Number
011733
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution approving an agreement to transfer the City's interest in the Captain Frederick Pabst Theater.
Analysis
This resolution approves a Transfer Agreement by and among the City of Milwaukee, the Board of the Captain Frederick Pabst Theater ("Board") and the Cudahy Foundation ("Transferee"). Under the terms of the Transfer Agreement, all the City and the Board's interest in the Captain Frederick Pabst Theater will be transferred to the Cudahy Foundation for $1.00 and the commitment by the Transferee to observe all the terms and conditions of the Transfer Agreement. Those conditions include a commitment that the facility will not be used for other than Theater purposes without the City's consent. The City will also have a right for a ten year period to repurchase the Theater Premises if the Transferee elects to convey the Theater Premises. The repurchase price would be $1.00 plus the depreciated value of any capital improvements made to the Theater by the Transferee. The Transferee commits to making reasonable efforts to ensure that the Theater Premises is made available to performing arts groups and artists who have substantial ties to the Milwaukee community and who represent the diversity of the Milwaukee community. The Transferee commits to an 18% DBE procurement goal with regard to its discretionary spending. The Transferee further commits not to change the name of the Theater without the City's consent and commits to operate the Theater in a fashion consistent with the needs of the facility and in a manner that would maintain both its historic appearance and the function of the facility for future generations of Milwaukee area residents. Finally, the Transferee commits to honor all naming rights. The only aspect of the City's ownership interest that will not be immediately transferred relates to the leasehold interest in the Renovation Project u...
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