CC Resolution No. 04-259RESOLUTION NO. 04-259
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO EXPRESSING
INTENT TO ENTER INTO A LONG-TERM, NO-COST LEASE WITH THE CUPERTINO
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO OCCUPY AND MANAGE HISTORIC STRUCTURES WITHIN
THE STEVENS CREEK CORRIDOR UPON ACHIEVEMENT OF FUNDRAISING GOALS
WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino conducted a communitywide visioning exercise to
plan for the future use of its properties in the Stevens Creek Corridor; and
WHEREAS, there was community consensus that the area was important for historic
interpretation, with special note given the Stocklmeir site and the historic buildings at McClellan
Ranch Park; and
WHEREAS, the Stocklmeir house was formerly the home of Louis Stocklmeir, the
founding father of the Cupertino Historical Society, and the Cupertino Historical Society desires
to renovate the house for historical purposes; and
WHEREAS, consistent within the McClellan Ranch Park Master Plan, the Cupertino
Historical Society desires to renovate the barn and blacksmith shop; and
WHEREAS, the Cupertino Historical Society's Board of Directors is ready to move
forward on a capital campaign to raise funds to renovate these structures; and
WHEREAS, commitment from the City Council that the Cupertino Historical Society
will be allowed to renovate, occupy, and manage these facilities for community purposes is
essential to the success of the capital campaign; and
WHEREAS, the Cupertino Historical Society intends to raise the necessary funds over a
three to five-year period from commencement of the capital campaign.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cupertino
hereby states its intent to lease the Stocklmeir property and the large barn and blacksmith shop at
McClellan Ranch to the Cupertino Historical Society for a period of twenty (20) years with a 10-
year extension at no cost contingent upon completion of a capital campaign to raise funds to
renovate the facilities, and upon presentation and approval by the City Council of a management
plan that makes these facilities available to the public. Should the campaign be successful in
raising funds for a single structure, the Cupertino Historical Society would then request the
authority to move forward with a first-phase renovation in order to build momentum for the
Center for Living History.
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that the City Council expresses its support for the Cupertino
Historical Society's efforts to create the Center for Living History in Stevens Creek Corridor
Park.
Resolution No. 04-259
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cupertino this
2nd day of February 2004, by the following vote:
Vote
Members of the City Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTA1N:
James, Kwok, Lowenthal, Sandoval, Wang
None
None
None
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
Mayor, City o/~2~pertino