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Board votes to request city legal draft long-term lease for local sailing club
Summary
The Davenport board voted to ask city legal to prepare a recommendation to city council for a long-term lease for the sailing club (modeled on the yacht club's 20‑year arrangement), citing grant and financing advantages; staff will work with legal on lease language and membership opt‑out issues.
The Davenport riverfront board voted to draft a recommendation for city council to approve a long-term lease for the local sailing club consistent with the yacht club's 20‑year arrangement. The motion was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote; members directed staff and legal to prepare lease language and next steps.
Why it matters: Club representatives told the board a longer term would improve the group's ability to obtain grants and long-term loans for major capital items, and would make it easier to plan program growth—particularly the sailing school that feeds…
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