Title
Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a License Agreement Between the City of Hampton and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to Use a portion of Bluebird Gap Farm Located at 60 Pine Chapel Road
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City is the owner of Bluebird Gap Farm located at 60 Pine Chapel Road (LRSN 2000012) (the “Farm”). The City staffs and operates the Farm as a community resource to offer exciting, family-oriented adventure and educational experiences rarely seen in an urban environment. Additionally, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (the “University”) operates the Extension Master Gardener Program (the “MG Program”) to train local volunteers to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management education and training. Further, the Hampton Master Gardeners serve as the local MG Program in the City of Hampton.
Since approximately 1995, the Hampton Master Gardeners have utilized a portion of the Farm for the purposes of gardening, horticulture, maintenance, training, educational programming, and other activities conducted in accordance with the University’s MG Program. Although this relationship has existed for decades, it has not been documented. The University and the City desire to enter into a formal agreement to document each entity’s roles and responsibilities with respect to the MG Program’s operation at the Farm.
Under the License Agreement, the University is granted a non-exclusive license to use approximately 2.5 acres at the Farm for the purposes of gardening, horticulture, maintenance, training, educational programming, and other activities related to the MG Program. The term of the License Agreement is for five (5) years and, in addition to standard terms regarding termination for default, violations of law, or in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare; either Party may terminate the License Agreement with ninety (9...
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