THE PRESCOTT MAN WHO FILED A PETITION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE CITY’S LAND LEASE TERMS WITH PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS RODEO MADE THE DECISION TO MODIFY THE VERBIAGE OF THE PETITION AT COUNCIL’S VOTING MEETING ON TUESDAY.

RALPH HESS SAYS HIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAD TO DO WITH THE CITY’S CONSIDERATION OF THE MASTER PLAN BROUGHT FORTH FROM PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS RODEO.

THE CURRENT LEASE WITH PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS RODEO WAS SIGNED IN 2016 AND RUNS THROUGH 2041. THE OPTION FOR THE CITY TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE MASTER PLANS FOR THE RODEO LAND WAS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE CITY FOR THE FIRST 5 YEARS OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT.

AS HESS MENTIONED, HIS PETITION, IN SECTION 4, REQUIRED THE CITY TO PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, OR RFP, FOR ALTERNATIVE MASTER PLANS FOR THE RODEO GROUNDS.

SENSING POSSIBLE REJECTION OF THE PETITION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, HESS ENDED UP OKAY-ING THE MODIFICATION OF THE PETITION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WAS BROUGHT FORTH IN A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN STEVE SISCHKA…

SISCHKA MOTION.

AND AFTER A VOTE, THE MOTION PASSED 6-0, WITH COUNCILMAN CLARK TENNEY EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.