The City Council agreed on Oct. 7 to the sale of the Blue Sky Sports Center's building and assets, according to draft minutes the council is set to approve Tuesday, Oct. 20. The vote came out of a closed session on a lawsuit in which the city is a defendant.
The case, TOCA Colony, LLC v. Blue Sky Sports Center, LP, and the City of The Colony, has appeared on every regular council agenda since at least Aug. 18 for private legal advice, and it is listed again for Tuesday.
What the motion says
After the closed session, Councilmember Brian R. Wade moved to approve "the consent to the sale of Blue Sky's building and assets and consent to sale of operations agreement on the terms as discussed in executive session." The motion makes the consent subject to revisions city staff and the city attorney's office consider necessary, and to signatures from Blue Sky, Sting and TOCA.
Councilmember Judy Ensweiler seconded it, and it passed with all members present voting yes.
Five council members attended that night. Mayor Richard Boyer and Councilmember Perry Schrag were absent, the minutes say.
The minutes do not name a buyer or a price, describe the operations agreement, or say whether the consent ends the lawsuit. Those terms were discussed only in closed session.
A second closed-door deal
The same night, the council approved "the lease and Chapter 380 Agreement" between the city and Palace Parkway, LLC, again on terms discussed in executive session and subject to revisions by staff and the city attorney. Wade made the motion and Councilmember Dan Rainey seconded it; it also passed with all ayes.
The Oct. 7 agenda described that closed session as a chance to deliberate a financial or other incentive for a business prospect. The minutes do not identify the business, the property or the incentive.
