We have a quorum, so we'll go ahead and call the December IDB meeting to order.

Confirmation of meeting advertisement.

Thank you, Maria.

We do have a quorum.

I will the minutes are in our packet, so I will ask for a motion for the minutes.

Great.

This is a resolution ratifying the chair's execution of exhibit B work letter agreement to a permanent sanitary sewer easement and temporary construction easement related to the home serve USA Pilot Corp Pilot Project with T Green Edwards and Judy A.

Edwards.

T G excuse me.

And I'm not sure who all is present here, but uh for this particular item on here, but uh this work letter agreement was uh signed by your chair at the request of the city attorney's office here last week.

We wanted to make sure it was on for ratification today.

The purpose for this work letter agreement was to cut off a uh I guess a uh a liquidated damage claim of fifty-six thousand dollars per day that we were trying to avoid in connection with a contract if there was not an easement that was allowed on this project, and we uh rushed through a temporary construction easement on this project, got it done, cut off and avoided $56,000 in liquidated damages per day.

So that was the issue that was involved, and uh uh the home served folks uh had the um I guess the this particular project that was ongoing in connection with this matter, and this was holding up that that pilot, and that's the reason it came before y'all.

So that's the reason it was involved.

Okay, okay.

Make a motion we approve the resolution.

Not second.

Okay.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed.

Great.

The motion passes.

Thank you.

Our next agenda item is um E2I2 project, a resolution authorizing the chair to enter into a contract for sale and purchase with the local board of trustees of the Lee Highway Church of God and um, excuse me.

Let me start over.

A resolution authorizing the chair to enter into a contract for sale and purchase with the local board of trustees, the Lee Highway Church of God in substantially the form attached for the purchase of the rail property at 7218 Hamilton's acre circle identified as tax map number 139 PC 007.04 and the amount of 580,000 and to execute all documents necessary to consummate the transaction and with closing fees not to exceed 10,000 for a total transactional amount not to see not to exceed 590,000.

Who can speak to that one?

I will.

Okay.

Um this uh particular um project on here uh is a contract for sale and purchase that that will access the property that is in a pilot currently.

Uh this is owned by the Lee Highway Church of God, and it's basically an easement area that would allow us to be able to uh uh get get into this area that is needed for uh I guess the sewer purposes that are in that area.

And Elizabeth, are you here to talk about it at all?

I am, yes.

Yes, ma'am.

So the purpose of um this purchase, we've been before the board before, it's to provide access to the the Lee Highway property that um the IDB already holds for the E2I2 project.

The existing entrance uses a culvert that is shared with the neighbor and is not um rated to withstand some of these larger vehicles that we need to get in there, and due to the upcoming FEMA changes, we cannot add in a new bridge without causing flooding downstream.

So purchasing this property allows us to have access to that pro to that project in perpetuity with the remaining um parcel that will not be used for um access potentially to be sold later.

It's a triangular shape, so they weren't interested in just an access easement, they wanted to sell the whole parcel.

And once again, the E2I2 project in this area is also another large tank.

Yes, correct?

It's a 10 million gallon wet weather sewage holding tank.

Yes.

So whenever it rains and is in a combined system, it would in part go there for treatment later on, it would be held there and then it would go out later on.

That's correct, yes.

Okay, and to clarify this is a permanent easement, not a temporary this is the purchase of that property property, okay.

What about the uh land or landowner right now that's uh the city is sharing what you call it the temporary easement?

Yeah, yeah, is he involved in this purchase he or she?

Um the current city um deeded access to the property is on the 7148 Lee Highway property.

We do not utilize that entrance because we can't get the construction equipment over it.

Um we have a temporary entrance right now, but we can't make that permanent.

This would be the permanent solution to get to that property.

Okay, and eventually this would become property owned by the city after the uh completion of the project.

It's it's in the process right now for the construction project, right?

That's correct, yes.

Okay.

All right, either the city or the the WW wastewater treatment authority.

It would be the city.

City okay.

Has the due diligence been done to make sure that this new property is going to be adequate for the vehicles that you need to get accessed into there?