Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO APPROVE Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Location of the Latin American Presidential Library between Broward County and the Global Peace Foundation for the purpose of outlining the terms of the partnership between the County and LAPM to explore options for locating a Latin American Presidential Library in Broward County, Florida; and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same. (Commissioner Holness)

(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, signature pages have been received.)

(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)

ACTION:  (T-10:24 AM)  Approved.  (See the Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated Tuesday, June 12, 2018, submitted at the request of the Office of Management and Budget.)
 
VOTE: 7-0.  Commissioners LaMarca and Ryan were not present.

The consent of the Board of County Commissioners is required in order to enter into the Memorandum of Understanding.

Allows the Broward County and the Global Peace Foundation to collaborate regarding locating the Latin American Presidential Library in Broward County.

In the United States, there are presidential libraries honoring every President since Herbert Hoover. These libraries are repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, collections, and other historical materials of their career and time in office. In addition to providing library services, these libraries display museum exhibitions concerning each of the presidencies and carry out public programs on relevant topics. As there is no similar tradition in Latin America or the Caribbean, when presidents in Central and South America and the Caribbean complete their terms, they take all of their personal papers and mementos with them.

The Global Peace Foundation’s Latin American Presidential Mission (“LAPM”) seeks to create a permanent Latin American Presidential Library where each of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can be represented. LAPM is a civic movement of democratically elected former presidents committed to improving the dialogue in the Americas, strengthening democracy, and contributing to peace and development in Latin America. The Latin American Presidential Library would centralize official and personal Presidential documents and other materials related to the democratically elected presidents of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1970 to the present.

Broward County is an ideal location for a Latin American Presidential Library. The County serves as a gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean and is home to large Latin American and Caribbean communities. Additionally, over 1000 students from Latin America and the Caribbean attend local colleges in the Broward County area (Exhibit 2). A Latin American Presidential Library in Broward County would spur economic development in Broward County as it would attract tourists and academics from around the region and world.

This Memorandum of Understanding provides a framework for Broward County and the Global Peace Foundation to work together explore options for locating the Latin American Presidential Library in Broward County.

Heidi Richards, Chief of Staff, District 9, (954) 357-7009