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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Daniel Barreiro, Chief Community Services Officer
DATE: April 19, 2021
SUBJECT:
This resolution updates the membership agreements for the Thrive Collaborative Center. The updated agreement adds the ability to use the facility during weekends and offers virtual membership benefits. This resolution also confers authority upon a department or division head, or the City's Chief Management Officer, to enter into agreements for nominal consideration only on behalf of the Thrive Collaborative Center without seeking Council approval for each separate agreement.
PURPOSE:
This resolution updates membership agreements for the Thrive Collaborative Center. The updated agreement adds the ability for members to use the facility during weekends and offers virtual membership benefits. The agreement also updates the authorized signers by position instead of by name to account for staff turnover. Additionally, the resolution confers authority upon appropriate City personnel to enter into agreements for nominal consideration only, for the Thrive Collaborative Center.
BACKGROUND:
At the end of 2019, Adrienne Holloway, Chief Innovation Officer brought the original resolution for approval of the membership agreement for the Thrive Collaborative Center. To assist with day to day operations of Thrive and the Financial Empowerment Center, a part-time manager for the FEC and Thrive was hired in early 2020. The position was upgraded to full-time in August of 2020. By going full-time, Bea Rodriguez-Franzen has assumed some of the responsibilities previously performed by the Chief Innovation Officer. One of the responsibilities of the Program Manager is to recruit members. During these discussions, it was discovered that expanded offerings would help with the recruitment of members.
The revised membership agreement will have the same membership levels with the addition of a Virtual Membership level and the expansion of the use of th...
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