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incite•inspire•innovate SUNNY ISLES BEACH FOUNDATION May 26, 2015 v MAY 2 6 2015 ,J Claudia Hasbrun, Planning and Zoning Administrator P!Ald�l I�!G & ZONING DEPT. City of Sunny Isles Beach 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 Re: Letter of intent for 183rd Street Wall facing,Atlantic Avenue("Property")/ Application for approval of a temporary use("Application") Dear Ms. Hasbrun: The Sunny Isles Beach Foundation is very excited to request approval of its first proposed project in the City. At the Foundation's first fundraiser, we represented that our first project would be to locate and create the City's first"art wall."The Foundation Board wanted to start with something fun and designed to create enthusiasm for art among our kids. With the gracious donation by Mr. Raanan Katz of the use of up to approximately 700 linear feet of the exterior perimeter stucco wall located on Atlantic Avenue behind the 183`1 Street Shopping Center literally across the street from the Norman S. Edelcup K-8 School,the.Foundation would propose to develop, program and implement a juried art competition among local elementary, middle and high school students in the Fall. With the City Commission's approval,the winners of the competition will then see their art work transposed onto this wall by a professional muralist who will also be selected by other professionals. In this interim period while the competition is being developed by an experienced project manager from NYC and until official notice and distribution of the rules is made when school comes back into session(i.e., beginning in July and through the completion of the competition and painting of the wall), the Foundation thought we would generate curiosity about what is happening in this location by the temporary installation depicted in the attached rendering. As you can see the Foundation's name is not mentioned. Rather, the"incite, inspire and innovate" tagline along with the Foundation logo is all that the public will see. We want people to say, "What is this?"The intention is that during this period of time, we introduce the public to the Foundation, its goals and this specific project through the publication of a newspaper article and other communications. Hopefully our Commission members also will want to generate enthusiasm about the prospect of this completion.