ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF CANAVERAL SANDS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
(A Condominium Not For Profit)
In order to form a corporation under and in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Florida for the formation of corporations not for profit, we, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves into a corporation for the purpose and with the powers hereinafter mentioned; and to that end we do, by these Articles of incorporation, set forth:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation shall be CANAVERAL SANDS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
The purposes and objects of the corporation shall be to administer the operation and management of a condominium to be established by TUCK ENTERPPPRISES, INC., hereinafter called Developer, the condominium apartment complex to be established in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida upon the following described property, situate, lying and being in Brevard County, Florida, to-wit:
SEE ATTACHED ADDENDUM
and to undertake the performance of the acts and duties incident to the administration of the operation and management of said condominium and in accordance with the terms, provisions, conditions and authorizations contained in these Articles and which may be contained in the Declaration of Condominium which will be recorded in the public records of Brevard County, Florida, at the time said property, and the improvements now or hereafter situate thereon are submitted to a plan of condominium ownership; and to own, operate, lease, sell, trade and otherwise deal with such property, whether real or personal, as may be necessary or convenient in the administration of said condominium. The corporation shall be conducted as a non-profit organization for the benefit of its members.
ARTICLE III
POWERS
The corporation shall have the following powers:
All of the powers and privileges granted to corporation not for profit under the law pursuant to which this corporation is chartered, and all of the powers and privileges which may be granted unto said corporation or exercised by it under the Condominium Act, Chapter 718, of the Florida Statutes.
All of the powers reasonably necessary to implement and effectuate the purposes of the corporation, including, but not limited to:
Making and establishing reasonable rules and regulations governing the use of apartment units and the common elements in the condominium as said terms may be defined in the Declaration of Condominium.
Levying and collecting assessments against members of the corporation to defray the common expenses of the condominium as may be provided in the Declaration of Condominium and in the Bylaws of this corporation which may be hereafter adopted, including the right to levy and collect assessments for the purposes of acquiring, operating, leasing, managing and otherwise trading and dealing with such property, whether real or personal, including the apartment units in the condominium, which may be necessary or convenient in the operation and management of the condominium and in accomplishing the purposes set forth in the Declaration of Condominium.
Maintaining, repairing, replacing, operating and managing the condominium and the property comprising same, including the right to construct improvements after casualty and to make further improvement of the condominium property.
To contract for the management and maintenance of the condominium property and to authorize the management agent to assist the association in carrying out its powers and duties by performing such functions as the collection of assessments, preparation of records enforcement of rules, and maintenance of the common elements. The association shall, however, retain at all times, the powers and duties granted by the Condominium Act, including, but not limited to, the making of assessments, promulgation of rules, and the execution of contracts in behalf of the association.
Enforcing the provisions of the Declaration of Condominium, these Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the corporation which may be hereafter adopted, and the rules and regulations governing the use of the condominium as the same may be hereafter established.
To now or hereafter acquire and enter into leases and agreements of every nature, whereby the corporation acquires leaseholds, memberships and other possessory or use interests in land or facilities, including recreational and communal facilities, whether or not contiguous to lands of the condominium, to provide enjoyment, recreation, or other use of benefit to the owners of the apartment units, all as may be deemed by the Board of Administration to be in the best interest of the corporation.
To exercise, undertake and accomplish all of the rights, duties and obligations which may be granted to or imposes upon the corporation pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium.
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERS
The qualification of the members; the manner of their admission to membership and termination of such membership, and voting by members shall be as follows:
The owners of all apartment units in the condominium shall be members of the corporation, and no other persons or entities shall be entitled to membership, except as provided in item E of this Article IV.
Membership shall be established by the acquisition of fee title to an apartment unit in the condominium or by acquisition of a fee ownership interest therein, whether by conveyance, devise, judicial decree or otherwise and the membership of a party shall be automatically terminated upon his being divested of all title to or his entire fee ownership interest in any apartment unit except that nothing herein contained shall be construed as terminating the membership of any party who may own two or more apartment units, so long as such party shall retain title to or a fee ownership interest in any apartment unit.
The interest of a member in the fund and assets of the corporation cannot be assigned, hypothecated or transferred in any manner, except as an appurtenance to his apartment unit. The funds and assets of the corporation shall belong solely to the corporation, subject to the limitation that the same be expended, held or used for the benefit of the membership and for the purposes authorized herein, in the Declaration of Condominium, and in said Bylaws.
On all matters on which the membership shall be entitled to vote, there shall be only one vote for each apartment unit in the condominium, which vote shall be exercised or cast by the owner or owners of each apartment unit in such manner as may be provided in the Bylaws hereafter adopted. Should any member own more than one apartment unit, such member shall be entitled to exercise or cast as many votes as he owns apartment units, in the manner provided in said Bylaws.
Until such time as the property described in Article II hereof is submitted to a plan of condominium ownership by the recordation of said Declaration of Condominium, the membership of the corporation shall be comprised of the subscribers of these Articles, each of which subscribers shall be entitled to cast one vote on all matters on which that membership shall be entitled to vote.
ARTICLE V
TERM
The corporation shall have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE VI
LOCATION
The principal office of the corporation shall be located at 45 South Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, Florida, 32931, but the corporation may maintain offices and transact business in such other places within or without the State of Florida as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Administration.
ARTICLE VII
DIRECTORS
The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by the Board of Administration. The number of members of the first Board of Administration of the corporation shall be three (3). The number of members of succeeding Board of Administration shall be three (3) except as changed from time to time by the Bylaws of the corporation. The members of the Board of Administration shall be members of the corporation or shall be authorized representatives, officers or employees of a corporate member of this corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first election of Directors will be held in accordance with Article VII, page _?__ of the Declaration of Condominium of the CANAVERAL SANDS CONDOMINIUM. Any vacancies in the Board of Administration occurring before the first election will be filled by the remaining Directors.
The names and addresses of the members of the first Board of Administration who shall hold office until their successors are elected and have qualified, or until removed, are as follows:
Maurice B. Gralla 45 South Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, Florida, 32931
Bonnie K. Whiting 45 South Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931
Lia L. Allawas 45 South Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931
ARTICLE VIII
OFFICERS
The Board of Administration shall elect a president, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer and as many additional Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretary/Treasurers as the Board of Administration shall determine. The President shall be elected from among the membership of the Board of Administration but no other officer needs to be a Director. The same person may hold two offices, the duties of which are not incompatible; provided however, that the office of the President and Vice President shall not be held by the same person, nor shall the office of President and Secretary/Treasurer or Assistance Secretary/Treasurer be held by the same person.
The affairs of the corporation shall be administered by the officers designated in the Bylaws of the corporation. Said officers will be elected by the Board of Administration at its first meeting following the annual meeting of the Board of Administration may employ a Managing Agent and/or such other managerial and supervisory personnel or entities to administer or assist in the administration of the operation and management of the condominium, and the affairs of the corporation, and any such person or entity may be so employed without regard to whether such person or entity is a member of the corporation or a director of the corporation.
The names and addresses of the officers who will serve until their successors are designated are as follows:
President Maurice B. Gralla
45 South Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, Florida, 32931
Vice President Bonnie K. Whiting
45 South Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, Florida, 32931
Secretary/Treasurer Lia l. Allawas
45 South Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, Florida, 32931
ARTICLE IX
SUBSCRIBERS
The subscribers to these Articles of Incorporation are the three (3) persons herein named to act and serve as members of the first Board of Administration of the corporation, the names of which subscribers and their respective addresses are more particularly set forth in Article VII above.
ARTICLE X
BYLAWS
The original Bylaws of the corporation shall be adopted by the Board of Administration and thereafter, such Bylaws may be altered or rescinded by the Board of Administration of the Association upon a vote of a majority of the Directors or by members of the Association, whether meeting as members or by instrument in writing signed by them.
ARTICLE XI
INDEMNIFICATION
Every Director and every officer of the corporation shall be indemnified by the corporation against all expenses and liabilities including counsel fee, reasonably incurred by or imposed upon him in connection with any proceeding to which he may be a party, or in which he may become involved, by reason of his being or having been a Director or officer of the corporation, whether or not he is a Director or such cases wherein the Director or officer is adjudged guilty of willful misfeasance or malfeasance in the performance of his duties; provided, that, in the event of any claim for settlement by the Director of officer seeking such reimbursement or indemnification, the indemnification herein shall only apply if the Board of Directors approves such settlement and reimbursement as being in the best interests of the corporation. The foregoing right of indemnification shall be in addition to and not exclusive of all other rights to which such Director of officer may be entitled.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS
Any amendment or amendments to these Articles of Incorporation may be proposed by the Board of Administration of the corporation acting upon a vote of the majority of the Directors, or by the members of the corporation owning a majority of the apartment units in the condominium, whether meeting as members or by instrument in writing signed by them. Upon any amendment or amendments to these Articles being proposed by said Board of Administration or members, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be transmitted to the President of the corporation or other officer of the corporation in the absence of the President, who shall thereupon call a special meting of the members of the corporation for a date not sooner than twenty (20) days nor later than sixty (60) days from the receipt by him of the proposed amendment or amendments, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to give to each member written or printed notice of such meeting, stating the time and place of the meeting and reciting the proposed amendment or amendments in reasonably detailed form which notice shall be mailed or presented personally to each member not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days before the date set for such meting. If mailed, the notice of the membership meeting shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, which mailing shall be deemed notice. Any member may, by written waiver of notice signed by such member, waive such notice, and such waiver when filed in the records of the corporation, whether before or after the holding of the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice to such member. At such meeting the amendment or amendments proposed must be approved by an affirmative vote of the members owning not less than 75% of the apartment units in the condominium in order for such amendment or amendments to become effective. Thereupon, such amendment or amendments of these Articles shall be transcribed and certified in such form as may be necessary to register the same in the office of the Secretary of State of Florida; and upon the registration of such amendment or amendments with said Secretary of State, a certified copy thereof shall be recorded in the public records of Brevard County, Florida within ten (10 days from the date on which the same are so registered. At any meeting held to consider such amendment or amendments of these Articles, the written vote of any member of the corporation shall be recognized, if such member is not in attendance at such meeting or represented thereat by proxy, provided such written vote is delivered to the Secretary of the corporation at or prior to such meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XII, no amendment or amendments to these Articles which shall abridge, amend or alter the right of the Developer to designate and select members of each Board of Administration of the corporation, as provided in Article VII hereof, may be adopted or become effective without the prior consent of the Developer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the subscriber have hereunto set their hands and seals this 21st day of February, 1980.
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MAURICE B. GRALLA
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BONNIE K. WHITING
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LIA L. ALLAWAS
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF BREVARD
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority personally appeared MAURICE B. GRALLS, BONNIE K. WHITING, and LIA L. ALLAWAS, who, being by me first duly sworn, acknowledged that they executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation for the purposes therein expressed on this 21st day of February, 1980.
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Notary Public
My commission expires: 10/4/83
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED AGENT
Pursuant to Chapter 48.091, Florida Statutes, the following is submitted in compliance with said Act; CANAVERAL SANDS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a corporation not for profit, desiring to organize under the laws of the State of Florida, with its principal office, as indicated in the Articles of Incorporation, at the City of Cocoa Beach, County of Brevard, and State of Florida, has named MAURICE B. GRALLA, located at 45 South Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, Florida, as its agent to accept service of process for the above stated corporation, at the place designated in this Certificate.
I hereby accept to act in this capacity, and agree to comply with the provisions of said Act relative to keeping open said office.
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MAURICE B. GRALLA
Registered Agent
ADDENDUM TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION CANAVERAL SANDS CONDOMINIUM
LEGAL DESCRIPTION PHASE 1
A portion of Tract 9 of the replat of Chandler Park, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 21, at Page 80 of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida, being more particularly described as follows: Commence at the Northwest corner of said Tract 9; thence run East along the North line of said Tract 9 for 679.46 feet to a point on the mean high water line of the Atlantic Ocean said point also being the point of beginning of the following described parcel of land: thence run West along the previously described course for 679.46 feet to a point on the mean high water line of the Atlantic Ocean said point also being the point of beginning of the following described parcel of land; thence run West along the previously described course for 679.46 feet to a point on the East right of way line of Ridgewood Avenue; thence run S 17° 35’, 25” W along said East right of way line for 20.08 feet said point being on the point of curvature of a circular curve to the right, having a central angle of 18° 10’ 05” and a radius of 390.0 feet; thence run Southwesterly along the arc of said curve for 123.67 feet to the point of tangency of said curve; thence run S 35° 45’ 30” W for 26.10 feet to the point of curvature of a circular curve to the left having a central angle of 2° 15’41” and a radius of 1150.0 feet; Thence run Southerly along the arc of said curve for 45.39 feet; thence leaving said curve run S 75° 35’ 31”E for 100.80 feet; thence run N 14° 24’29” E for 23.66 feet; thence run S 75° 35’31” E for 86.0 feet; thence run N 14° 24’29” E for 6.0 feet; thence run S 75° 35’31” E for 80.0 feet; thence run East parallel with the North line of said Tract 9 for 457.0 feet more or less to a point on the mean high water line of the Atlantic Ocean; thence meander Northeasterly along said mean high water line for 233.0 feet more of less to the point of beginning. Said parcel contains 3.51 acres more or less.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION PHASE 2
A portion of Tract 9 of the replat of Chandler Park, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 21, at Page 80 of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida, being more particularly described as follows: Commence at the Northwest corner of said Tract 9; thence run East along the North line of said Tract 9 for 223.46 feet; thence run S 15° 15’31”W for 141.02 feet; thence S 14° 24’29”W for 92.22 feet; Thence run East parallel with the North line of said Tract 9 for 457 feet more or less to a point on the mean high water line of the Atlantic Ocean said point also being the point of beginning of the following described parcel; thence run West along the previously described course for 456.53 feet; thence run N 75° 35’31” W for 80.0 feet; thence run S 14° 24’29” W for 6.0 feet; thence run N 75° 35’31” W for 86.0 feet; thence run S 14° 24’29” W for 23.66 feet; thence run N 75° 35’ 31” W for 100.80 feet to the point on the East right of way line of Ridgewood Avenue said point also being a point on a curve concave to the Southeast whose center bears S 56° 30’11”E with a central angle of 9° 05’20” and a radius of 1150.0 feet; thence run Southerly along the arc of said curve for 182.37 feet; thence leaving said curve run S 75° 35’31” E 312.55 feet; thence run East parallel with the North line of said Tract 9 for 455.09 feet to a point on said high water line; thence meander Northeasterly along said high water line for 206.0 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Said parcel contains 3.37 acres more or less.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION PHASE 3
A portion of Tract 9 of the replat of Chandler Park, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 21, at Page 80 of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida, being more particularly described as follows: Commence at the Southwest corner of said Tract 9; thence run S 89° 48’05” E along the corner of said Tract 9 for 777.56 feet to a point on the mean high water line of the Atlantic Ocean said point also being the point of beginning of the following described parcel of land; thence run N 89° 48’05” W back along the previously described course for 580.01 feet to a point 197.55 feet West of the Southwest corner of said Tract 9; thence run N 14° 24’29” E for 270.58 feet; thence run S 75° 35’31” E for 123.13 feet; thence run East parallel with the North line of said Tract 9 for 455.09 feet to a point on said men high water line; thence meander Southwesterly along said mean high water line for 241.0 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Said parcel contains 3.147 acres more or less.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION PHASE 4
A portion of Tract 9 of the replat of Chandler Park, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 21, at Page 80 of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida, being more particularly described as follows: Begin at the Southwest corner of said Tract 9; thence run N 5° 45’30” E along the East right of way line of Ridgewood Avenue for 60.94 feet to the point of curvature of a circular curve to the right having a central angle of 12° 00’00” and a radius of 532.96; thence run Northerly along the arc of said curve for 111.62 feet to the point of tangency of said curve; thence run N 17° 45’30” E for 15.0 feet to the point of curvature of a circular curve to the right having a central angle of 6° 39’09” and a radius of 1150.0 feet; thence run northeasterly along the arc of said curve for 133.53 feet; thence leaving said curve run S 75° 35’31” E for 189.43 feet; thence run S 14° 24’29” W for 270.58 feet to a point on the South line of Said Tract 9; thence run N 89° 48’05” W along said South line for 197.55 feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel contains 1.36 acres more or less.
February 28, 1980
James F. Russo, Jr. Esq.
P O Box 606
Cocoa Beach, FL 33931
Ref. #: 65
Dear Mr. Russo:
Articles of Incorporation for CANAVERAL SANDS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a corporation not for profit, were filed on February 26, 1980, and assigned Charter Number 751256.
Your check for $33.00 has been deposited.
If you desire further information please telephone (904) 487-1322, Word Processing Section.
Sincerely,
D. W. McKinnon, Director
Division of Corporations
DWM/jh