M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, Town Manager, ICMA-CM, CFM
Date: December 12, 2018
Re: Joint Use Agreement Mater Academy
Cutler Bay 22025 SW 87th Avenue
REQUEST
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A JOINT USE AGREEMENT WITH MATER ACADEMY FOUNDATION, INC. FOR THE USE OF MATER ACADEMY CUTLER BAY LOCATED AT 22025 SW 87 AVENUE; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Mater Academy Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation") owns and operates Matter Academy Cutler Bay, a charter school located at 22025 SW 87 Avenue, Cutler Bay, Florida (Folio Number 36-6015-000-0040)(the "Property"). The Property was formerly the site of Bay Point Schools, an educational facility intended to teach at-risk teens job skills. The construction of Building D, a one-story building on the Property, was paid for with a grant from Miami-Dade County's general obligation bond program (Attachment "A"). Unfortunately, by the time Building D was completed in 2011, Bay Point Schools, the grant recipient, lost its operational funding from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, forcing them to shut down operations. As a result, Building D was never utilized as an educational facility.
On May 2, 2016, the Foundation submitted an application to the Town for conditional use approval to develop a charter school in accordance with the site plan for Mater Academy Bay Charter School prepared by Civica Architectural & Urban Design, Project Number 160103, dated March 21, 2016. The Site Plan is on file with the Town.
On July 20, 2016, the Town adopted Resolution No. 16-37, approving the conditional use of the Property. One of the conditions of the approval is that the Foundation, Inc. enter into a Joint Use Agreement (Condition No. 1) with the Town permitting the Town to use Building D on certain weekends and to the extent not used by the ...
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