7th Amendment 02/14/2002
SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT
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THIS ADDENDUM to agreement is made and entered into this If day of
~ 2002, between the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, The
Legendary Key Largo Chamber of Commerce.
WHEREAS, there was a contract entered into on May 22, 1996, as amended
July 16, 1997; May 12, 1999 ; October 13, 1999, May 18, 2000, August 16, 2001 and
December 20, 2001 between Monroe County Board of County Commissioners and The
Legendary Key Largo Chamber of Commerce for the preparation of the surplus Navy
ship Spiegel Grove as an artificial reef and transporting the Spiegel Grove to a site off
Key Largo, Florida, where the ship will be scuttled and turned into an artificial reef, and
WHEREAS, as of the first date above, additional work remains to be done in
order to prepare the Spiegel Grove for permitting by regulatory agencies for placement
on the ocean bottom as an artificial reef; and
WHEREAS, the District V Advisory Committee to the Tourist Development
Council has recommended appropriation of an additional $300,000 of District V tourist
development funds to be applied to the Spiegel Grove Project; and
WHEREAS, the Tourist Development Council has recommended the same
action; and
WHEREAS the fifth Amendment to the original contract was an acceptance of
the Chamber's assignment to First State Bank of the Florida Keys of monies previously
contracted by the County for payment upon the completion of the project and
placement on the ocean bottom; and
WHEREAS, it is desired to contract to provide an additional $300,000 for said
placement of the Spiegel Grove for establishment of an artificial reef but that these
additional monies not be subject to the prior assignment; and
WHEREAS, the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce has entered into, or will soon
do so, an agreement for final preparation of the Spiegel Grove for placement on the
ocean bottom, and said agreement has incorporated requested changes of the County
Attorney;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. This amendment to agreement is by and between only the Legendary Key Largo
Chamber of Commerce and the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County.
Seventh Amendment to Agreement for Spiegel Grove
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2. The Key Largo Chamber of Commerce shall take all actions necessary, including
providing for final clean-up and preparation, as required by all regulatory agencies to
place the Spiegel Grove on the ocean bottom in the area of Dixie Shoals as
contemplated under the pre-existing agreement as previously amended.
3. Upon said placement of the Spiegel Grove on the ocean bottom in compliance with
all applicable laws and regulations, and receipt of documentation in accordance with
the Clerk's requirements to show that the Chamber has completed all of its obligations
under the agreement as amended, the County shall reimburse the Chamber an amount
of $300,000 in addition to the sum of $268,000 which has been contracted through the
agreement dated May 22,1996, as amended on July 16,1997; May 12,1999; October
13, 1999; May 18, 2000; August 16, 2001; December 20, 2001. The $300,000
contemplated under this amendment, dated on the date first above written, is not
subject to the assignment accepted by the County in the Amendment dated August 16,
2001.
4. The requirement in original Agreement dated May 22, 1996, paragraphs K) 3. And
K) 4. Requiring a grant from DEP is hereby deleted.
5. All other provisions of the agreement dated May 22, 1996, as previously amended,
and not inconsistent herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
The Legendary Key Largo Chamber
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands and seal on the day
and year first above written. r--.)
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Y L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COU~' FLORIDA
Mayor/Chairman
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