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Chesapeake Children's Museum Lease Renewal Through June 30, 2030
For the purpose of authorizing a lease agreement with Chesapeake Children's Museum, Inc., a Maryland corporation, for City property at 25 Silopanna Road in Annapolis commencing on July 1, 2025 and terminating on June 30, 2030.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 8-25
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Co-sponsored: Alderman Huntley
Referred to
Finance Committee
Environmental Matters Committee
Rules and City Government Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Chesapeake Children's Museum Lease Renewal Through June 30, 2030
FOR the purpose of authorizing a lease agreement with Chesapeake Children's Museum, Inc., a Maryland corporation, for City property at 25 Silopanna Road in Annapolis commencing on July 1, 2025 and terminating on June 30, 2030.
WHEREAS, The City is the fee simple owner of an improved parcel of land located at 25 Silopanna Road in Annapolis, Maryland, and more accurately described in a deed recorded at Liber 4881, folio 076, among the land records of Anne Arundel County (the "Property); and
WHEREAS, The Property at the head of Spa Creek is the former site of WYRE Radio, and the museum rents the former radio station/office building; it is 'improved' with a building (the "Building"), and the City has space therein to lease; and
WHEREAS, Under the current lease agreement, the Chesapeake Children's Museum is responsible for building improvements and maintenance in lieu of rent, and a long-term lease is requested to attract grants and donations to update the building and grounds as a lasting home for the museum; and
WHEREAS, The Chesapeake Children's Museum leased approximately 2,191 square feet of the Building to house the museum and includes the common areas and shared use of certain areas in the Building "collectively, the "Premises"), pursuant to an amended lease agreement dated June 25, 2015, which is an amended continuation of a lease agreement dated ...
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