Special called meeting.

Um we have a quorum and proper notice given.

Yes.

Correct.

Okay.

Um we have one agenda item, but before we do that, is there anyone here who wishes to address the board prior to the meeting?

We um during the meeting don't appropriate uh comments from the community, but we do beforehand.

Each person has up to three minutes to express whatever thoughts or opinions they have.

Okay, seeing none, we'll move into our agenda uh on your for you all at the table.

Uh number five, we have before us a resolution authorizing the chair or vice chair to execute a temporary access construction and use easement agreement between the sports authority of the city of Chattanooga and the River City Company related to Hawk Hill.

And we met uh without a quorum May the 8th, and I think that as we discussed that time in your minutes, uh you have an attached uh copy of the access.

The main difference that is in this version and the previous version is on page three of the agreement on the duration and term, and it was uh an oversight.

It should have been what is in here is a three-year term up to including May 31st and two one year extensions.

Okay, so it's a total of five years, but it's a three-year contract or up to three years, and they can term it earlier if they want to.

And the purpose of this is to give River City a time to plan, look at, take the current stadium down and prepare it for a developer and go through the process of issuing RFP's contracts and negotiating.

And so if they can do it in a year and a half or three and a half, this gives them a base contract of three years, and then two one year uh uh options, and then we do ask that they provide us an annual report, I mean a report annually on the status of what they're doing.

Okay, so number one chair will entertain a motion to bring the resolution to discussion.

So we have a motion or have a second.

Uh so uh we have proper motion and second uh comments, questions.

We have people from every city here.

We're happy to answer any questions that you all have on this agreement.

I know some of you are new, some of you this is uh an addition to it, but happy to answer any questions we have.

If we go past, I think then the last meeting uh thing Emily said she didn't think they would, but if we go past the two extensions uh for any reason, what would be our next step?

Okay, um I'm gonna give you I'm not an attorney, so I'm gonna give you my opinion.

Okay.

Um I think that the intent for them is to take the land back.

It was initially theirs, and I can go through the history if you want, but and the original lease, they get it back for us for a small sum because it was theirs to start with.

We've asked for the annual report to know what the progress is.

I personally think within five years they're either going to develop it or take it back and sell it.

Okay.

So I I and if they get down to four years and they're at a stage where they're close to having something, I think we'll give them an extra year.

So we we rather than having totally open-ended, we went with three plus two and with an annual report.

But I I'm I'm more than confident that it's a valuable piece of land, their their entity's objective is downtown development, and I think it's just finding the right mix for that place.

Yes, so I I don't think that's gonna be a problem.

Very much anybody from River City want to chime up on that.

Well I know Emily well enough, she would in a postscript to my whatever, but that's okay.

Mr.

Chair, yes, ma'am.

So for those of you who don't know me, I'm Harold DeBryce, and I'm one of the assistant city attorneys for the city.

I'm filling in for um attorney knobly today.

And typically how it works is that as it comes to the end of that last extension, they extended it to two years, the parties typically would have determined whether or not they need additional time that we extend it, and at that point, the parties would enter into a written amendment to a member of an initial agreement.

They won't correct.

Yeah.

Okay.

Thank you.

And if that case the board sitting at that time would have authority to approve that certain stickers.

Correct.

Yes.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Good comments and questions.

Other comments, questions, suggestions.

We're ready to vote.

Okay.

All in favor of the resolution authorizing the chair or vice chair to execute a temporary access construction and use agreement between the sports authority and the city of Chattanooga and the River City Company related to the Hawk Hill site.

Please say aye.

Aye.

Oppose like sign.

Speak now, forever hold your peace.

Seeing none, resolution passes.