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Commissioners review 5-year no-rent lease with University of Tennessee at Crowley building
Summary
Hamilton County committee reviewed a proposed five-year lease with the University of Tennessee for office and community function space at the J. Merle Crowley Building; the lease is reported as nominal ($10 per year) and will house 4-H, master gardeners and outreach programs.
Hamilton County commissioners heard a resolution authorizing the county mayor to enter into a five-year lease with the University of Tennessee for office and community function space at the J. Merle Crowley Building at Bonney Oaks in Chattanooga.
The clerk read the item as “a resolution authorizing the county mayor to enter into and execute a lease agreement between Hamilton County and the University of Tennessee for office and community function space located at the J. Merle Crowley Building, 6183 Adamson Circle, Chattanooga, Tennessee.”
Todd Lehman (identified in the discussion as the county official responding to questions) said the five-year lease has been reviewed by the attorney’s office and is effectively a no-rent arrangement, noting the annual payment is $10 per year (he said that previously the annual payment had been $1). Lehman described the Crowley Building as a site for 4-H youth programming, the master gardener program and other outreach and said the lease keeps those services operating at that facility.
Commissioner Holland thanked the University and noted the Department of Agriculture’s work with UT and Tennessee State University, saying the programs “do a wonderful job for this community.” Commissioners on the agriculture committee said they see thousands of citizens served by programming run out of the facility.
The transcript does not record a committee vote or the execution of the lease; the clerk read the resolution into the record and commissioners discussed that their committees had encouraged the mayor’s office to memorialize major moves and leases by resolution.
No rent, lease length (five years), and general uses for the facility were recorded; further contract details such as maintenance responsibilities or insurance are not specified in the transcript.
