HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 04-031 RESOLUTION NO. 04-031
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute an amendment to
a contract with the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce which was approved by City Council
on December 16, 2003, to provide an additional $15,000 to be used as a revenue
guarantee in an effort to attract Delta Airlines to the Southeast Texas Regional Airport,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 3rd day of
February, 2004.
- Mayor Evelyn M. Lord -
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON §
CONTRACT
WHEREAS,on the 16th day of December, 2003,the City of Beaumont(herein"City")
entered into a contract with the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce (herein "Chamber")
hiring the Chamber to engage in a comprehensive range of activities and projects to create
jobs in Beaumont directed at economic development; and
WHEREAS,the compensation for such contract was in the amount of$55,000; and
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont now desires to include within the Chamber's
contract additional funds for a revenue guarantee in an attempt to attract Delta Airlines,
Inc., to the Southeast Texas Regional Airport;
NOW, THEREFORE, in furtherance of such event and in consideration of the
mutual promises made herein by the Chamber and the City, the City and the Chamber
agree as follows:
1. This document shall serve as an amendment to the contract heretofore
executed on the 16th day of December, 2003, between the Chamber and the City. City
hereby agrees to contribute $15,000 towards the effort to raise funds to support the
revenue guarantee described herein.
2. City and Chamber hereby agree that if the regional effort to raise $975,000
for this effort fails, monies provided by the City of Beaumont for this effort less any
expenses will be returned to the City of Beaumont on a pro rata basis. Additionally,
Beaumont and Chamber agree that any monies remaining in this fund which have not been
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EXHIBIT "A"
released by the escrow agent in accordance with the escrow agreement shall be returned
to the City of Beaumont on a pro rata basis as provided in the escrow agreement currently
existing between the Southeast Coalition forAir Service, L.L.C., and Community Bank and
Trust, the escrow agent for this effort.
3. The Chamber and City hereby ratify and reaffirm all other provisions of its
contract amended hereby dated the 16th day of December, 2003.
CITY OF BEAUMONT
By:
Attest: Kyle Hayes, City Manager
Rose Ann Jones, City Clerk
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
By:
Attest: Chairman of the Board
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