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You're ready.

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» All right, let's call the meeting in
order. We'll start with the pledge of

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allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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» Thank you. Theresa, please take the
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» Okay. Mayor Jones
>> here.

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» Here.
>> Carlson,

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» yes.
>> Here.

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» Matson
>> here. Jilling

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» here. And Bowen is absent with notice.
>> All right. Do we have a motion to

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approve the agenda for tonight's
meeting?

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Make a motion to approve the agenda for
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» Second.
>> Any discussion?

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» Hearing none. We'll vote. Carlson,
>> yes.

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» Matson,
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» Gil, yes.
>> Yes.

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» Shilling, [snorts]
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» All right. We have one item on the
agenda tonight. It's to review, discuss,

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and approve the real estate transfer
between the city of Hartford and Gateway

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Hartford. Before we start, I have one of
our uh one of the members from Gateway

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Hartford who had asked if he could have
a second to introduce himself. So, I

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would like to ask Keith Matis up to the
podium.

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
>> You bet. Those that don't know me, I'm

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Keith Matis.
Couple guys see your face, but I should

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put a name.
Anyway, uh I'm the president of GHI.

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So, and I just kind of wanted to make
myself uh [clears throat]

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introduce myself to everybody so you
know who I am, which I do know mostly

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competitive. But I've been here in town
for 30 years and your population's

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double and then some. I know we got some
light industrial buildings in coming.

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Pretty good looking stuff. Good good
direction.

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So um because of that lagoons get a
little small outdated we got to build a

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new treatment plant which we did with
what was that 9.4 million

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» grant
>> grant. Yeah.

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» Yeah. So thank you guys for that. But
here's what it did do. It doubled my

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utility bill.
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times two.
It's a little tough at times. Get that

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off there as soon as you can.
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» We'd love to do that.
>> Anyway, that gets us to this point.

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There isn't a hard deadline on moving
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is with some grants, federal money. So,
including one that has a January 28th

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deadline. So pushing that side of
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» Thank you. Thank you, Keith.
>> Thanks.

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» All right. The way I'm uh proposing
we're going to move this forward, I'm

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going to give you some background on on
this uh

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[clears throat] transfer of paperwork
and the resolution. We'll open it up if

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anybody has any questions, comments.
They'll be more than free to come up and

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address. the council then will discuss
and we'll move forward.

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So I'll start with this. Uh
city's been working on setting up a

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special project entity which we have
done to assist with the lagoon

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remediation repurposing of this land for
future development.

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This special project entity is known as
Gateway Hartford Inc. This entity will

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be able to apply for grant funding to
remediate the lagoons and help the

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future land transfer as needed. In order
to secure grant funding for remediation,

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the lagoon land will need to be
transferred to Gateway Hartford, Inc.

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Once transferred to Gateway Hartford,
Inc., they will work to remediate the

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lagoons, work on the master plan for the
area, develop and market as needed.

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In order to move forward, this transfer
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One, the council will need to approve
the real estate transfer agreement which

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lays out the agreement between the city
of Hartford and Gateway Hartford, Inc.

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for the land transfer, remediation, and
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Key items to note in the agreement are
GHI has been created, Greater Gateway

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Hartford has been created as a nonprofit
economic development corp to help

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facilitate the remediation of the
lagoons and redevelopment of the

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property and surrounding area.
Gateway Hartford, Inc. is eligible for

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brownfield grants and for the for this
remediation which the city is not

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eligible for being the contaminant.
This grant if awarded will save the

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taxpayers approximately $2.8 million in
funds that would otherwise be at the

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taxpayers's expense.
Resolution 2026-3

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will transfer the land. All associated
cap costs for the trans with the

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transfer would be paid for by each
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Gate Gateway Hartford will be obligated
to apply for grants for the lagoon

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remediation, develop a master plan for
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developing including platting, zoning,
infrastructure and marketing. If the

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lagoons cannot be remediated for
whatever reason by Gateway Hartford, the

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land would revert back to the city. The
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land if greater if Gateway Hartford does
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Once Greater Gateway Hartford, Inc. has
completed its agreed upon task, this

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entity will dissolve and any net
proceeds will revert back to the city.

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Along with this, the council number two
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2026-3
which will transfer the land to Gateway

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Hartford.
All right, that's what we're going to

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discuss. Anybody in the crowd want to
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» A couple questions.
>> Yep. Go ahead. [clears throat] Say who

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you are so the camera knows. Monarch
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Um, so what does the development look
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or I'm guessing you don't have an
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» right?
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would then develop that area.
Would would the intention be to have

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those like build ready lots or is that
get rid of the the ponds, get it, you

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know, grid it out and then sell to a
developer that would then come in and

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develop. What would the intention be
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That would be the that would be the plan
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[clears throat] get them to what do they
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they call that?
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» Shovel ready or whatever they call that?
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to market it to developers. And if I
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to the city won't be developing this.
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guess.
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developing. If I said that,
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land to Gateway Hartford. Yeah. They're
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happen.
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that then for build ready lots or is
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» ready and then a developer would come
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and put infrastructure in. What does
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» TBD.
There's no plan at the moment,

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» right,
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conversation's been had to reach out to
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what they provide for a plan. The only
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to um use as a point of reference at
this point is the plan that ISG had put

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together a couple years ago.
[clears throat] So, we'll start there.

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Um, but as far as if we try to solicit,
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the whole 72 acres, that'd be ideal and
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» somebody that's in that.
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» You know, the risk
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The cost, the risk, you know, I was just
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looking at taking on or if that's
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would want to avoid.
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transferring to the nonprofit that can
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huge.
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» there's a lot of value in the land for
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» If that doesn't happen and the land
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to square one that I mean that changes
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» No, I I understand that. It's obviously
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» I mean we don't have an extra look like
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laying around that we're ready to go do
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» Yep.
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» uh or
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anformational meeting tomorrow night
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people will be there with concepts
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kind of preliminary news too yeah and
really to talk about how are we going to

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go how what do we got to do to get this
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» yeah that's a big piece of it
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you're asking asking questions that if
we're acting like we're we don't cuz we

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don't know. I mean, there's things we
just don't know.

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» Yeah.
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have the provisions in the agreement,
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» If it if they don't if Gateway Hartford
can't secure grants, then we've got a

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whole other the land needs to come back
and we need to re-evaluate.

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» Sure. Yeah. I mean, our hope is is that
we don't get to the point where we can't

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get it remediated, comes back to the
city, we can't find other sources to

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grant this deal, and the state comes to
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you guys going to do with this?"
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obviously. So,
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I don't know if a if a developer would
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this on the betting on the fact that I
can get all this done."

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» Sure.
>> You know what I mean?

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» Yep.
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» Thank you.
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» Anybody else?
I guess I'll say a few things here. So

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Eric Bucking here. So your meeting
tomorrow night for theformational

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meeting
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» is after the land transfer. So that So
just like Keith said, everybody's got a

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lot of questions. You don't know how
this is going to go. Correct.

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But let's just start by transferring the
land without questions. And that's those

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are the right steps.
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can apply for the grant by the 28th of
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» And what is that grant? We know how much
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» It's open-ended at this point, isn't it?
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the state, but basically the dollar
amount will be up to the state. So, it's

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it's not capped at like 600,000 or
800,000 or whatnot. You could possibly

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get the full amount. Not saying we will,
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» So, we have an engineers estimate that
we'll base our grant request on.

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» Yes, we will request. They
[clears throat] will request for the

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whole thing. So if you let's say you get
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what will you do with the shortfall or
what will you do with that million bucks

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if you are granted that that doesn't
complete that project?

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» That's a great question. Um
come back to the city and ask for the

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balance to refinish the remediation. The
intent of Gateway Hartford is to

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remediate the property

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to get it ready so it could be so it's a
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» because you can't just leave it. It's
contaminated,

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» right?
>> So 2 million's less than 3 million.

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So anything we get would be a bonus. I
think timing and speed is always the

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question.
>> Yeah. And the number's always been out

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there. It has it's never been a secret
that it's going to cost the the price

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has increased
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it it started out at a million to
remediate it and then it went to7 and

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now it's at three. So, is there anything
in your guys's bylaws or

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um
articles of corporation that state

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like let's say you get let's say you get
a million you get a million dollar

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grant. You start with a million dollars
worth of dirt. The nonprofit becomes

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essentially inoperable because there's
no funds and there's a million dollar

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property already. Is there any
safeguards in those articles stating

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that you can't just go and sell that
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to a
any developer or any organization for a

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dollar just to get it out when I need
to. Somebody says, "Hey, I want to come

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in and I'm going to do I'm going to
bring project XYZ into this into this

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land and I'll buy it from you for a buck
and do the remainder of the mediation."

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Well, I think speaking from my
experience with federal grants in other

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settings, if we take money for a purpose
and don't complete that purpose,

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you didn't fulfill the requirements of
the grant. So, I don't know if the city

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get a third of what you need, would you
even can you technically start your

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project?
>> I don't think that would be wise.

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Obviously, it's going to be a board
decision, but for me, as I played that

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out, that Gateway Hartford would have to
come to the city and say, "Okay, this is

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what we got for a grant as the
contaminator, the polluter in the

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property.
Let's work to find the other 2 million."

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» Grants usually come with a specified
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complete and
you continue to follow up as it's

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required in the grant.
The intent is not for Gateway Artford to

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one-third it or half weigh it or 3/4 it.
It's to completely get it remediated and

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give it back to the city
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in other words the city [clears throat]
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you're like hey this project is going to
work. We're going to grant it back to

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the city. It's possible,

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» but there's also nothing saying that
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nothing saying that it can't be sold to
another entity as well once it's in that

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nonprofit, even us as a development
foundation. There's nothing saying that

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we can't sell our land as a nonprofit to
any given organization for a dollar.

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» Um,
>> in [clears throat] my reading,

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» I think this Yeah, go ahead, sir. In my
reading, it can be sold for the purposes

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of economic development,
but if they cannot complete the

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remediation,
they can't just they they have to

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complete the remediation otherwise it
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» which is what bullet five says,
>> so in your sit in your scenario,

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if that were to happen, the only way
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agreement of the party purchasing it for
a dollar. In your case, there would have

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to be an agreement in place that they
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» immediately.
>> Correct.

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» Yeah. That in the reconveyance here it
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reconveyance.
uh Gateway and the city may agree that

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Gateway may sell the property to a
mutually agreeable third party which

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will then assume responsibility for
remediation of the lagoon site for

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future re redevelopment.
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what would the

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so yeah I mean obviously if you guys are
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3 million, whatever it is. It's great
because now all of a sudden you have an

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asset that you could essentially
possibly market to a developer to um you

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know it's interstate project should be
minimum 30 $40,000 acre land. It should

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be good asset to the city but um not to
the city to gay Hartford with the intent

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that if there's any money left when it's
all said and done comes back to the city

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at that point. We're not going to get
money off the land until everything's

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said and done and it's all sold. That's
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I mean, we're not going to be selling
every parcel and taking a chunk. This

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thing has to be finished. They got to
sell 71 acres and have it done

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» and then they're done.
>> Then they dissolve. Then the money Well,

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if there's anything left, then it comes
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That's how we That's how we drew it up.
That's why we wanted it wanted it drawn

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up. So
yeah, it says in the event Gateway

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Hartford or its successor by assignment
merger or reorganization is unable to

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carry out its duties under this
agreement

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or attempts to sell, assign or lease to
a private third party developer, city

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shall have the right but not the
obligation to demand gateway reconvey

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the entire property back to the city.
So we either drag it across the finish

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line or we give it back to the city.

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» I guess one other concern and it kind of
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um
what Mark had to say with Mark said

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obviously I'm on the HABF board. We have
a 40 acre development and 140 some acre

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parcel of land which Travis you and I
have had that discussion about that 140

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acre parcel of land. it's not that
desirable piece of land. Um,

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feel like there needs to be something
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as an outside developer looking into the
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knowing that there's
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acres of land to develop and now all of
a sudden there's another nonprofit

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developing 70 more acres.
How does an outside developer looking in

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see Hartford as a very inviting
community as a developer?

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Our purpose is to remediate the ground
whether that at that point we decide to

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develop it or sell it to a developer
said that you either see it through the

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end or give it back to the city
>> but the the board ultimately has

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ultimate say once it's remediated do we
take the next step is there interest in

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that or do we give it back to the city
so that's where way back it's TBD if we

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go back to Mark's comments
>> I mean I guess I'm not a developer so I

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probably don't view things uh the same
way, but this land is going to be ready

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for development for years.
>> Few years, probably be

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» few years, but I mean
>> 27 at their earliest.

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» Yeah. 27.
>> Yeah. And there are adjacent parcel

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owners interested in collaborating on
what the development in that area looks

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like. Um I think if the assumption is
that it will absolutely only be in for

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sure industrial park I mean I don't know
if that's an absolute

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» right
>> or is it some other type of

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» right whatever it is whatever it is as a
nonprofit is I mean even for us as a

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nonprofit we can we can manipulate the
numbers to bring businesses into town

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way different than a private developer
can for

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» I guess What I was trying to say is
>> tough competition for outside

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development.
>> It might not be a

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um
a competitor to the type of development

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that HADF is currently has.
>> I'm not saying I'm saying it's any

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outside developer potentially. Well, I
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» that was, you know, the city's creating
competition for somebody like our group

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that is developing and has land.
>> Well, I don't think a business park is

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in your development.
>> No, this industrial focus then

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» this isn't industrial focus,
>> right?

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» There's also a master plan
>> component that goes with this. We're

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going to have this thing master planned
out which is going to start shortly.

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» Yep. if we can get through uh the
paperwork. And the other thing that

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Gateway Hartford is bound to is that
master plan.

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We've we've tried to put some guard
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end in a fashion that benefits the city.
We I mean we're looking to create, as we

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called it, Gateway Hartford. We want to
create a nice window into the into the

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city. It's not an industrial park. It's
a uh what's the

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» track houses?
>> What's the place that uh we talk about

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on
>> the Golden Triangle?

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» Golden Triangle 229 and 229 where they
built City Bank and in there those types

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of that's
oh Tom's call in

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» our mess lake to the party. But I I
think you know you mentioned it's right

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it has that interstate you know
visibility. I think there's other types

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of businesses that aren't that might be
more interested in that. Not for

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convenience because certainly it'd be
convenient for indust you know for an

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industrial park type situation as far as
traffic in and out but it's also pretty

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attractive in terms of other commercial
development.

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» I mean I'm sure it would be attractive
to a lot of private developers.

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» These are really gateway hardford
questions. Do you have any questions

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regarding the transfer of land?
>> Well, the trans I mean here and it is a

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Gateway Hartford question as well, but
you're transferring it. You guys both

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have an interest in Gateway Harford and
obviously you have some information

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about it.
>> What is our interest?

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» Aren't you board members?
>> Yeah, but what do you mean by interest?

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What are you saying? We
>> have the interest of the city.

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» What are you saying beyond that?
>> I'm saying you're on the board. So,

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you've obviously had conversation and
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» what are you inferring?
>> I'm saying you have information about

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what you have intentions for this land
for.

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» The only intention we have is to get it
transferred, get a master development

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plan going, get it remediated, get it
>> different businesses about, you know,

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the
>> same goes. I mean, honestly, there's

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ideas there.
>> Well, sure there's ideas. I I think if

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you go back to the point that if you
look at the master plan that the city

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has what is that that's why it's in part
of what we put forward to Gateway

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Hartford is has to comport with what
that master plan looks like and that

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property along the interstate
doesn't look like in the master plan an

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industrial park
>> the existing

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» that's my me
>> I I have not talked with Gateway

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Hartford but when you say it has to
comport with the master plan. When I

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recall looking at the master plan,
that's what was along that track.

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» All right, question.
[clears throat]

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All right.
Anybody else?

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If not,

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we'll move forward. Any action from the
council or discussion that we need to

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have?
And I just see this as step one and then

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and then moving on and then we'll have
to monitor as we go along. Absolutely.

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But this step one is critical for that
uh grant. And then that's why I'll be

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voting yes for this because uh it's all
about that grant. And then after that

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» then I'll might be switching votes. Yes.
No. We'll have to see, you know,

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» just because I don't know. There's too
many unknowns.

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» Yeah. There's reszoning. There's a lot
of steps. I would say my vote is based

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on um there's a lot of worry about if
this isn't a perfect plan, what if we

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don't get the grant, what what is going
to happen if things

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it's a it's a risk to benefit for me if
this can go well. Gateway Harford can

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get a sizable grant. It doesn't kill the
city to take care of this remediation

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from a financial standpoint. And then at
the end of it,

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if we could sell it outright to a
developer that somehow matches the

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vision uh in the city plan um and we get
cash back to pay for we talked last

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week, we need a new water tower in 5 to
10 years. We want a community event

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center. We want a swimming pool. We
don't have money for that. No one else

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is going to write us a check to take
care of those things. So, this is our

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opportunity to make our best step
forward to get money back out of this

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property and take care of some of the
needs without having more expenses.

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So, that's why I'm very interested um in
this.

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» All right.

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Uh according to our attorney, we could
go into uh executive for legal counsel

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if we felt the need.
>> I'm I'm about 8 minutes away. I thought

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the meeting was just seven and I
apologize.

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» Okay.
>> I think we'll be done before you get

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here. [laughter]
>> Shut the meter off.

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Uh is there any questions or concerns
with anybody that we would need to

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discuss further? If not,
is there any action from the council?

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I'll make a motion to approve land
transfer to Gateway Hartford, Inc.

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» Second.
>> Any more discussion?

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» And can we add to authorize Ardan to
sign an agreement to that?

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» Sure.
>> And to add that Mayor Ardan Jones can

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sign the agreement.
>> You want to amend your second?

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Second that amended motion. Okay.
>> All right. Any more dis any other

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discussion

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» hearing? None. We'll vote. Shilling.
>> Yes.

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» Harach,
>> yes.

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» Peele,
>> yes.

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» Matson,
>> yes.

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» Carlson,
>> yes.

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» All right. Uh, do we have to vote then
on resolution 2026-3?

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» Approved the agreement. So now the
resolution was actually transparent.

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» Yep.
This is uh Erin Shidu, the attorney for

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Julie Hartford. Yes. I have a bad
connection. I just wanted to confirm.

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Was there a second on the motion that
was brought?

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» Yes.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» Yep. Thank you, Eric.
All right. The next up is uh resolution

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2026-3,

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which
hold on. Let me get there.

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was a resolution approving the transfer
of the real estate to Gateway Hartford.

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» Make a motion uh to approve resolution
2026-3, transfer of real estate to

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Gateway Hartford, Inc.
>> Second.

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» Any more discussion on this one?

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» Hearing none, we'll vote. Carlson,
>> yes. Yes.

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» Matson.
>> Yes.

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» Kio.
>> Yes. Parach.

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» Yes.
>> Shelley.

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» Yes.
>> All right. Anything to go into executive

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session for

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hearing? None. Motion to adjurnn.
>> Some move.

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» Second. Somebody.
>> I'll second.

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» All in favor? I thank