March 16, 2021

March 16, 2021

Clark & Eisele Traditional Boatbuilding LLC Eisele (207) 706 9283 357 Camden Road Clark (207) 992 6861 Lincolnville, ME 04847 Clarkandeisele.com Dear Belfast City Council, My business partner, Tim Clark, and I co-own Clark & Eisele Traditional Boatbuilding LLC, of Lincolnville, ME. We are a fully insured company that specializes in traditional, museum, and historic wooden vessels. Our background is a mix of working in local yacht yards and doing big timber restoration work with independent shipwrights, and we have been closely involved with the boatbuilding community in the midcoast for many years. Please visit our social media pages or clarkandeisele.com for more about us. As you may know, we are moving ahead with the restoration of the AJ Meerwald, an 85' LOD Delaware Bay oyster dragger schooner. The vessel is owned and operated by Bayshore Center at Bivalve, a living history museum in southern New Jersey. We have done work for this organization for a few years now, and our vessel evaluations have been used to apply for, and receive, a large State grant for the restoration of the vessel. The vessel is primarily used to take school groups on environmental education trips. The museum is a 501 (C)(3) non-profit. We have been working with Wayne Marshall and Steve Wilson from the Code and Planning office to arrange a lease of a section of Belfast Yards that meets our needs as well as the City’s . In overview, we would lease the property beginning September 1st, 2021 to June 1st 2022 with an option to extend our lease up to 3 months in the event of delay. We would build a 32’ x 100’ shrink wrapped building to house the project. A dumpster and portable toilet would be on site for our crew, and temporary power would be run from FSS’s building 5. We hope that we can work with the City to find an agreement to store this vessel. The project is of cultural significance to both Maine and the State of New Jersey, and would represent a continuation of our regional reputation for excellent and resourceful shipbuilding, as well as inviting increased patronage to local city businesses. We thank you for your consideration, and encourage you to please reach out to us with any questions. It is in our best interest to find solutions to any obstacles that may arise. Sincerely, Garett Eisele Owner [email protected] 706 9283 Clark & Eisele Traditional Boatbuilding LLC Eisele (207) 706 9283 357 Camden Road Clark (207) 992 6861 Lincolnville, ME 04847 Clarkandeisele.com Winter Shelter 1. Overview This shelter will be a temporary building intended to contain the vessel and protect it along with the workers, tools, and materials from the elements throughout the winter months. It will be erected around the vessel once it has been positioned in the boat yard, and deconstructed nearing completion of the restoration. Construction will begin on site September 1st, 2021, and the job site itself will be cleared and returned to prior condition by June 1st 2022. 2. Structural Design We are proposing a stick frame building 100’ long by 32’ feet wide. • Walls ◦ 16’ tall with 2 x 6 studs on 4’ center. ◦ Single layer sill pinned to ground with rebar every 4’ and ballasted with 14,000 lbs of vessel’s ballast. ◦ Double layer top plate ◦ Plywood paneling, inside and out, around the building’s perimeter, 2’ tall from ground to protect from snow and to contain ballast pigs. ◦ Extensive 2” x 6” bracing on all four walls, fastened with heavy GRK 5/16” panhead lags. • Roof ◦ 9:12 pitch – sheds snow very effectively with plastic CDX plywood gussetted trusses, with 3/8” galvanized carriage bolts to fasten gussets. ◦ Midspan rafter ties with king post, 2” x 6” x 20’ rafters ◦ Peak gusset accepts a ridge pole ◦ Diagonal strapping to brace inside of trusses, fastened with GRKs ◦ Diagonal mitered braces between trusses on centerline. ◦ 2” x 6” gussets to join top end of wall studs to t • Skin ◦ Shrink wrap secured with strapping. • Means of Egress ◦ One man door on each gable wall (two total) with doors opening out ◦ One 8’ x 8’ double door for equipment. • Fire Safety ◦ The structure shall have three serviced ABC extinguishers ◦ Exterior walls will be 20’ from other structures. • Power ◦ Conduit protected cable, buried, will be run from Building 5 of Front Street Shipyard to provide temporary power. ◦ A 100 amp panel will provide distribution for 20 amp 110 v power throughout the building. ◦ Also from that panel, we will distribute 30 amp 220 v power to our stationary woodworking machines. LEASE AGREEMENT LEASE AGREEMENT made this 16th day of March, 2021, between The City of Belfast, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called the "City" or “Lessor”, and Lessee, d/b/a Clark & Eisele Traditional Boatbuilding, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and chartered under Maine law with a principal place of business at 357 Camden Road, Lincolnville, Maine, hereinafter called “Lessee” or “Lessee”. NOW, in consideration of their mutual promises and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Description. The City hereby leases to Lessee, and Lessee hereby leases from the City, the real property located in the City of Belfast, County of Waldo, State of Maine, which is hereinafter referred to as the "premises". More specifically, the premises are part of the City owned Belfast Yards property, Map 11, Lot 136, whose street address is 45 Front Street. The Lessee shall use the premises for the restoration of a wooden vessel, the AJ Meerwald, an 85 foot LOD Delaware Bay oyster dragger schooner. The City land subject to the lease is vacant, no structures, and has a gravel surface, and is comprised of approximately 7,450, more or less, square feet of space. The property the City is leasing to the Lessee is more particularly depicted as the 'leased parcel' in Exhibit A. The City Manager, pursuant to receipt of a written request from the Lessee, is authorized to adjust the configuration of the parcel to better meet the Lessee's and City's interest, provided that the total size of the leased parcel is generally consistent the terms of this clause. 2. Term. The term of this lease is nine (9) months, commencing on the 1st day of September 2021, and ending on the last day of May, 2022. The Lessee, however, may submit a request in writing to the City Manager to extend the term of the lease on a month-by-month basis for a maximum of three (3) additional months; a term that would end no later than August 31, 2022. If the Lessee is in compliance with all terms of this lease, the City Manager shall not unreasonably withhold a month-by-month extension of the lease for the maximum of three (3) additional months identified in this clause. Any request by the Lessee to extend the lease for more than three additional months shall require the review and approval of the City Council. 3. Rent. Lessee shall pay the City monthly rent, due and payable on the first day of each month, beginning on September 1, 2021. The monthly rental amount shall be $650.00. 1 4. Warranties. The City hereby certifies and represents that it has the full right and authority to make and execute this Lease, and further certifies and represents that the demised premises are at the time of entering this Lease free and clear of any liens or other encumbrances which, if proceeded upon, could or might divest this Lease. 5. Exclusive. Lessee shall have the exclusive possession of the premises during the term of the Lease. The City may enter the premises upon twenty-four hour notice to Lessee for reasonable inspection of the premises, unless an emergency exists at which time no notice is required. An agent for the City may enter the premises for all lawful purposes. 6. Uses and Temporary Structures. The premises hereby are rented to the Lessee for the specific purpose of restoring and retrofitting the vessel the AJ Meerwald. The Lessee shall not use the premises to work on any other vessel or to conduct activities that are not associated with the restoration and retrofitting of the AJ Meerwald. All activities performed by the Lessee, except employee parking (reference Clause 11), shall be conducted on the premises the City is leasing to the Lessee. The premises leased to the Lessee are currently vacant land. The Lessee shall have the authority to erect a temporary structure to create an enclosed and secure environment to perform work on the vessel. The temporary structure shall be considered the personal property of the Lessee. The Lessee shall obtain a building permit from the Code Enforcement Officer to erect any and all temporary structures and any structures erected by the Lessee must comply with all applicable City Ordinances. Further, the Lessee shall consult with dig-safe and the City before installing any in-ground supports for any temporary structures; the City and/or Belfast Water District have underground utility services in the area. The Lessee, prior to the termination of this lease, shall remove any and all temporary structures and shall restore the condition of the premises to those that existed prior to commencement of the lease. The Lessee also has the authority to create an outside storage/lay-down yard on the leased premises for construction materials, waste materials, equipment and accessory facilities/uses, such as but not necessarily limited to the installation of a porta-potty and a dumpster. The configuration of the leased area results in a lay-down area that would mostly be located between the Lessee's temporary structure and Building 5 on the Front Street Shipyard property.

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