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RESOLUTION NO. 4773 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF LEASE WITH EMERALD EMPIRE COUNCIL ON AGING. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Emerald Empire Council on Aging is a nonprofit entity formed in 2003 for the purpose of continuing and expanding service programs for seniors that were formerly sponsored by Lane Community College at the City-owned building known as the Kaufman Senior Center. B. As a newly formed organization, Emerald Empire Council on Aging is reliant upon gifts, grants and donations for its support and is working to expand its service programs and become self-sufficient. C. The use of the Kaufman Senior Center by Emerald Empire Council on Aging benefits the City by providing needed accessible senior services, recreation and a seniors' community center within the Jefferson Westside neighborhood. D. On May 21,2003, the City's Budget Committee approved the use of $20,237 for fiscal year 2004 from the Kaufman Trust Fund to provide major maintenance costs at the Kaufman Senior Center to facilitate a proposal by Emerald Empire Council on Aging to continue to provide a volunteer and community oriented senior center out of the Kaufman Senior Center and annex. E. The City Manager has determined that leasing ofthe Kaufman Senior Center annex is impractical because of the extensive number of repairs and renovation that would be required to make the property suitable for use by the public. F. The City Manager proposes to lease the Kaufman Senior Center to Emerald Empire Council on Aging for an initial one-year lease at $1.00, with the option to renew for a second year at $1.00 depending upon outcomes achieved. After the first two years the lease may be renewed at the discretion of the City Manager for a term of up to five (5) years at a rate determined to be the fair market rental value. During all lease terms the City's obligation to provide maintenance and repair shall be limited to the availability of sums budgeted from the Kaufman Trust for such purpose, and the City will have no obligation to make capital improvements to the property. G. The Kaufman Senior Center has not been declared surplus property and it not subject to a development plan. H. Under Section 2.872 of the Eugene Code, 1971 the City Manager has authority to present a proposal for the disposition of real property that is not within a development plan, that has Resolution - 1