (10) YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, AS CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITY'S APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND AS A CONDITION THEREOF, UNIDAD SHALL COMMIT TO MANAGE, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE SENIOR CENTER, AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE, AND SHALL FURTHER COMMIT TO ASSIST THE CITY IN THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATION OFTHE FACILITY (THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS) AS FOLLOWS: 1) COMMITMENT OF UNIDAD FUNDS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN $500,000; 2) PROCEED WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WHICH WILL BE APPROVED AND PERMITTED BYTHE CITY; AND 3) BASED ON THE APPROVED AND PERMITTED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, PROSECUTE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION Adopt the Resolution approving the Management and Operation Agreement between the City of Miami Beach and Unidad of Miami Beach, Inc. for the North Beach Senior Center. ANAL YSIS The City has identified in its Five Year Consolidated Plan (Years 2003-2007) a high priority need for senior services and a senior oriented community center in the north part of the City. The Consolidated Plan identifies that while there are scattered individual service providers for certain senior services including the City of Miami Beach, there is no one center or agency that undertakes a coordinated and wide range of services for seniors. In 2004, Unidad of Miami Beach, Inc. began to explore the feasibility of creating a senior service center and made application to the City's Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).for funding assistance with acquisition of a facility. Funds were granted to Unidad both in 2004 and 2005 by the City's CDBG Program in order to assist with their acquisition of a property that would serve as a senior center in the north part of our community. During this time period, Unidad was also securing funding from Miami-Dade County to assist in the project development. While funding was successfully being assembled for the project, there was difficulty in identifying a suitable facility in the North Beach area that would address the programmatic needs for a Senior Services Center. In 2005, the City suggested to Unidad that joint development of the 72nd Street Community Center might serve a variety of purposes including that being pursued by Unidad for a Senior Services Center. This idea and concept was embraced by Unidad and planning for the full development of the 72nd Street Community Center was pursued in earnest by Unidad from that point forward. The Senior Center concept has been developed to the point where a Management and Operation Agreement between the City and Unidad to operate a North Beach Senior Center has been developed and is being presented to the City Commission for review and approval. Unidad is being recommended as the non-profit agency to serve as the North Beach Senior Center Manager on behalf of the City as they have had a long history in the community of successfully operating programs. Unidad has successfully been operating in the City of Miami Beach continuously since 1993. The origin of UNlOAD traces back to a movement of Hispanic Americans in Miami Beach to address the lack of representation and services for all local residents. UNlOAD of Miami Beach, Inc. was founded in late 1993 by a coalition of concerned community activists determined work for change on several fronts. Not long after launching efforts to encourage greater civic participation by Hispanic-Americans, UNlOAD identified another urgent priority: many Hispanic immigrants and other low to moderate income residents in Miami Beach were not receiving adequate social and public services. To deliver such services in a culturally sensitive fashion, in 1995 UNlOAD developed the Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center (MBHCC). Throughout this time, the organization was overwhelmed with residents asking for help, but was hindered by the lack of adequate space and a permanent home. In response, the community supported efforts to help acquire and renovate a historic coral rock building, slated for demolition, to serve as the permanent home of the Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center. A $200,000 initial grant from the Community Development Block Grant program of the City of Miami Beach, combined with another $400,000 in donations raised from the community and other government agencies, made it possible to move the structure ten blocks to its present location at 1701 Normandy Drive. The funding also covered substantial work on the Coral Rock House to restore its original historic interior design. This important landmark now serves as the administrative center, the offices of Senior Aides and Refugee employment programs, and as an excellent venue for community cultural, literary, and social events. During a three-year period of growth and expansion (1997-2000), the agency built a permanent foundation for social services in Miami Beach. As public recognition grew, a seed grant of $30,000 from the City's Department of Redevelopment, matched by another $30,000 from the Miami Beach Housing Authority helped to launch employment and career placement services. The initial employment training and placement program linked many Hispanic and non-Hispanic residents with jobs in Miami Beach and Countywide businesses. The hard work of staff led to a successful program, which received ongoing funding from South Florida Workforce Investment Board, and won Title V federal funding for the Senior Aides program through Senior Service of America and the State of Florida Department of Elderly Affairs. This program provides employment training through placements in various non-profit and government agencies for over 100 seniors, and then places those trained in private sector jobs; The new millennium found the organization expanding the employment program to a full One-Stop Career Center in South Beach. The City of Miami Beach, which in a November 2000 vote of the city commission, agreed to provide 5,000 square feet of space rent-free for ten years, at the South Shore Activities Center for use by the One-Stop Career Center. Most recently, the One Stop Center has undergone a 1 million dollar renovation designed to enhance the customer's experience. The agency now receives funding from South Florida Workforce for the Career Center operations, a Refugee employment-training program and an innovative and exciting youth leadership and workforce development initiative. Recently developed programs include: 1) a dental screening and treatment program for elementary school children in Miami Beach in collaboration with the North Beach Health Coalition; 2) a nutrition and fitness program for elementary school children; and 3) a number of significant arts and cultural events, including "Nuestra Herencia County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council. For over a decade, the organization's leadership, management team and staff have worked to make the agency one of the most significant neighborhood providers of needed community services. The agency's budget for 2006-2007 is approximately $2.5 million, with over 40 employees. The following achievements are of note: Last year, 4,366 residents made use of Unidad's information and referral services. The South Florida Workforce Miami Beach One Stop Career Center provides a multitude of services to approximately 3,400 unduplicated clients each year (with a total of 16,400 service visits annually) including unemployment, welfare transition, veteran, disabled, refugee and youth populations. Our award winning senior aides program has employed over 500 seniors at 81 non-profit agencies. An intensive nutrition and fitness education program is offered in elementary school classrooms with 1,708 children and 251 parents participating annually. A dental screening and treatment program provided screenings for close to 1500 elementary school children this last year, with 92.5% exhibiting the need for c1eanings and/or treatment. The New Generation Leadership and Workforce Institute provide an exciting and innovative program for approximately 250 at-risk youth each year with 75 participating in the Summer Institutes. Various cultural arts programs are also offered throughout the year. The North Beach Senior Center will provide a much-needed comprehensive senior center in the community of greatest need in Miami Beach, designed to serve the low-income, predominantly Hispanic immigrant population who will benefit from the full range of services that will be available at the facility. There are 24,776 people over age 55 in Miami Beach that will be available at the facility. There are 24,776 people over age 55 in Miami Beach according to the last Census. The census data on the northern target area of Miami Beach shows approximately 8,677 low/moderate-income persons residing in the relevant census tracts. Experience, backed by Florida demographics, places the senior (55+) proportion of this population at approximately least 82%. This yields a potential low/moderate income clientele of 7,200 seniors in the North Beach community. Based on Unidad's experience in serving this population, it is projected that the Senior Center would serve a minimum of 1,000 seniors not currently served with a full slate of program activities during the first 12 months of operation. The North Beach Senior Center will draw upon UNlOAD's proven record of accomplishment in providing senior employment services, cultural enrichment programming, and immigration/acculturation services. The North Beach community has a concentration of low- income seniors, mostly Hispanic immigrants, who face challenges of cultural isolation, poverty, and lack of culturally sensitive access to social services. The Center will offer low- income seniors a range of activities and services, including nutritious meals, employment training and placement, counseling, support groups, health information, nutrition/health screenings and assistance with immigration-related issues. In addition, the Center will provide opportunities for cultural enrichment, exercise/fitness classes, and social interaction, all of which are significant factors in an active lifestyle correlated with greater longevity and good health. The proposed location offers ready pedestrian and public transit access for seniors in the North Beach community. The North Beach Senior Center which is proposed to be operated by UNlOAD under the Management Agreement will be the only center servicing seniors in the North Beach community. The Management and Operations Agreement between the City and Unidad for the North Beach Senior Center anticipates a long term management agreement with an initial term of forty years and provisions for renewals of four (4) ten (10) year periods under the terms and conditions contained within the Agreement. The length of duration of the Agreement is suggested as a means to assure a long term commitment and continuity for this very important service area. It is significant that Unidad is willing to accept this responsibility. The Agreement duration is also supported by the significance of the capital investment and the need to plan long term to solicit/raise or obtain operating funds for the Center. A longer term Agreement will enable Unidad to secure funding more readily in order to continue to provide services at the Center. In addition to functioning as a Senior Center, Unidad anticipates and the Agreement recognizes that there are broader multi-purpose community activities that can and should be addressed in the facility. Activities can be undertaken in conjunction with the operation of a renovated band shell, community meeting rooms would be available and activity areas for community special events can be provided when not being used for its primary use, which is providing senior services. It would also be anticipated that the existing public restrooms would be renovated as part of the overall facility. Unidad has retained the services of an architect and developed a concept for the building that will be presented to the City Commission for review and approval. The Agreement anticipates that a minimum of $1,000,000.00 will be pledged to the building renovation of which Unidad will contribute a minimum of $ 500,000.00, the City will contribute a minimum of $500,000.00 for resort tax eligible improvements and the $550,000.00 in CBDG authorized funds from the City will be assigned to the project. Further, funds that have been authorized for repair of the roof by FEMA as a result of hurricane damage will be applied to the final structure upon its renovation as the North Beach Senior Center. This will add approximately $150,000.00 to the project total. 4 " The Management Agreement anticipates that the improvements will be designed and constructed by Unidad with proper City regulatory review and oversight. The construction of the Center is to commence no later than 60 days after permits and required regulatory approvals are received. The Agreement provides that day to day maintenance and upkeep is the responsibility of Unidad, while the City would retain the responsibility for the more significant capital repairs such as the roof, HV AC and mechanical and electrical systems. The agreement provides that annually Unidad will submit an operating budget for review by the City Manager, which shall include programming to be provided. The Agreement also provides that an annual report be submitted by Unidad that details the activities and events undertaken and participation rates. The Management Agreement contains sections with the traditional requirements of an Agreement dealing with insurance, issues of default or cancellation, indemnification and other important components of the relationship which would be entered into by the two parties. Both Unidad and the City's Legal Department have reviewed and approved the attached Management and Operations Agreement as legally sufficient and addressing the specifics of this suggested project. CONCLUSION The North Beach Senior Center is an exciting project for the community as it provides both a facility focal point and a quality service delivery agency to address a population of the City that has historically been under served. Unidad has both the programmatic experience and the skills and resources necessary to address this very important service for the community. Further, the revitalization of the 72nd Street Community Center facility into the Senior Center and a multi-purpose community use facility will add significantly to the overall renovation of the North Beach community. It is recommended that the Mayor and City Commission approve the Resolution which authorizes a Management and Operation Agreement between the City of Miami Beach and Unidad for operation of the North Beach Senior Center. M\sam ALL \BOB\northbeachseniorcentercommem09-6-06.doc