In 2015, the City’s Project DTO identified the need to make a variety of arts and cultural experiences and destinations available in downtown Orlando.  The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, Inc. (“Holocaust Center”), located in Maitland, desires to relocate its facility to downtown Orlando.  The City and Holocaust Center have identified the former Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce building located at 75 South Ivanhoe Blvd and the adjacent Senator Beth Johnson Park as a suitable location.   

The City and the Holocaust Center desire to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to set forth their intentions with respect to the relocation of the Holocaust Center’s facility.  Pursuant to the terms of the MOU, the City and the Holocaust Center intend to enter into a long term lease at a rental rate of $1.00 per year.  The lease will be on terms mutually agreeable to the parties, and will be presented for City Council approval at a later date.

The relocation will include the Holocaust Center’s renovation of the existing Chamber of Commerce building and the construction of a new building on a portion of the park.  All costs shall be borne by the Holocaust Center.

Approval and authorization for the Mayor/Pro Tem to execute the MOU, substantially in the form attached, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney’s Office.