Title
Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Revocable License Agreement Between the City of Hampton and Youth Sailing Virginia, Inc. to Use a Portion of the Mill Creek Pier
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City leases from the Fort Monroe Authority (“FMA”) the recreational facility located at 100 Stilwell Road (the “Rec Center”), which is adjacent to a body of water known as Hampton Mill Creek (“Mill Creek”). The City, in cooperation with FMA, obtained permission to construct a pier over the state waters of Mill Creek that attaches to land directly behind the Rec Center. Bids were solicited for the pier in 2017. Construction began in January 2018 and was completed in early fall of last year. From the beginning, it was contemplated that the City could partner with Youth Sailing Virginia, Inc. ("YSV") to provide programming for the community and, therefore, a portion of the pier was designed and built to accommodate the storage and launch of their sailboats.
YSV is a volunteer-based charitable nonprofit corporation organized to make sailing available and affordable for youth throughout greater roads Hampton Roads. YSV plans to use the area of the pier licensed to store and launch boats, offer “learn to sail” programs for the community (through the YMCA and the City's Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services department), water sports and safety programs, and competitive sailing programs and regattas for high school-aged youth, college students, and the public. It accomplished this mission prior to the construction of the pier by using a floating pier moored in Mill Creek.
Pier construction was completed and the certificate of occupancy was issued by the State in early Fall 2018. In order to allow YSV to use the pier during the Fall Regatta season, the City and YSV entered into a short-term license agreement to facilitate the immediate use of the pier. That agreement was entered into with the knowledge that a long term agreement would be entered ...
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