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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 98-277 RESOLUTION NO. _ 2jLJ- Z BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: THAT the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized to execute a one-year contract between the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the City of Beaumont for the utilization of revenue derived from the hotel occupancy tax to promote the arts. The agreement is substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A." PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of 1998. - Mayor - AGREEMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF AN ART MUSEUM WHEREAS, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, a Texas non-profit corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Museum", and the City of Beaumont, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, hereinafter referred to as "City", agree as follows: 1. City hereby hires and engages Museum to operate an art museum open to the public on the premises leased from the City and described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes (herein "the premises"). Museum agrees to accept such hiring and hereby agrees to operate such art museum. 2. So long as Museum operates an art museum upon the premises City agrees to pay museum the sum of Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred ($15,600) the first month with the remaining eleven (11) monthly payments being in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred and no/100 dollars ($15,400) per month commencing on the 1 st day of October, 1998 hereunder shall be subject to adjustment upon agreement of Museum and City. 3. City or Museum may terminate this Agreement for cause if either party defaults in the performance of any covenant or condition of this Agreement. Prior to such termination City or Museum must provide the other party with written notice of such default and if the party does not cure the default within fifteen (15) days after the giving of notice the party giving such notice may terminate the Agreement by written notice. EXHIBIT "A" 4. City shall allow Museum and its employees, volunteers, patrons and guests to use fifty (50) designated parking spaces in the City owned parking lot lying directly to the east across Main Street from the premises during periods of premise use. Otherwise such spaces may be used for City's Civic Center and theater event parking. In addition, the City shall provide free parking for buses transporting school children to the art museum. Said parking places to be as available and as directed by the City's Civic Center director at a site convenient to the Museum. Parking spaces on the premises shall be available for City's use during periods when the premises are not in actual use. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF City and Museum have executed or caused to be executed by their authorized officers or agents this Agreement on the day of 1998. CITY OF BEAUMONT ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS By: By.