HomeMy WebLinkAbout7445_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 7445
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
RECONFIRMING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE A. K. SMILEY PUBLIC
LIBRARY AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE REDLANDS HISTORICAL MUSEUM,
ESTABLISHING INTERIM AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR,
OPERATIONAL, AND MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS FOR THE MUSEUM, AND
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 5800
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2000, the City Council of the City of Redlands authorized
the formation of a committee to study the feasibility of establishing a historical museum; and
WHEREAS, on May 2, 2000, this City Council designated the City-owned building
located at 30 Cajon Street as the site of the City's proposed museum; and
WHEREAS, on September 3, 2000, the City designated the A. K. Smiley Public Library
as the repository for donated historical items until the proposed museum is established; and
WHEREAS, on October 3, 2000, this City Council adopted. Resolution No. 5800
appointing the Library Board of Trustees as administrator of the proposed historical museum
and identifying a source of revenue for maintenance of the proposed museum; and
WHEREAS, for the fourteen years since the Library Board of Trustees was appointed as
administrator, the Board has worked closely with the Redlands Historical Museum Association
to establish a historical museum which would subsequently be donated to the City; and
WHEREAS, on September 17, 2013, in response to a request from the Redlands
Historical Museum Association for financial assistance associated with the establislunent of the
historical museum, this City Council unanimously approved payment for costs of landscape
maintenance and the provision of utility services based upon the City Council's finding that the
payment of such costs serves a valid public purpose because such payments will facilitate the
opening, and initial operation, of a historical museum that will provide cultural enrichment to the
Redlands community and contribute to the City's goals of enhancing tourism and economic
development for the interim period until the museum is donated to the City; and
WHEREAS, recently members of the Library Board of Trustees and the Library Director
have been informed, and have subsequently informed this City Council, that an anonymous
philanthropic member of the Redlands community desires to make a generous donation to the
Redlands Historical Museum Association for the specific purpose of establishing the proposed
museum in the building located at 700 Brookside Avenue; and
WHEREAS, representatives of the Library Board of Trustees and the Library Director
have participated in negotiations with the above-mentioned donor, the owners of the property
located at 700 Brookside Avenue, and members of the Redlands Historical Museum Association
to facilitate the location of the proposed Redlands Historical Museum on such property; and
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WHEREAS, this City Council desires by this resolution to encourage and express its
strong support for the above-mentioned donor's, the Library Board of Trustees' and the Redlands
Historical Museum Association's efforts to cause the Redlands Historical Museum to be located
at 700 Brookside Avenue;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council of the City of Redlands
as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby designates the building and property located at
700 Brookside Avenue(the "Museum Property") as the site for the proposed Redlands Historical
Museum.
Section 2. The City Council reconfirms the Board of Trustees of the A. K. Smiley
Public Library as administrator of the proposed Redlands Historical Museum and the A. K.
Smiley Public Library as the repository for donated items.
Section 3. As the administrator for the City of the proposed museum, the Library
Board of Trustees shall have the responsibility for stewardship and oversight of the operations of
the museum and its historical collections.
Section 4. In the event the Redlands Historical Museum Association acquires title to
the Museum Property, upon the Association's occupancy of the building on the Museum
Property for museum purposes, the City shall be responsible for funding the costs of providing
utilities including all water, sewer, gas, light, power, and landscape irrigation and maintenance,
reasonably required or necessary for the Museum Property. The City shall have no other
responsibility, obligation or liability for the Museum Property.
Section 5. From and after the City obtaining title to the Museum Property, the City
shall be responsible for funding the costs of providing utilities including all water, gas, light,
power, telephone, internet access, and landscape irrigation and maintenance, and janitorial
services, reasonably required or necessary for the operation of the museum.
Section 6. From and after the City obtaining title to the Museum Property, as the
administrator of the museum, the Library Board of Trustees shall be responsible for securing
funding to pay the costs of all structural capital improvements and repairs to the museum
building and property, and all capital equipment and personal property, reasonably required or
necessary for the operation of the museum.
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ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 16th day of September, 2014.
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Pete Agui ar, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sam Irwin, dity Clerk
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I, Sam Irwin, City Clerk, City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of September,
2014, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harrison, Foster, Gardner, Gilbreath; Mayor Aguilar
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Sam Irwin, City Cle
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