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City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2025-08-05)

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REVISED Memorandum of Understanding for 
Chandler Museum Management Procedures  
 
This Revised Memorandum of Understanding for Chandler Museum Management 
Procedures is entered into on [date], between the City of Chandler, Arizona, and the 
Chandler Museum Foundation, an Arizona non-profit corporation. This revised agreement 
replaces and supersedes that version previously executed by the parties dated December 
14, 2020. 
The parties agree and understand that each will perform the following: 
 
1. Responsibilities of the Chandler Museum Foundation 
A. The Chandler Museum Foundation will establish an endowment fund for the 
benefit of the Chandler Museum and seek to grow this endowment fund. 
B. The Chandler Museum Foundation agrees to apply for and strive to obtain 
grants from corporations and foundations to encourage, expand, and promote 
exhibits, programs, and other mission-related obligations of the Chandler 
Museum. 
C. The Chandler Museum Foundation will strive to obtain financial support from 
industries, individuals, businesses, and other organizations to expand the 
exhibitions and programs, and other mission related activities of the Chandler 
Museum.  
D. The Chandler Museum Foundation will look for ways to bring earned revenue 
into the Chandler Museum to further the Museum’s mission.  
E. The Chandler Museum Foundation agrees that it will set the policy for the 
operation of the retail gift shop onsite, offsite, and online consistent with the 
City’s cash handling policy, and state and local tax laws. 
F. The Chandler Museum Foundation will review the exhibits and programs of the 
Chandler Museum to assure that planned activities align with the Chandler 
Museum mission. 
G. The Chandler Museum Foundation will support promotion, advertising, and 
marketing the Chandler Museum, and its exhibits and programs.

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H. The Chandler Museum Foundation will be responsible for all direct and indirect 
expenses of special events produced (including special event liability insurance) 
by the Foundation.  There will be no rental charge for the use of museum 
facilities for the Chandler Museum Foundation produced events. 
I. 
The Chandler Museum Foundation will operate the Chandler Museum Store and 
retain the revenue from store sales as earned revenue. The Chandler Museum 
Foundation will be responsible for purchasing all new stock for the Museum 
Store. 
J. 
The Chandler Museum will operate the Vision Gallery Store and retain the 
revenue from the store sales as earned revenue. The Chandler Museum 
Foundation will be responsible for purchasing all new stock for the Vision Gallery 
Store. 
K. The Chandler Museum Foundation will operate the two (2) Art-O-Mat vending 
machines. The Chandler Museum Foundation will be responsible for purchasing 
new stock for the machines and for repair and maintenance of the machines. 
L. The Chandler Museum Foundation will retain application fees for the annual 
Vision Gallery Quilt Show as earned revenue. 
M. The Chandler Museum Foundation will retain the revenue of Vision Gallery 
programs as earned revenue. 
N. The Chandler Museum Foundation will financially support all costs of the Vision 
Kids program beginning in FY27-28. 
O. The Chandler Museum Foundation will operate the rental program of the 
Chandler Museum and the Vision Gallery and retain the revenue from rentals as 
earned revenue. 
P. The Chandler Museum will not increase rental fees for the Chandler Museum 
more than 5% over any consecutive two-year period. 
Q. The Chandler Museum Foundation will be invoiced by the Chandler Museum for 
any after-hours staffing fees incurred as part of the Museum or Vision Gallery 
rental program. 
R. The Chandler Museum Foundation will retain records for all revenues and 
expenses, with records kept as per generally accepted accounting principles of 
the City of Chandler.  
S. The Chandler Museum Foundation will make available its records of accounting 
activities to the City of Chandler upon request of the City Manager or his/her 
designee.

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T. The annual budget of the Chandler Museum Foundation will contain projected 
details of activities, and said budget will be presented for an annual review and 
approval by the City of Chandler. 
 
2. Responsibilities of the City of Chandler. 
A. The City of Chandler will assume all necessary obligations, as the owner of the 
Chandler Museum building, to maintaining the facility in good operating 
condition, including good state of repair of equipment and furnishings, and 
general maintenance including, but not limited to: landscaping, custodial 
services, and maintenance contracts. 
B. The City of Chandler will assume duties and responsibilities for the arrangement 
and payment of all utilities, maintenance costs of the heating and cooling 
system, insurance for all public liability, insurance for building contents including 
museum collections and merchandise values as supplied with accuracy by the 
Museum Foundation, and all other operating expenses pertaining to 
responsibilities for the facility and related exterior areas. 
C. The City of Chandler will provide a Museum Administrator, administrative 
personnel, office equipment, and other such employees and services as the City 
of Chandler may find necessary for proper operation and maintenance of the 
Museum.  
D. The City of Chandler will arrange and provide for the necessary bank accounts 
for the activities of the Chandler Museum Foundation. Said accounts will be 
established as Trust and Agency Accounts under the City of Chandler, 
established in a manner in which deposited funds will not be accessible to the 
City of Chandler or its creditors.   
E. Said accounts will be maintained by the President [City employee] and/or their 
designee, with monthly reporting to the Chandler Museum Foundation Board. 
F. The City of Chandler will be responsible for all insurance policies related to the 
operations, programming, exhibits, and collections of the Chandler Museum.   
G. Administrative personnel from the Chandler Museum and the office equipment 
of the Chandler Museum will be made available by the City, at no charge, for use 
in connection with the promotion and marketing of the Chandler Museum, and 
its exhibits and programs. 
 
3. No recourse 
Neither the City of Chandler nor the Chandler Museum Foundation shall have any 
responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the services called for

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hereunder in good faith.  Neither the City of Chandler, nor its directors, officers, or 
employees, and neither the Chandler Museum Foundation, nor its directors, 
officers, and staff, shall be liable to the other party pursuant to this memorandum 
of understanding. 
 
CITY OF CHANDLER 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cultural Development Director 
 
 
 
 
 
CHANDLER MUSEUM FOUNDATION 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chair