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HomeMy WebLinkAbout86-47 - Newport Harbor Art Museum ExpansionRESOLUTION NO. 86 -47 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE NEWPORT HARBOR ART MUSEUM AND CONDITIONALLY SUPPORTING RELOCATION OF THE NEWPORT CENTER BRANCH LIBRARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPANSION WHEREAS, the Newport Harbor Art Museum has expressed its desire to remain in Newport Beach; and WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Newport Harbor Art Museum believes the current facility must be expanded if they are to host major exhibitions; and WHEREAS, the architect retained by the Board of Trustees to develop a program for expansion has presented a proposed plan to the Newport Beach City Council; and WHEREAS, the plan for expansion proposed by the architect contemplates the construction of a new art museum and community center on the site currently occupied by the Newport Center Branch Library with the Newport Center Branch Library moving into the structure currently occupied by the Art Museum; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost for the conversion of the Museum to accommodate the Newport Center Branch Library is $1,558,000 and the preliminary 1986 -87 City of Newport Beach Budget contains no funds for such a conversion; and WHEREAS, the Library Board of Trustees have conditionally approved the concept of relocating the Newport Center Branch Library if adequate parking is provided and if implementation of the plan does not impair the ability of the -1- • • Library Board to accomplish its top priority goals of automation and refurbishment for all library branches. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby resolves as follows: 1. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby supports the proposed expansion of the Newport Harbor Art Museum and encourages those working towards the expansion to continue their efforts; and 2. The City Council approves the concept of relocating the Newport Center Branch Library into the facility currently occupied by the Newport Harbor Art Museum so long as the relocation, and attendant costs, do not have the effect of impairing the ability of the Library Board to accomplish its primary goals of automating and refurbishing all branch libraries. ADOPTED this 9th day of June , 1986. -2-