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Augusta Richmond GA
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF
RESOLUTION B'l! THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF RICHMOND COUNTY
AS TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF RICHMOND COUNTY
AND THE METRO AUGUSTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WHEREAS, th.e Development Authority of Richmond County (the
"Development Authority") has adopted a resolution outlining
certain points of agreement between the Development Authority and
the Metro August.a Chamber of Commerce (the "Chamber"), to wit:
1. The Chamber will change its operating structure such
that economic development will be totally separated
from all other Chamber functions.
2. Richmond County will have a designated Economic
Development staff person. The Richmond County Economic
Development designee will function in the same
reporting relationship as the Columbia County designee,
i.e., he/she will report to the MACC President and be
functionally accountable to the Development Authority
of Richmond County.
3. The Richmond County developer will not participate in
any non-economic development activities.
4. The Development Authority of Richmond County will
operate under substantially the same contract as the
Development Authority of Columbia County with possible
variation related to financial terms.
(Either party
can cancel the contract without cause 30 days after
written notice). Payments will be made on a quarterly
basis.
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5. The President of MACC shall attend all meetings of the
Development Authority of Richmond County.
6. A Transition Task Force shall be formed composed of (1)
the ch.ief elected official and his designee from each
county; (2) the chairman and vice-chairman of each
development authority; (3) the chairman, chairman-elect
and President of the Chamber. The primary purpose of
the Task Force will be to assure fair a~d equal
representation of each county by the Chamber through
its economic development program. with an agreement
among the participants as to confidentiality, the
Chamber will provide an update on all current
development prospects and the counties/authorities will
give status reports on their respective activities.
7. The Transition Task Force will develop a protocol for
its operations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Augusta-Richmond
County Commission that Augusta, Georgia supports the resolution
entered into by the Development Authority as to the above points
of agreement.
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LAW OFFICE
JERRY B. DYE
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
SUITE 404. SUNTRUST BANK BUILDING
801 BROAD STREET
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30901
TELEPHONE 17061 722-26~1
F~(706)72~2652
Mr. James B. Wall, Esq.
P.O. Box 2125
Augusta, Georgia 30903
February 17, 1998
RE: Agreement between
Development Authority of Richmond County
and the Metro Augusta Chamber of
Commerce and its participating Counties
Dear Jim::
Enclosed are the Points of Agreement among the
above parties which the Development Authority adopted
by Resolution at its meeting of January 5th, 1998.
This Agreement was presented to the Augusta. Commission
by Authority Chairman Mr. H.M. Osteen, Jr. at the
Commission meeting of January 20, 1998, and read into
the record, at which time Commissioner Moses Todd
proposed a motion to the Commission - later withdrawn -
for a Resolution by the Commission supporting this
Agreement: .
Mr. Osteen has
Commission adopt a
Authority's Resolution
Agreement therein.
requested "that the Augusta
Resolution supporting the
and incorporating the Points of
Please call if you need additional information or
additional assistance.
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Best regards
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Jerry B. Dye
Attorney at Law, P.C.