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A RESOLUTION OF THE PORT TOWNSEND CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN
INTERIM JOINT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND AND MIKE EARLY GOLF SHOPS, INC. FOR THE PORT TOWNSEND
MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE
INTERIM AGREEMENT
The City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the City owns a nine-hole regulation golf course and facilities called the Port
Townsend Municipal Golf Course, a.k.a, the Spring Valley Golf Course and Conference Center,
including the land upon which the Golf Course is located, and the buildings and improvements
thereon; and
WHEREAS, as a consequence of significant defaults in the City's lease for the Golf
Course with Festival Management, Inc., recorded at Jefferson County Auditor's File No. 381878,
which lease is subject to unlawful detainer proceedings in Jefferson County Superior Court, Cause
No. 96-2-00224-0, and as a result of other actual and threatened litigation regarding the Golf
Course operation and the actions of Festival Management, Inc., it is imperative that the City have
a responsible, qualified and competent entity to operate and maintain the Golf Course during the
1996 summer golf season. Mike Early is an approved operator of the Golf Course and is a PGA
Professional, possessing the skills and professional qualifications to operate the Golf Course
pursuant to the terms of the attached Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the attached Interim Joint Management Agreement,
the City and Early are in agreement that for the pendency of this Agreement, it is in the best
interests of the general public, Golf Course customers, the City and Early, that the City and Early
refrain from litigating claims against each other and establish procedures, rights and obligations
for the joint management and operation of the Golf Course for the 1996 golf season, while long-
term management options are explored and potential claims of third parties pertaining to the Golf
Course are resolved; and
WtW~REAS, during the pendency of the attached Agreement, the City intends to explore
long-term options for the use and management of the Golf Course, including the possible
incorporation of the Golf Course into the City's Parks and Recreation programs. Toward that
end, the City intends to use the summer months of 1996 in jointly managing the Golf Course with
Mike Early Golf Shops, Inc., pursuant to the terms of the attached Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Port
Townsend, that the Council approves the attached Interim Joint Management Agreement Between
the City of Port Townsend and Mike Early Golf Shops, Inc., and authorizes the Mayor to sign the
Agreement in substantially the same form as attached.
The Council hereby ratifies all actions taken previously pursuant to the attached Agreement.
This Resolution shall take effect immediately and shall have the duration as set forth in the attached
Agreement.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend and signed by the Mayor on
this 20th day May, 1996.
Attest:
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-~era Frar~z,~Acting City~k
Julie l~dCullOch, Mayor
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