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.