Via Chicagotribune.com:

Friends of the Parks is open to negotiating a settlement of its lawsuit blocking the proposed Lucas Museum, but wants 5 percent of museum revenues to go into a neighborhood parks fund and a legally binding agreement to protect the lakefront from development for a century.

The biggest catch of all, however, may be the location. The parks preservation group is willing to talk about putting the museum at McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center, but not the city’s original site of a parking lot near Soldier Field. The Lakeside Center spot is part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s costly, politically difficult backup plan that has gone nowhere amid the state budget stalemate.

Friends of the Parks’ executive director sent the memo, a copy of which the Tribune obtained, to group board members Thursday in consultation with the group’s executive committee. The document was drafted in response to a desire among some group members to become more flexible on the Lucas Museum. Friends so far has opposed any development plans along the lakefront, and the group’s federal lawsuit aims to block the project — “Star Wars” creator George Lucas’ would-be showcase for his art collection — at the original proposed “parking lot” site south of the Bears’ stadium.

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