On November 16, 2020, FAM entered into a revised Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the City of West Hollywood in which FAM agreed to donate to the City the sum of $2.43 million in exchange for the City agreeing to take over the fabrication and installation of STORIES: The AIDS Monument in West Hollywood Park, and to pay the balance of up to $2.57 million in future costs associated with the Monument.

The City will hire a design-build contractor to oversee the fabrication and installation of The AIDS Monument, with installation currently anticipated to occur by December 2022.  Once the monument is built and opened, the City will be responsible for ongoing maintenance and care.

FAM thanks Oscar Delgado, Steve Campbell, Ric Abramson and Michael Jenkins, all City employees who worked the revising and finalizing of the MOU.  The primary FAM Board Members who donated considerable time and effort on the MOU process were Mark Lehman, Craig Dougherty, Rogerio Carvalhiero, and Irwin Rappaport, as well as former FAM Executive Director Tony Valenzuela.