STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: August 11, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 14
DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the Fifth Amendment to the Lease Agreement with the Dallas Theater Center to (1) extend the term of the agreement by one year; (2) defer the implementation of the Equitable Access Plan by one year; (3) and defer the schedule for non-resident rentals by one year - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
In September 1973, the City entered into a Lease Agreement with the Dallas Theater Center (DTC) relating to the operation of the Kalita Humphreys Theater in William Dean Park. That agreement was first amended on November 17, 1982 (Resolution No. 82-4006) reflecting DTC's option to renew the lease for an additional term of 20 years, thereby, extending the lease to September 26, 2013.
On April 12, 1989, the City passed Ordinance No. 20266, establishing the Office of Cultural Affairs, subsequently renamed the Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) in 2019, and empowering it to perform many of the duties previously performed by the Park and Recreation Board relating to the DTC. The proposed amendment formally transferred administrative responsibility for the DTC lease agreement from the Park and Recreation Board to the Office of Cultural Affairs and added the City-owned Heldt Office/Rehearsal Building (built with 1982 Bond Funds) to the facilities covered under the lease. Finally, the amendment allowed the City to pay electric utility costs for the facilities covered by the lease.
In 2005, the Kalita Humphreys Theater was designated as a Dallas Landmark. It is the only theater that Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed, and, in Ordinance No. 20266, it states that the primary period of significance was the original 1959-1960 design. The City contracted Booziotis & Company Architects to complete a Master Plan u...
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