HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-01 Chautauqua Square Fountain Surplus Property
RESOLUTION NO. 20154O1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARING THE
CHAUTAUQUA SQUARE FOUNTAIN SURPLUS PROPERTY
RECITALS:
A. The City of Ashland in 1990 installed a marble fountain in front of the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival's Black Swan Theater, in the area known as Chautauqua Square.
B. The area where the fountain is installed is part of the leasehold property owned by the City
controlled by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
C. The fountain has not functioned properly for more than 20 years. The Shakespeare Festival
has requested that the City remove the fountain and the City wishes to comply with that
request.
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 2.54 of the Ashland Municipal Code, the City Council of the
City of Ashland declares that the marble fountain in Chautauqua Square is surplus property.
SECTION 2. The Finance Director is directed to solicit bids from the public to purchase and
remove the fountain.
SECTION 3. If no offer to purchase and remove the fountain is received within 30 days of the
effective date of this resolution, the City Administrator is directed to have City staff or a
qualified contractor remove the fountain and repair the area from which the fountain is removed.
This resolution was duly PASSED and ADOPTED this _ day of J441110LIt'4 , 2015,
and t es effect upon si ning by the Mayor.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this day of '2015.
C J hn Str mberg, Mayor
Reviled as to form:
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aviM~Lian. Cit y Attorney
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