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65-R-17
A RESOLUTION
Creating a Separate Fund entitled the "Robert Crown Community
Center Maintenance Fund" and Directing Certain Donation Funds to be
Deposited and Utilized after the Construction of the New Facility
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (the "City"), is a
home -rule municipality pursuant to Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, the City endeavors to replace the current Robert Crown
Center facility with a new facility at 1701 Main Street; and
WHEREAS, fundraising is still ongoing to pay for the cost of construction
of the new facility and the long-term financial viability of the center and surrounding park
post -construction needs to be addressed with a separate fund to ensure that sufficient
money will be available; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that it is in the best interests of the new facility
to create a separate fund for future use to be referred to as the "Robert Crown Center
Maintenance Fund",
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Findings: The Corporate Authorities find, determine, and
declare that a separate fund be created to specifically allocate operating funds and
donations for the long-term maintenance of the !Robert Crown Community Center facility
and surrounding park.
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SECTION 2: Direction: The City Treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to cause a fund to be created upon completion of the Robert Crown Community
Center called the "Robert Crown Community Center Maintenance Fund".
SECTION 3: Actions: All actions of the officers, agents, and employees
of the City that are in conformity with the purposes and intent of this Resolution 65-R-
17, whether taken before or after the adoption hereof, are hereby ratified, confirmed,
and adopted.
SECTION 4: Severability: If any section, paragraph, or provision of this
Resolution 65-R-17 shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the
invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, or provision shall not affect any
of the remaining portions of this resolution.
SECTION 5: This Resolution 65-R-17 supersedes all resolutions or
orders or parts thereof in conflict herewith, and this resolution shall be in full force and
effect upon its adoption.
Attest:
Devon Reid, City Clerk
Adopted: fly Z q ¢-ti
, 2017
Steph n H. Yaoy, Mayor