COUNCIL DIVIDED, BUT OK'S MUSEUM.Byline: Rachel Uranga Staff Writer SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - Paving the way to open an art and history museum early next year, a divided City Council on Friday approved a contract that would allow one councilwoman's preservation group to operate the museum. ``This is a victory for the community,'' said Richard Arroyo, a member of Friends of the Lopez Adobe, the preservation group that will operate the 3,300-square-foot museum. Amid bitter debate and a few personal swipes, the City Council voted 3-2 to approve a three-year contract that allows Friends to rent the city's old fire house at a below-market rate price. In exchange, the Friends, which City Councilwoman Julie Ruelas heads, would operate the museum. ``I think this is hypocrisy Hypocrisy See also Pretension. Alceste judged most social behavior as hypocritical. [Fr. Lit.: Le Misanthrope] Ambrosio self-righteous abbot of the Capuchins at Madrid. [Br. Lit. - being a voting member (of Friends) and trying to negotiate a contract with the city,'' said Councilman Steve Veres, who with Mayor Maribel de la Torre La Torre is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 357 inhabitants. voted against the contract. Veres, who had called for Ruelas to recuse To disqualify or remove oneself as a judge over a particular proceeding because of one's conflict of interest. Recusal, or the judge's act of disqualifying himself or herself from presiding over a proceeding, is based on the Maxim herself, said the vote was unfair because it gives the appearance of a conflict of interest, even if it is legal. The city attorney said Ruelas could vote as long as she would not financially gain from the project. The city's only other museum, a turn-of-the-century home that's on the National Register of Historic places This article is about the U.S. Register. For the National Register of Historic Places in Canada see Canadian Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places , is only open once a month or upon request. Under the three-year contract with a one-year option to extend, the museum would open in February and be operated by Friends until a tax- exempt nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. is established. Named the San Fernando Museum of Art and History, it will house historical archives of San Fernando as well as cultural installations. A biannual bi·an·nu·al adj. 1. Happening twice each year; semiannual. 2. Occurring every two years; biennial. bi·an report detailing progress in raising funds, facility renovation, development as a tax-exempt nonprofit agency, and its programs will also have to be submitted to the city under the contract. Established last year to develop the museum, Friends is paying an estimated $100,000 to refurbish re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur and open the old fire station. But the group's financial records have not been released, and, with no track record, it's unclear how the group - who on Friday offered to produce the records- will pay for the upkeep and opening of the facility. ``This is a center for the citizens, and it's going to be a good thing for everybody,'' said Elvira Orozco, the city's former treasurer and treasurer of Friends. Rachel Uranga, (818) 713-3741 rachel.uranga(at)dailynews.com |
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