HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 00-053RESOLUTION NO. 00- o 53
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO HAKONE
GARDENS LEASE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, The Hakone Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, was created to enhance,
preserve, and protect Hakone Gardens. It became responsible for the overall financial
and operational support of the Gardens in 1997 when the City of Saratoga could no
longer provide support due to municipal budget limitations; and
WHEREAS, The Foundation has managed the Gardens in a fiscally prudent manner and
continued the City of Saratoga's efforts to preserve this authentic and historic park; and
WHEREAS, It is Foundation's desire to revise it's relationship with the City of Saratoga
to become eligible for private foundation grants; and
WHEREAS, the agreement between the Foundation and the City for the governance of
the Foundation and the operations of the Gardens must be modified in order for this to
occur; and
WHEREAS, representatives of the City of Saratoga and the Hakone Foundation have
concluded mutually beneficial negotiations identifying costs, restructuring governance
and assuring free access to Hakone Gardens for Saratoga Residents; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Saratoga, as follows:
That the City Manager be authorized to execute the Lease Agreement with
the Hakone Foundation.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the Saratoga City Council
at a regular meeting held on the 18~h day of October 2000, by the following vote:
AYES: Evan Baker, John Mehaffey,
Mayor Stan Bogosian
NOES: None
Nick Streit, Ann Waltonsmith,
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
-S~an Bogosian, 1V~ayor
City of Saratoga