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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Evanston Art Center
Concerning its Move from the Harley Clarke Mansion
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston owns certain real property
commonly known as 2603 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60201 (the "Harley
Clarke Mansion") and in 1996 entered into a lease of the property to the Evanston
Art Center;
WHEREAS, the Evanston Art Center failed, at its sole cost and
expense, to maintain and make all necessary repairs and improvements (interior,
exterior, structural, non-structural, electrical, and ventilation) to the Harley Clarke
Mansion as required by the lease, resulting in potential life -safety hazards in the
subject property;
WHEREAS, on February 10, 2014, the City Council of the City of
Evanston authorized the City Manager to issue a notice of lease termination to
the Evanston Art Center for the Harley Clarke Mansion with a lease termination
date of January 31, 2015;
WHEREAS, this notice of lease termination followed the Evanston
Art Center's failure to comply with the terms of the lease;
WHEREAS, the City Manager issued a notice of lease termination
letter to the Evanston Art Center for the Harley Clarke Mansion, whereby the
lease for the subject property would terminate on January 31, 2015, and the
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Evanston Art Center confirmed receipt of and agreed to bound by said
termination notice;
WHEREAS, as a result of the City of Evanston's termination of the
Harley Clarke Mansion lease, the Evanston Art Center will relocate to another
property to operate and headquarter its community cultural center operations;
WHEREAS, the Evanston Art Center recently purchased property
at 1717 Central Street, Evanston, Illinois, to move its operations from the Harley
Clarke Mansion;
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate its move from the Harley Clarke
Mansion, a move facilitated by the City of Evanston's notice of lease termination,
the Evanston Art Center requests certain assistance;
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding to be
executed by and between the City of Evanston and the Evanston Art Center, any
assistance given to the Evanston Art Center to aid in its relocation from the
Harley Clarke Mansion to 1717 Central Street, is given as a result of the City of
Evanston's decision to terminate the lease for the Harley Clarke Mansion,
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston as a home rule entity is not bound
by the terms of this Resolution or any subsequent Memorandum of
Understanding authorized by Resolution to provide similar assistance to any
other individuals/entities/organizations that may seek the same in the future;
WHEREAS, this Resolution or any subsequent Memorandum of
Understanding authorized by this Resolution shall be considered non-
precedential, is of no force and effect applicable to any other situation, and that
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no third -party beneficiaries shall be held to benefit from such Memorandum of
Understanding; and
WHEREAS, based on the recommendations made by the Human
Services Committee on December 1, 2014 and January 5, 2015 respectively, the
City Council of the City of Evanston authorizes the City Manager to provide certain
assistance to aid the Evanston Art Center in its move from the Harley Clarke
Mansion.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding with the Evanston Art
Center, in a form approved by the Corporation Counsel, to substantially conform
to the following terms:
(a) Extend the Harley Clarke Mansion lease from January 31, 2015 to May
3-1, 2015;
(b) Provide additional trash and recycling containers, at no cost, for the
Evanston Art Center's use while it vacates the Harley Clarke Mansion;
(c) Provide the Evanston Art Center with $5,000.00 (five thousand dollars)
for assistance with professional moving services; and
(d) Provide the Evanston Art Center in an amount not to exceed
$25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand dollars) in value, cash assistance
related to expenses incurred as a result of the move by the Evanston Art
Center.
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SECTION 2: That this Resolution 5-R-15 shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Attest-
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Rsac�ney Gre e, City Clerk
Adopted: -aQ11� l 1, 2015
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Eliz beth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
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