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CITY OF HUGO HISTORIC SITE LEASE AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the City of Hugo, 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North, Hugo, MN 55038 (“City”) wants to share responsibilities for the operation of the Hopkins Schoolhouse Property, defined as 5970 170th Street North (“Site”) with the Forest Lake Historical Society (“Society”) and the Hopkins Schoolhouse and Heritage Center (“Nonprofit”); WHEREAS, the Society wishes to assume these responsibilities as temporary fiscal host and has agreed to requirements described in Exhibit A, and transition these responsibilities to the Nonprofit once formed; and WHEREAS, the City and the Society/Nonprofit intend that this Agreement will mutually benefit all parties and the Site by: conducting a capital campaign to raise funds for the schoolhouse restoration: increasing local interest in and support for the Site; reducing duplication and cost of services and programs; and improving and/or expanding the Site’s visitation, interpretation, promotion, security, and operations; NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the City and the Society/Nonprofit in consideration of the mutual promises and obligations set forth herein. The parties hereby agree as follows: 1.The Society/Nonprofit shall restore, manage, preserve, use, and otherwise interpret the site for historical, educational, and other compatible purposes for the City of Hugo’s Fiscal Years (FY) 2023 through 2038 the Site further described as follows: The City owned property located at 5970 170th St N, Hugo, MN 55038, known as the Hopkins Schoolhouse, legally described as All that part of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter, (SW 1/4 of SE 1/4) Section Five (5), Township Thirty-one (31), Range Twenty-one (21), described as follows, to -wit: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said tract and running thence West along the South line of said tract twenty (20) rods; thence North on a line parallel with the East line of said tract sixteen (16) rods to a point; thence East on a line parallel with the South line -of said tract twenty' (20) rods, more or less, to the East line of said tract; thence South along the East line of said tract sixteen. 16) rods, more or less, to the place of beginning, containing two (2) acres, more or less. 2. The authorized agent of the Society for the purposes of this Agreement is the President, Forest Lake Historical Society. Any and all notices, reports, or other submissions to the Society shall be made to this individual or their successor in office at the following address: Justin Brink President Forest Lake Historical Society 107 South Shore Drive Forest Lake, MN 55025 The authorized agent of the Nonprofit for the purpose of this agreement is the President, Hopkins Schoolhouse and Heritage Center. Any and all notices, reports, or other submissions to the Nonprofit shall be made to this individual or their successor in office at the following address: Elizabeth Cinqueonce President Hopkins Schoolhouse and Heritage Center 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North ATTACHMENT 1 - HISTORIC SITE LEASE AGREEMENT Page 7 of 89