COUNCIL CHAMBER
February 27, 2013 WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the Park and Recreation Board to grant contracts and agreements pertaining to park facilities with such terms and conditions as it shall deem proper; and WHEREAS, the City Charter requires that the City Council shall approve any contract which exceeds one year in duration; and WHEREAS, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc. (DABS), a Texas non-profit corporation, was organized for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, promoting and operating one or more arboretum and botanical gardens for the benefit of the citizens of Dallas and its members; and WHEREAS, in 1982, DABS entered into an agreement with the City for the operation, management and maintenance of an arboretum and botanical garden. DABS donated the DeGolyer Estate and Camp Estate properties to the City through the Park and Recreation Department in 1984; and WHEREAS, in 1988, the contract was amended to reflect that the City and DABS both agreed upon a 25 year agreement with one 10 year renewal option for the operation, management and maintenance of the Dallas Arboretum; and WHEREAS, DABS wishes to continue to manage the Dallas Arboretum on behalf of the City of Dallas and continue providing educational opportunities to 46,090 school children each year and free tickets for 20,000 recreation center participants each year; and WHEREAS, the 25 year agreement between the City and DABS ends on March 23, 2013, and allows for a ten-year renewal, at the option of both parties and as authorized by the City Council. The terms and conditions of the original concession contract dated July 25, 1984 and subsequent contract amendments and supplements shall remain in full force and effect for the term of this extension; and WHEREAS, one of the terms of the original contract obligates the City to pay for certain utilities for the operation of the Dallas Arboretum. Now, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS: