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City of Charleston Committee on Real Estate 1/25/21 2/3
B
Entertain
a
motion
to
come
out
of
executive
session
back
in
the
open
session.
Don't
move!
Mr
chairman.
A
B
All
those
a
favor
all
right,
all
right,
all
right,
let
the
record
reflect
no
action
was
taken.
We
received
legal
advice
as
to
item
f
of
our
agenda.
Councilmember
warren
I'll
now
entertain
a
motion
from
you.
C
Miss
jim
I'd
like
to
move
that
we
move
this
issue
forward,
predicated
on
our
legal
staff
being
able
to
negotiate
two
aspects
of
the
estoppel
provision,
as
well
as
an
offer
for
cash
in
lieu
of
the
property
exchange
and
that
being
able
to
be
negotiated
by
our
ways
and
means.
Committee
meeting
tomorrow.
B
So
let's
put
this
so
that
we're
clear
on
on
the
motion
is
that
we're
not
passing
on
a
approval,
we're
passing
on
giving
the
our
legal
counsel
opportunity
to
further
explore
those
two
issues:
the
councilman
wearing
brought
up
and
then
we'll
bring
up,
bring
that
up
to
full
council
approval
and
our
ways
and
means
meeting
tomorrow.
That
am
I
clear.
A
B
B
Okay
is
any
further
discussion
on
the
motion
before
us
right
now,
cnn,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Okay.
Thank
you
all
of
y'all's
patience
on
that.
That
was
a
very
long
and
convoluted
legal
discussion
that
we
had
on
some
on
item
number
f.
Moving
to
item
g
we've
got
two
items
for
annexation:
3486
maybank,
highway
in
council,
district
5
and
2181
ballpool
hall,
road
or
district
number
of
11..
A
This
I
moved
item
g
I
and
one
and
two
for
accent.
B
Says
emotions
are
a
second
a
second
okay,
oh
any
further
discussion
or
anything
else.
We
need
to
take
from
city
staff
on
those
annexations
all
right,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
all
right.
B
I
intentionally
asked
the
clerk
to
put
item
h
at
the
very
end
figuring
that
we'll
have
a
lot
of
discussion
on
item
h.
We
had
this
issue
come
up
before
council
at
our
last
real
estate
committee
meeting
I
received.
I
think
we
all
did
a
tree
size
amount
of
paperwork
from
mr
barr.
B
I
think
he
was
working
with
our
legal
department
and
mr
craver
and
folks
from
the
school
of
law,
charleston
school
of
law
on
getting
those
items
to
us.
I
appreciate
those
being
forwarded
to
us,
mr
barr,
thank
you
for
for
doing
that.
So
I
think
we
probably
need
to
start
first
with
a
motion
to
improve,
and
then
we
could
have
some
discussions
or
some
questions
and
we've
got
these.
We
have
mr
bell
with
us.
Mr
craver
is
with
us.
B
B
A
There's
no
restriction
on
on
you
not
approving
emotion,.
D
Was
just
going
to
be
recognized,
mr
chairman,
to
receive
himself
just
to
avoid
even
a
semblance
of
any
conflict?
My
my
son,
joseph
is,
has
a
minority
interest
in
ccnt
the
listing
company
for
the
transaction
and
he's
not
the
the
agent,
but
but
he
has
a
minority
interest
in
ccnt,
and
I
I
will
recuse
myself
for
that
reason.
B
The
mayor
has
recused
himself
from
any
further
discussion
concerning
this,
so,
mr
dina,
do
you
want
to
give
us
an
update
as
to
where
we
stood
at
the
last
time?
We
had
this
matter
deferred.
A
Yes,
sir,
so
before
you
again
is
the
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
execute,
on
behalf
of
the
city,
the
quitclaim
deed
and
the
basically
the
elimination
of
the
possibility
of
the
reverter
and
the
ordinance
is
in
your
agenda
package.
I
did
notice
that
in
this
agenda
the
attachments
were
not
included.
A
I
think
that
that's
just
an
oversight,
but
basically
the
ordinance
does
include
as
attachments
the
closing
sheet,
which
would
indicate
what
the
city
is
going
to
be
receiving
in
exchange
for
releasing
the
reverter
and
executing
the
quick
claim
deed
and
then
also
we've
attached
as
an
exhibit
the
the
proposed
quit
claim
deed.
As
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
there
was
a
chronology
and
a
number
of
exhibits
supporting
that
chronology.
That
capers
bar,
I
believe,
distributed
to
all
the
members
of
the
real
estate
committee.
A
I
believe
that
anybody,
you
know
any
of
the
lawyers
who
are
here.
Mr
bell,
city
staff,
is
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
any
of
you
have.
I
do
want
to
mention
that
one
of
the
issues
that
came
up
at
the
last
meeting
was
the
fact
that
there
was
nothing
in
the
2017
agreement,
which
I
feel
is
the
operative
agreement.
Here
there
was
nothing
in
the
2017
agreement
that
stated
clearly
the
intent
of
the
law
school
to
remain
on
the
peninsula
and
and
that
that
is
an
important
point.
A
A
A
So
all
that
being
said,
we've
had
conversations
with.
I
believe
the
mayor
has
spoken
to
mr
bell.
I've
spoken
to
mr
craver,
and
they
are
certainly
willing
to
include
in
either
the
2017
agreement
or
execute
a
different
agreement
which
firmly
indicates
their
obligation
or
their
their
willingness
to
be
a
part
of
the
peninsula
community
in
the
future.
A
So
I
think
that's
important
point
to
bring
out
it's
consistent
with
the
intent
of
the
agreement
with
mayor
riley
in
the
law
school
originally,
and
it's
a
development
that
I
believe
was
a
question
that
council
member
waring
had
at
the
last
meeting
and
that
I
think
we've
now
buckled
down.
A
I'm
happy
to
talk
turn
this
over
to
either
mr
bell
or
mr
craver,
if
they,
if
you
would
like
to
hear
more
about
that,
also,
obviously,
capers
is
here
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have
about
the
past
history
of
this
deal
and
where
we
are
right
now.
B
Thank
you,
mr
adina,
and
I
do
appreciate
mr
barr,
the
the
memorandum
and
the
chronology
with
with
the
attachments
it
sort
of
was
an
easy
flow
of
information
to
follow,
and
it
did
draw
my
memory
on
some
other
issues
that
that
came
up
so
mr
bail,
mr
kraber,
do
y'all
want
to
comment
on
mr
rodina's
statement
about
a
commitment
for
the
school
to
stay
on
the
peninsula.
E
Good
afternoon,
mr
chairman,
this
is
ed
bell,
I'm
the
president
of
the
charleston
school
of
law.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
attend
your
meeting
today.
E
It's
good
for
me
to
get
out
a
little
bit.
I've
been
in
quarantine
since
march,
and
hopefully
this
will
be
over
soon.
I
can't
tell
you
the
number
of
developers
who
contacted
the
school
of
law
through
me
and
and
others
asking
us
to
go
somewhere
else
off
the
peninsula.
E
I
have
not
have
not
looked
at,
nor
have
I
entertained
the
idea
of
leaving
the
peninsula.
We
love
the
city
of
charleston.
We
think
that
our
students
benefit
tremendously
from
it.
It
gives
us
an
educational
opportunity
that,
quite
frankly,
other
law,
schools
around
the
country,
don't
have
you
can
imagine
the
recruitment
asset
we
have,
and
we
can
tell
students
that
you
can
work
with
companies
like
blackbaud
and
and
boeing
and
the
medical
university
and
the
citadel
and
and
other
other
just
tremendous
opportunities
in
charleston,
and
this
is
one
of
our
biggest
draws.
E
B
E
B
All
right,
very,
very
good,
all
right,
mr
crave
or
anything
you
need
to
add
to
that
comment,
or
I
I'll
be
the
scrivener
and
draft
something.
Okay,
all
right,
we're
happy
to
do
it.
Thank
you
all
right!
So,
what's
the
wearing?
Yes,.
B
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
for
that
question,
mr
warren,
and
it
may
be
the
other
part
of
all
that
mr
bale
and
mr
crabber
that
you
can
answer
for
us
is
what
what
are
y'all's
needs.
What
what
do
you?
What
do
you
need
and
for
where
you
are
right
now,
your
campus,
that
you
have
right
now
to
what
you're
trying
to
improve
on
what
is
it
that
you
need
square
footage,
wise
building,
wise.
E
We're
going
to
need
about
between
80
and
100
000
square
feet.
We
have
a
sufficient
space
where
we
are
now
and
if
we
can
finalize
the
purchase
of
our
building,
we
were
in
in
talks
at
the
time
when
the
pandemic
hit
and,
quite
frankly,
it's
just
kind
of
come
to
us.
C
E
But
we've
been
recently
back
in
touch
with
the
owner
part
of
his,
I
guess
desire
to
do
something
now
is
the
the
zoning
restrictions
now
that
have
been
placed
around
our
area
looks
like
that.
He
probably
would
not
be
able
to
take
this
property
that
we're
there
we're
on
now
and
turn
it
into
another
hotel
site.
So
it
made
it
a
little
bit
more
available
to
us.
So
we
love
where
we
are.
E
A
E
So
as
soon
as
we
kind
of
all
get
back
to
work
and
all
our
students
are
are
back
in
person,
I
think
we'll
be
again
working
on.
We
have
a
couple
more
years
on
our
lease.
We
have
the
ability
to
renew
the
lease
if
we
wish
so
we're
in
we're
in
good
shape
on
our
location.
We
just
are
waiting
to
find
the
right
location.
E
One
of
the
things
that
we
are
are
able
to
do
once
the
sale
takes
place.
So
we
can
turn
our
school
into
a
not-for-profit
school
which
allows
us
to
raise
the
money
to
purchase
the
land.
So
we
all
we
have
to
do
that.
There's
no,
the
amount
of
money
we're
getting
after
we
pay
taxes
and
pay
the
city
out
of
this
sale.
E
Basically,
we'll
will
go
to
help
us
become
a
non-profit,
I'm
not
getting
any
of
that
money
out
of
the
sale
it's
going
to
help
the
school,
but
once
we
go
non-profit,
then
our
fundraising
can
help
us
purchase
the
property.
We
can't
raise
money
as
a
for-profit
institution.
B
Can
you
exp
if
you
were
able
to
do
this,
can
you
explain
how
this
sale
may
be
tied
in
to
the
school
going
to
nonprofit,
if
you're
able
to
to
do
that.
E
Yes,
sir,
one
of
the
one
of
the
requirements
of
the
of
the
aba
is
to
make
sure
that
we're
financially
stable
the
property
was
booked
in
our
books
at
less
than
a
million
dollars
in
value.
E
Guidelines
that
once
we
now
sell
the
property-
and
our
financial
statement
looks
a
lot
better
and
we're
able
to.
We
can
show
to
the
department
of
education
and
the
aba
that
going
non-profit,
which
wouldn't
have
the
the
backing
of
a
private
citizen
like
myself.
We
can
do
it
without
that,
so
that's
kind
of
where
we
are.
A
E
As
you
know,
one
of
the
easiest
ways
to
raise
money
is
for
building
projects,
and
especially
if
people
get
a
tax
break
for
donating
the
money.
So
it
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
schools
and
a
lot
of
institutions.
For
example,
francis
marion
raised
83
million
dollars
a
couple
of
years
ago
for
building
projects
in
florence.
E
B
B
Us
on
this
is
there
anybody
else
from
staff,
our
city
representatives,
we
need
on
here.