22.07. Special powers of the trust relating to assisting participating cultural institutions. In addition to such powers as are conferred elsewhere in article twenty of this chapter and this article, the trust shall have the following powers which may be exercised, at the discretion of the board of trustees, solely and exclusively in furtherance of its corporate purposes with or without public auction or bidding:
1. to undertake surveys of the present and anticipated needs of not-for-profit cultural organizations in the county, including without limitation the need for development of the facilities of such organizations, in order to determine whether or not the trust may effectively exercise its powers and fulfill its purposes in cooperation with any such organizations;
2. to develop facilities for not-for-profit cultural organizations or cause such facilities to be developed, in accordance with this article and article twenty of this chapter, to acquire in connection therewith real property of a not-for-profit cultural organization, subject to the retention or creation by such organization of any future or remainder interests in such property, all of which shall be valid notwithstanding any rule against perpetuities, and in connection therewith, to install or cause to be installed water, fuel, gas, electrical, telephone, heating, air-conditioning and other utility services, including appropriate connections;
3. to maintain, repair, keep up, manage and operate its real property and any facility for a not-for-profit cultural organization or part thereof developed by or pursuant to an agreement with it, by means which may include the enforcement of its rules and regulations in the manner described in subdivision d of section two hundred two of the not-for-profit corporation law with the same effect as though such subdivision applied to the trust and to such property and facility;
4. to offer to convey and to convey all or any part of the non-institutional portion of a facility or any interest therein, and to take any and all actions deemed necessary or appropriate by the trust to advertise, promote, encourage, and effect such conveyances, all future or remainder interests created or retained by the trust in connection therewith which shall be valid notwithstanding any rule against perpetuities;
5. to convey with or without consideration, to a not-for-profit cultural organization the institutional portion of a facility developed in cooperation with such organization and any real property held by the trust in connection with such development;
6. to enter into a partnership, joint venture or other enterprise in any capacity deemed by it to be appropriate, for the purpose of developing and operating a facility for a not-for-profit cultural organization or any part thereof;
7. to convey, without public auction or bidding, any real property to a developer for the purpose of developing therein or thereon a facility, or a part or portion thereof, subject to the creation or retention by the trust of such future or remainder interests in such property as it deems appropriate, all of which shall be valid notwithstanding any rule against perpetuities;
8. to purchase or lease the institutional portion of a facility from the developer thereof for use and occupancy by a not-for-profit cultural organization;
9. to furnish not-for-profit cultural organizations with advice and with technical and other assistance; to act as liaison with federal, state and municipal and other local authorities and with users and occupants of facilities with respect to the cultural, recreational and educational activities provided by not-for-profit cultural organizations; and otherwise to foster and encourage greater public knowledge of, and participation in, the cultural, recreational and educational activities of such organizations;
10. to organize one or more wholly-owned subsidiary corporations under any applicable provision of law and to perform through such subsidiaries or cause such subsidiaries to perform all or any part of its powers and functions;
11. to establish and promulgate such rules and regulations as the trust may deem necessary, convenient or desirable for the use and operation of any facility, or part thereof, and for the use of any real property developed or to be developed by or pursuant to an agreement with it, including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the conduct and safety of the public on such premises;
12. to make and execute such agreements, including without limitation, instruments of conveyance and agreements with not-for-profit cultural organizations with respect to the architectural and design characteristics of any facility, as are necessary or convenient for the exercise of its corporate powers and the fulfillment of its purposes; and
13. to make loans in accordance with article twenty of this chapter.
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