HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-11-27 01-39 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Date: November 27. 2000
Item NO. Di -39
Item/Subject: Authorizing City Manager to Exercise City's Option to
Purchase Space in the Preeses Building for Maine Discovery Museum
Responsible Department: Community & Economic Development
Commentary: The City has reserved space in the former Brasses Building for
use as a children's ma This bas been accomplished through lease and
option to purchase agreements with the property owner, .IMC Partners, LLC
(Joe Cloutier), Partnerships for Healthy Communities has substantially met
its children's museum fundraising and space renovation performance
requirements under its agreement with the City. The City's agreement with
JET Partners requires that the City exercise its option to purchase the
space needed by the children's museum before December 31, 2000. This Order
would authorize the City Merger to exercise the City's option to purchase.
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CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Order, Authorizing City Manager W Drerdw City's Option to Purchase Space in
the Freeses Building for Maine Discovery Museum
By stay City Olxn of Nie Oiyofganga:
ORDERED, THAT
WHEREAS, IMC Partners is the owner of the Main Street portion of Me Ranter Freeses Building
located at 79 - %Main Street, Bangor; and
WHEREAS, the City and Partnerships for Healthy Communities entered into an agreement,
dated December 16, 1999, in which the any agreed W enter Into an agreement with IMC
Partners, LLC, providing for the lease, until December 31, 2000, with an assignable option to
purchase until December 31, 2000, of apprordmately 22,000 square Net of space in the Main
Street portion of the former Freeses Building for use as a children's museum; and
WHEREAS, on March 5, 1999 the City entered Into a lease, with an assignable option to
purchase, with JMC Partners, LLC of app oximately 22,000 square feet of space in the Main
Street portion of the former Pleases Building for use as a childrens museum; and
WHEREAS, Partnerships for Healtiry Communities has substantially met the performance
requitemerds of Its December 16, 1998 agreement with Me City to raise funds and renovate
space to create a childram's museum; and
WHEREAS, the City needs to exercise its option to purchase the space for the children's
museum before December 31, 2000;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CT COIINUL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR THAT,
the City Manager is hereby authorizetl to exercise the City's option under the terms of the City's
Purchase Option Agreement with JMC Partners, LLC dated March 5, 1999 in a form approved by
the City Solicitor or Assistant City Solicitor.
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November 27. 2000
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