Council hangs up over length of leases for city-owned properties
“We want The Children’s Museum and the Metal Museum,” Memphis City Council member Yolanda Cooper-Sutton said, explaining her proposal. “This is not to interrupt or take any power from you. This is to explain it.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The sticking point is language that encouraged the administration to try to negotiate leases for terms of five years for projects like the Children’s Museum of Memphis and the new Metal Museum.
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