HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 17-204RESOLUTION NO. 17-204
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 financial
assistance agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A," between
the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) and the City of Beaumont in the amount
of $180,000 for FY 2018.
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 10th day of
October, 2017.
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:
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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 the lease between the
parties dated December 30, 1986 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.
This agreement shall be for a term of one year commencing October 1, 2017.
The City agrees to pay museum the sum of Forty -Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per
quarter. Of the total annual sum of One -Hundred Eighty Thousand ($180,000) Dollars,
Eighty Thousand ($80,000) Dollars will be derived from the Hotel Occupancy Tax
authorized by Tax Code Section 351.001 et.seq. which requires that such funds be
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expended for arts and historical events or projects that directly enhance and promote
tourism and the convention and hotel industry.
3.
Expenditure of the Eighty Thousand ($80,000) Dollars from Hotel Occupancy Tax
(HOT) funds shall be related to the purposes established by Tax Code Section
351.101(a)(4).
EXHIBIT "A"
4.
Funding under this contract will require that should a seminar be held during the
term of this contract designed to assure that expenditures of Hotel Occupancy Tax
funds are made in compliance with the Act, a representative of the Museum will attend
the seminar.
5.
The Museum shall submit quarterly reports in the format provided by the City
reflecting the activities of Museum as they relate to the HOT funds authorized in this
contract.
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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.
7.
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 use of the premises.
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.
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The Museum agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend, at its own
expense, the City of Beaumont and its officers, agents, servants and employees, from
and against any and all claims, causes of action and damages of every kind arising out
of or in conjunction with the execution, performance attempted performance or non-
performance of this contract or from the operations and actions of the Art Museum of
Southeast Texas (AMSET), its officers, agents and employees and specifically including
herein any and all acts of negligence by the City of Beaumont, its agents, officers or
employees carried out under the terms of this agreement.
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
, 2017.
CITY OF BEAUMONT ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
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Kyle Hayes
City Manager
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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