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WHEREAS: The City of Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas
are both in need of an arts center facility, and
WHEREAS: It has been generally agreed that it is in the best
long-term interest
facility, and --
WHEREAS: The first
are, for
and
of. both entities to have a shared
choice sites of both the City and the University
valid reasons, unacceptable to the other entity,
WHEREAS: Even though the City and the University representatives
both sincerely feel their first choices are in the best
interest of the entity they represent, both realize a
compromise must be reached if a joint -venture arts center
is to become a reality,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Fayetteville City
Board of Directors feels the Dickson Street site will best serve
the interestsof both the University of Arkansas and the community
if the Dickson Street merchants and property owners, the City and
the University will all work together to make it the type of area
where an arts center facility will be in its proper setting, where
persons utilizing the facility and attending events will feel
comfortable and secure and where adequate, convenient parking is
readily available. As a minimum, the Dickson Street property owners
will be required to form an improvement district and construct
at least 500 off-street parking spaces which will be conveniently
available for use by patrons of the arts center. The City and
the University will also support the upgrading of the area as
available resources permit.
It is the expressed intent of the City of Fayetteville to
make the arts center and its surrounding area a place of which
we can all be proud.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY, 1986.
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