FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF NEUALTENBURG (THE CITY) AND THE INDEPENDENT SOCIETY FOR A MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN NEUALTENBURG (THE SOCIETY)
- The City hereby leases the 976 sqm of land designated as “Neualtenburg MoCA” and the associated prims for the use by MoCA for a period of 6 months starting from the date of this agreement and subject to the belowmentioned conditions being met. The monthly lease corresponds to the land fee payment for a plot of this size.
- In extension of this agreement it is understood that the Guild will lend the Society the building designed for the purpose of housing a Museum of Contemporary Art designed by Keltrien Baker to the Society at no further cost.
- The City expects MoCA to maintain a level of activity proportionate to the resources available in order to attract visitors and artists and promote Neualtenburg as a cultural centre.
- The City accepts that MoCA will need the freedom to determine its own fundraising scheme, which for example might involve limiting access to the property to paying visitors and/or benefactors of the MoCA.
- MoCA maintains total artistic freedom to select the works to be represented in the exhibitions as long as the display of these does not interfere with the provisions of the covenant of the land as evaluated by the Guild.
- The Guild will maintain general oversight with the operations of the MoCA. This entails monthly reviews of accounts compared to budget and audits on the implementation of action plans.
- This agreement may be prolonged for an unspecified number of six month periods each of these extensions being subject to the approval of The Guild.
- The City is not obliged to support MoCA financially in excess of the above. The City is however free to do so.
Repealed April 15, 2019