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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
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not been declared surplus property and for which no other procedure is specified in the Code or a
Council-approved intergovernmental agreement to the City Council for its action. The City Manager
has requested that the Council authorize him to enter into a lease as described in Recital F with
Emerald Empire Council on Aging.
I. The City Council specifically finds that the use of the Kaufman Senior Center by
Emerald Empire Council on Aging as a center for support services, recreation, and as a community
center for seniors will result in a benefit to the City comparable to the fair market rent ofthe property
to be leased.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a
Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows:
Section 1. Based on the above findings, which are hereby adopted, and pursuant to Section
2.872 of the Eugene Code, 1971, the City Manager is authorized to execute on behalf of the City a
Lease Agreement with the Emerald Economic Council on Aging for the Kaufman Senior Center.
The Lease shall be for an initial term of one-year 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 ofthe 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 will have no obligation to make capital
improvements to the property, and the City's obligation to repair and maintain the premises shall be
subject to the availability of budgeted funds derived from the Kaufman Trust. The lease shall
contain such other terms and conditions as are agreed to by the City Manager and are consistent with
this Resolution.
Section 2. The City Recorder is requested to forward a copy of this Resolution to the
Emerald Empire Council on Aging.
The foregoing Resolution adopted the 13th the day of August, 2003.
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