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04/03/2002
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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an
Agreement with the Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild
Foundation and The Life Enrichment Fund of the
Levy Center, Inc. Providing for Funding for the
Enabling Garden at the Levy Senior Center
WHEREAS, the Life Enrichment Fund of the Levy Center, Inc. ("the Fund") was
established in 1987 to solicit funds for operation of the Levy Senior Center ("the
Center"); and
WHEREAS, the Levy Senior Center is the site of leisure activities and life
improvement services for Evanston's older adults; and
• WHEREAS, the Levy Center was located at 1500 Maple Avenue for many years;
and
WHEREAS, City redevelopment projects at and surrounding the site of the
Center necessitated relocation of the Center and construction of a new building to
house it; and
WHEREAS, the new Center at 300 Dodge Avenue is under construction; and
WHEREAS, the Center is a one-story 26,000 square foot building surrounding a
central glass -walled courtyard; and
WHEREAS, the courtyard is an important resource of the Center appropriate for
development into a barrier -free garden known as an "enabling garden"; and
• WHEREAS, the Fund has obtained a generous grant from the Hulda B. and
Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation in the amount of $367,600; and
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WHEREAS, the Fund will provide a grant of $367,600 ("the Grant") and the City
will provide $250,000 in funding for the enabling garden and courtyard development;
and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to memorialize their respective rights and
obligations with respect to said Grant,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are found as facts and made a part hereof.
SECTION 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to sign on
behalf of the City and the City Clerk authorized and directed to attest, an Agreement in
substantial conformity with that attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof, •
with the Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation and the Life Enrichment Fund
of the Levy Center, Inc. providing for funding for the enabling garden at the Levy Senior
Center.
SECTION 3: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate
any additional terms and conditions of the aforedescribed Agreement as may be
determined in the best interests of the City.
SECTION 4: The City acknowledges the generous Grant from the Foundation
and the assistance of the Fund.
SECTION 5: This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
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ATTEST:
City
Adopted: (I I Lj CI , 2002
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orraine H. Morton, Mayor