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RESOLUTION
• Accepting Funds Awarded and Donated to the
City of'Evanston in Connection with
the National Endowment for the Arts Program
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has been awarded a Grant in
the amount of thirteen thousand dollars.($13,000) by the National
Endowment for the Arts to support the Evanston Art Center's
project to commission a sculpture by Richard Hunt to be located in
Cartwright Park; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition of this Grant that endowment
funds provided may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the
project; and
WHEREAS, the Cartwright Foundation has pledged, promised
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and agreed to
contribute a
sum of money
to
be determined
upon the
selection of
the sculpture
pursuant to
the
conditions of
the Grant
award and City of Evanston resolution, 66-R-75, said sum so
pledged to be no less than thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) as
set forth in Exhibit A entitled "Cartwright Foundation Agreement"
attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Cartwright Foundation Agreement is
contingent upon the acceptance by the City of Evanston of the
aforementioned Grant and of the monies pledged therein; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Committee appointed by the Mayor
pursuant to Resolution 66-R-75 has entered into negotiations with
Richard Hunt to commission such sculpture; and
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WHEREAS, Richard
Hunt
has agreed to create said
sculpture,
the design of which has
been
approved by said Selection
Committee,
for a contract price of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), said
price to include any applicable sales or use taxes, and
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WHEREAS, said sculpture would be constructed of welded
0 bronze and would be delivered and installed no later than July 30,
1977; and
WHEREAS, the City's participation in said project shall be
limited to: 1. An in -kind donation of services not to exceed two
thousand dollars ($2,000), to prepare the site to receive the
sculpture; and 2. The administration of the funds donated by the
Cartwright Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts for
the project; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Committee has recommended that a
contract implementing the above provisions be executed by and
between the City of Evanston and Richard Hunt:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
that the City of Evanston
hereby_
accepts Grant R-60-41-368C in.the
amount of thirteen
thousand dollars ($13,000) from the National Endowment for the
Arts to support the Evanston Art Center's project to commission'a
sculpture by Richard Hunt to be located in Cartwright Park,
pursuant to the provisions set out in application A13090-76, dated
December 20, 1975.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Evanston hereby
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,accepts the sum of money pledged by the Cartwright Foundation in
;accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Cartwright
Foundation Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, said sum to be
,,,no less than thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000).
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is hereby
• authorized and directed to execute a contract implementing the
provisions set out hereinabove with Richard Hunt for a sculpture
to be created and placed in Cartwright Park.
ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
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Mayor
EXHIBIT A
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- CARTWRIGHT FOUNDATION AGREEMENT
In consideration of the acceptance by the City of Evanston (hereafter, "City")
of Grant R60-41-368C in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00) from
the National Endowment for the Arts (hereafter "NEV) to support the Evanston Art
Center's project to commission a sculpture by Richard Hunt to be located in Cartwright
Park pursuant to the provisions set out in application #A13090-76 dated December 20,
1975, the Cartwright Foundation (hereafter "Foundation") hereby pledges, promises
and agrees,to contribute a sum of money to be determined upon the selection of the
sculpture pursuant to the conditions of the grant award and City of Evanston Resolu-
tion 66-R-75; provided, however, that the sum so pledged and paid to the City shall
not be less than Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00),'provided further that the
money so pledged will be paid to the City pursuant to such terms for payment as
shall be established by. the Foundation and the City. In any case, however, the �
Foundation shall make a minimum payment of the Thirteen.Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00)
• to the City no later than thirty (30) days after the.placement of the sculpture in
Cartwright Park.
This agreement is contingent upon the acceptance by the City of the NEA grant
hereinabove described and of the monies pledged herein, said acceptance to be em-
bodied in a suitable Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Evanston
in accordance with law.
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