HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2013-35 - Amending Resolution 977, Relating to Historical Society - 03/05/2013 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY,MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2013-35
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 977 WHICH DESIGNATES
THE EDEN PRAIRIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS THE DEPOSITORY OF THE
HISTORICAL INFORMATION FOR THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
WHEREAS, in 1975 the City Council of Eden Prairie designated the Historical Society as the depository
of the historical information for the City of Eden Prairie by adopting Resolution No. 977.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Resolution to provide that, in addition to being the
depository of all historical information, the Eden Prairie Historical Society is the City's agent for the
purpose of maintaining public access to the Cummins Grill House located at 13600 Pioneer Trail, Eden
Prairie, MN through historically related programming and educational tours and for other events
sponsored by the Eden Prairie Historical Society further described in paragraph 2 of that certain Lease
Agreement entered into between the Eden Prairie Historical Society and the City of Eden Prairie dated
March 22, 2010,whether those activities are carried out on the leased premises or elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, the Eden Prairie Historical Society was organized in June of 1969 and is affiliated with the
Minnesota Historical Society, the Hennepin County Historical Society, and the Association of Hennepin
County Historians; and
WHEREAS, the Eden Prairie Historical Society was organized to obtain and preserve for the benefit of
the general public such historical information and artifacts as it, in its opinion, deems necessary and
property to preserve and illustrate the history of the City of Eden Prairie; and
WHEREAS, the Eden Prairie Historical Society will, as part of its objective, to the best of its ability,
gather such material, classify,catalogue,and property display the same; and
WHEREAS, the Eden Prairie Historical Society will be a benefit for all of the citizens of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL THAT the
Eden Prairie Historical Society is hereby designated as the official body for the City for the purpose of
collecting historical information and artifacts and the dissemination and publication of historical
information relating to the history and development of the City of Eden Prairie and that the Eden Prairie
Historical Society is hereby designated as the City's agent for the purpose of maintaining public access to
the Cummins Grill House located at 13600 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, MN through historically related
programming and educational tours and for other events sponsored by the Eden Prairie Historical Society
further described in paragraph 2 of that certain Lease Agreement entered into between the Eden Prairie
Historical Society and the City of Eden Prairie dated March 22, 2010, amended by that certain First
Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated January 20, 2012 and further amended by that certain
Second Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated March 5, 2013, whether those activities are
carried out on the leased premises or elsewhere.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on March 5, 2013.
ATTEST: N ncy yK-L#eene,Wayk
Ka lccin Porta,City Clerk