CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Adopt the resolution authorizing the City of Naperville to transfer up to $1,200,000 to the Naperville Heritage Society for the Innovation Gateway capital improvement at Naper Settlement
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DEPARTMENT: Legal Department
SUBMITTED BY: Michael DiSanto, City Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Naperville (City) is the owner of the land and buildings known as the Naper Settlement. The Naperville Heritage Society (Society) was established in 1969 to preserve Naperville's historic landmarks and materials, exhibiting and interpreting them to the public, and developing the City's 19th century museum village known as Naper Settlement. In 1979, the City and Society formally partnered and reached certain agreements pertaining to the management, maintenance, development, operation, and financing of the Naper Settlement.
The Society has determined it to be in the best interest of the Naper Settlement to engage in a capital campaign for the construction and establishment of the Innovation Gateway and the Agricultural Center on the Naper Settlement property (Capital Improvements).
The proposed Innovation Gateway will be an approximately 5,150 square foot Digital Experience & Welcome Zone and Education Center. It will serve as the entrance to Naper Settlement where visitors may enjoy an interactive digital experience that will connect them to Naperville's 20th and 21st century residents and visitors will be able to upload their own story and become a part of history.
The proposed Agricultural Center will be an approximately 4,500 square foot exhibition and lab space on Naper Settlement's premises showcasing the contributions of Naperville's farming community. Visitors will be able to visit the learning laboratory and talk with today's botanists and engineers working to generate new ways of feeding, clothing and energizing the world.
In 2019, the Society informed the City that it desired to cons...
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