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FLO <br />c,rr Of <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners <br />VIA: Stan Morris, City Manager <br />FROM: Sylvia Flores, Director of Cultural & Community Services <br />DATE: January 20, 2022 <br />RE: Accepting Donation of $2,500 from Eric Lichtenstein for Sister City Bench a <br />Gateway Park Butterfly Garden <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends approval of this Resolution. <br />REASONS: <br />Eric Lichtenstein, a longtime resident of Sunny Isles Beach, would like to make a donation of $2,50C <br />(two thousand, five hundred dollars) towards the purchase and installation of a bench in the Butterfly <br />Garden at Gateway Park, with a plaque recognizing our first Sister City, Netanya, Israel. <br />There is currently a bench on the north side of the Butterfly Garden, recognizing our third Sister City, <br />Hengchun, Taiwan. This additional bench would be placed on the south side of the garden, offset from <br />the sidewalk, to provide additional seating area to enjoy the butterfly garden, while also recognizing <br />our Sister City relationship with Netanya, Israel. <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br />The cost of the bench is three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500). <br />The cost for the plaque is approximately two hundred fifty dollars ($250). <br />The cost for the materials to prepare the pad for placement and installation of the bench, is <br />approximately one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). <br />There would also be an estimated two thousand dollars ($2,000) in personnel time to perform the <br />work. <br />Therefore, the City would still be subsidizing an estimated cost of four thousand seven hundred and <br />Item Number: 10.1) <br />62 <br />