HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 65 - General ServicesFirst Amended Evanston/School District
No. 65 Facility Use Agreement
NOW COME the parties, Community Consolidated School District No. 65, Cook
County, Illinois ("District") and the City of Evanston, an Illinois municipal corporation
("City"), and hereby amend their July 15, 1991 Agreement for City Department of
Parks/Forestry and Recreation use of certain District facilities, pursuant to paragraph 10
thereof:
WHEREAS, the District and the City are "units of local government" as defined under
Article VII, Section 10, of the Constitution of Illinois of 1970 and are "public agencies"
under Paragraph 2 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act 5, IICS, 220/1, et sea.; and
WHEREAS, the City has requested that the District afford the City's Department of
Parks/Forestry and Recreation limited access on a priority basis to the District's school
facilities and playgrounds to aid the City in its effort to conduct recreational programs and
other department activities; and
WHEREAS, the District has indicated its willingness to grant the City limited access
on a priority basis to certain of its school facilities and playgrounds to operate such
recreational programs and activities when they are not otherwise needed for educational
programs; and
WHEREAS, the District is desirous of having certain landscaping services performed
at Washington, Dawes, Nichols, King lab, Walker, and Chute Schools; and
WHEREAS, the City is desirous of performing said certain landscaping services in
exchange for a reduction of rental fees for its Department of Parks/Forestry and Recreation
use of District facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City and the District have determined that this
intergovernmental agreement (hereinafter the "Agreement") will aid their governmental
objectives and is for their mutual benefit and the benefit of the citizens of Evanston,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. This Amended Agreement incorporates all provisions of the July 15, 1991
Agreement it amends, except those provisions which are modified hereby or which
are added anew or which are deleted.
2. The Program. The District shall provide the City and its Department of
Parks/Forestry and Recreation exclusive use of certain of its school facilities and
playgrounds, or portions thereof (hereinafter the "Premises"), which are described and
identified in the attached Exhibit A, at mutually agreeable times for purposes of
operating recreational programs and services for the benefit of the City's residents
and other authorized individuals (hereinafter the "Programs").
3. Loss of Use for Causes Bevond Control. The City and the District shall not be
responsible for the obligations undertaken hereunder where it becomes impossible
or impractical to maintain and operate the Premises due to any cause beyond their
control, including, but not limited to, acts of God or public enemies, acts or
restrictions of the government, civil disturbances, fires, floods, strikes, lock -outs and
shut -downs.
4. Indemnification. A. The City shall defend and hold harmless the District, its
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Board of Education, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns, from and
against any and all bodily or personal injuries, deaths, losses, suits, costs, attorney's
fees, claims, damages, expenses, judgments, liabilities, or liens, arising directly or
indirectly during the term of this Agreement from the City's conductor management
of its Programs or from anything whatsoever done in or about the Premises by the
City, its officers, employees, agents and invitees, unless the above mentioned injuries
or losses result from the negligence of the District. The City shall defend and hold
harmless the District, its Board of Education, officers, employees, agents, successors,
and assigns, from any liability under the (a) Illinois Structural Work Act, (b) Illinois
Workers' Compensation Act, or (c) Illinois Occupational Diseases Act, arising directly
or indirectly during the term of this Agreement, from the City's conduct or
management of its Programs or from anything whatsoever done in or about the
Premises by the City, its officers, employees and agents. The City shall defend and
hold harmless the District, its Board of Education, officers, employees, agents,
successors, assigns and invitees from any and all damage or destruction of property
of any person or persons, in any way arising or resulting directly or indirectly from
any use, occupancy, or other condition of the Premises unless such damage or
destruction results from the negligence of the District.
B. The District shall defend and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees,
agents, successors and assigns, from and against any and all bodily or personal
injuries, deaths, losses, suits, costs, attorney's fees, claims, damages, expenses,
judgments, liabilities, or liens, arising directly or indirectly during the term of this
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Agreement from the District's conduct or management of its Programs or from
anything whatsoever done in or about the Premises by the District, its officers,
employees, agents and invitees, unless the above -mentioned injuries or losses result
from the negligence of the City. The District shall defend and hold harmless the City,
its officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns, from any liability under the
(a) Illinois Structural Work Act, (b) Illinois Workers' Compensation Act, or (c) Illinois
Occupational Diseases Act, arising directly or indirectly during the term of this
Agreement, from the District's conduct or management of its Programs or from
anything whatsoever done in or about the Premises by the District, its officers,
employees and agents. The District shall defend and hold harmless the City, its
officers, employees, agents, successors, assigns and invitees from any and all damage
or destruction of property of any person or persons, in any way arising or resulting
directly or indirectly from any use, occupancy, or other condition of the Premises
unless such damage or destruction results from the negligence of the City.
5. Citv's Use of School Facilities. All Programs and related activities must be
prearranged and approved by the District, allowing a week to ten (10) days for the
paperwork to be completed. The City will be given first priority in facility scheduling,
after the District's activities are planned and scheduled. In the event other person(s)
seek to use a particular space at the same time as the City, the District will work with
the City in an effort to resolve the conflict. The District reserves the right to cancel
any approved Programs and related activities in case of unanticipated program
conflicts.
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Participants in any City Program or activity will not be admitted to the Premises until
a City employee is present to supervise. Additionally, all participants must vacate
the Premises before the last City employee may leave.
The City will be responsible for any damage to equipment and property in, on or
about the Premises arising directly from its Programs and related activities and use
of the Premises. Decorations and other special equipment may be brought and used
on the Premises on with the prior approval of the particular school principal other
appropriate District personnel. Unless specifically stated, District equipment will not
be used by the City. However, with prior approval the City may be permitted to use
certain District equipment on the Premises. Any damage to said equipment will be
repaired or replaced at the City's sole expense and the City, notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall be solely responsible for any
personal injury, death or damage to property which may result form its use of such
equipment.
6. Payments.
A. Offset/Mowinp,
1. To offset its costs under this Agreement, the City will mow all grass at
Washington, Dawes, and Nichols Schools, at the same times the respectively
contiguous parks are mowed. The City will mow only the soccer field at King
Lab, i.e., the north side of the School, and the soccer fields at Walker and
Chute Schools. Mowing of the soccer fields will take place during the Spring
and Fall soccer seasons only.
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2. All costs and expenses, up to a ceiling of (Forty -Two Thousand, Nine
Hundred Sixty and no/100 Dollars ($42,960.00) of such mowing will be the
City's responsibility. The District will provide the City with a tractor with
grass mowers for mowing. The City will operate the tractor, and will provide
fuel, oil, and blade -sharpening and customary maintenance during the
mowing season, April through November. All other costs and expenses
associated with use of this equipment are the responsibility of the District. In
the event the District's equipment is inoperable and a substitute has not been
provided, the City is excused from its obligation to mow according to the
schedule established in paragraph 6A.1, above, provided, however, that the
parties may mutually agree that the City will use its own equipment for said
mowing, pursuant to negotiated terms.
B. Offset/Diseased Elm Tree Removal
1. The City will further offset its costs under this Agreement by removing, or
arranging for the removal of, diseased American Elm trees on District property.
2. The City is not required to expend more than $10,000.00 (Ten Thousand and
no/100th Dollars) on removal of such trees. The determination that an American Elm
tree is to be removed because of disease, and the scheduling of that removal, are the
sole province of the City.
3. The City will trim certain small trees, as designated in writing by the District,
in and around District parking lots and areas. For purpose of this paragraph, a
"small" tree is not to exceed 10 inch diameter.
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The value of such services, as placed by the City, is not to exceed $1400.00 (One
Thousand, Fourteen Hundreds and no/100 Dollars). Trimming will be according to
a schedule agreed to by the parties, with the understanding that the needs of the City
as a whole must receive priority.
B. Fees.
1. Based upon anticipated usage, the City is expected to incur the cost of $54,360.00
for facility usage under this Agreement. The offset services the City will perform
hereunder (mowing at $42,960.00 tree trimming at $1400.00, and diseased American
Elm Removal at $10,000.00) total $54,360.00.
2. The District's fee for use of the Premises is based upon the Schedule of Fees
attached hereto as Exhibit B. The rates will be reviewed on an annual basis with at
least sixty (60) days' notice as to any type of change in fee. However, the
requirement that such notice must be given shall not restrict the District, in its sole
discretion, from establishing any and all related user fees.
3. On or before March of each year, the District will send the City a written
itemization of the City's usage of District Premises pursuant to this Agreement,
including the total amount of fees incurred. Within thirty days (30) thereafter, the City
will send the District an itemization of the City services and amounts to be offset.
The dollar amount difference between the City's usage and the offset amount, if any,
is the amount to be paid by the City, within sixty (60) days of receiving the statement
If the amount of City services actually provided to the District exceeds the fees
incurred by the City for usage of the Premises, then the District will pay the City the
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difference, within sixty (60) days of receiving the itemization.
7. School/City Liaisons. Within thirty (30) days after the execution of this
Agreement, the City's Department of Parks/Forestry and Recreation Director and the
District's Superintendent each shall designate a School/Park Liaison. The School/City Liaisons
shall promptly resolve any and all disputes arising from this Agreement. However, if the
School/City Liaisons are unable to reach a resolution within ten (10) days, the matter in
dispute shall be submitted in writing to the District's Superintendent and the City's
Department of Parks/Forestry and Recreation Director for resolution.
8. RelationshiD of the Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
create any joint venture or partnership between the City and the District. Neither the City
nor the District shall have the power to bind or obligate the other except as to the extent
expressly set forth in this Agreement.
9. No Third Partv Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and no
third party is intended to or shall have any rights hereunder.
10. Assienment. No part of this Agreement may be assigned by either of the
Parties hereto without prior written consent of the other party.
11. Rieht to Amend. In the event that either the City or the District desires to
modify or amend this Agreement, written notice thereof shall be given to the other Party at
least twenty (20) days prior to the consideration of said modification or amendment. If aid
modification or amendment is thereafter mutually agreed upon, this Agreement will be so
amended. All modifications and/or amendments shall be in writing and signed by the
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appropriate officer of each Party, as authorized by resolution. The Parties shall meet
annually during the term of this Agreement to consider proposed amendments to this
Agreement.
12. Condition of Premises. At termination of each usage of the Premises, the City
shall return the Premises to the same condition as it was at the commencement of such use.
13. Further Actions. The City and the District agree to do, execute, acknowledge
and deliver all agreements and other documents and to take all actions necessary or
desirable to comply with the provisions of this Agreement and the intent hereof.
14. Authority. The individual officers of the City and the District who have
executed this Agreement represent and warrant that they have full power and lawful
authority to execute this Agreement and perform and fulfil the obligations and
responsibilities contemplated hereunder on behalf of and in the name of their respective
governing boards.
15. Paragraph Headinczs. The paragraph headings appearing in this Agreement
have been inserted for the purpose of convenience and ready reference. They do not purport
to and shall not be deemed to define, limit or extend the scope or intent of the paragraph
to which they pertain.
16. Multiple Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall, for all purposes, constitute a duplicate original.
17. Governing Law. This Agreement and the interpretation thereof shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.
18. Notices. Any and all notices required to be sent pursuant to the terms of this
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Agreement shall be personally delivered or sent via certified mail addressed as follows:
If to the City:
City of Evanston
Department of Parks/Forestry
and Recreation
2100 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
With a copy to:
Law Department
City of Evanston
2100 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
If to the District:
Board of Education
Community Consolidated school District No. 65
1314 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
19. Duration of Agreement. The initial term of this Agreement was from July 15,
1991 through June 30, 1992. Thereafter, this Agreement shall be deemed automatically
renewed for successive one-year periods unless either party shall advise the other in writing
at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual renewal date of its intention to terminate this
Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may also
be terminated by the mutual consent of the Parties or by either Party independently, for any
reasonable cause, upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the other.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the District and the City have caused this First Amended
Agreement to be executed this _ day of , 1995.
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Attest:
City Clerk
Attest:
Secretary, Board of Education
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By:
CITY OF EVANSTON
City Manager
COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 65, COOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
By:
President, Board of Education
Chute Middle School 1400 Oakton Street, Evanston, IL 60202, including all adjoining
outdoor recreation filed areas.
Dawes Elementary School 440 Dodge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, including all adjoining
outdoor playground and field areas.
Dewey Elementary School 1551 Wesley Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, including all
adjoining outdoor playground and field areas.
Foster Field located North of Foster, East of Dewey, and bounded by Dewey, Simpson,
Foster and Ashland, in Evanston, IL
Haven Middle School 2417 Prairie Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201 including all adjoining
outdoor recreation field areas.
Kingsley Elementary School 2300 Greenbay Road, Evanston, IL 60201, including all
adjoining outdoor playground and field areas.
Lincoln Elementary School 910 Forest Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, including all adjoining
outdoor playground and field areas.
Lincolnwood Elementary School 2600 Colfax Street, Evanston, IL 60201, including all
adjoining outdoor playground and field areas.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Experimental Laboratory Schools 2424 Lake Street, Evanston, IL
60201, including all adjoining outdoor playground and field areas
Nichols Middle School 800 Greenleaf Street, Evanston, IL 60202, including all adjoining
outdoor recreation field areas.
Oakton Elementary School 436 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, including all adjoining
outdoor playground and field areas.
Orrington Elementary School 2636 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, including all
adjoining outdoor playground and field areas.
Walker Elementary School 3601 Church Street, Skokie, IL 60203, including all adjoining
outdoor playground and field areas.
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Washington Elementary School 914 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, including all
adjoining outdoor playground and field areas.
Willard Elementary School 2700 Hurd Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, including all adjoining
outdoor playground and field areas.
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FEE SCHEDULE
EVANSTON DEPARTMENT OF PARKS/FORESTRY AND RECREATION
Facility Rental on School Days through 9:00 PM
Playground and Field Use
Facility Rental on Holidays, Saturdays,
and Sundays
Facility Rental on School Days after 9:00 PM
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No Charge
No Charge
$40/hour or any
fraction thereof
$40/hour or any
fraction thereof