ToMetro:Pleasealsobeinformedthisprotestrequiresyoutogiveusanswerstoquestions,providedocumentsandcommentsregardingthisRFQ.WebelieveyouhaveadutytopreservedocumentsandinformationinyourpossessionorinyourcontrolthatisrelevanttothesubjectmatterandprocessofthisProtest.PleaseimmediatelyconfirminwritingthatyouhavepreservedanyandalldocumentsinvolvedinthisRFQ.DEFINITIONS:

(a) Theterms“you,”“your”and/or“yourself”meansFinanceAdministrator,MetroGovernmentofNashville&DavidsonCountyDepartmentofFinance,ProcurementDivision,Mayor’sOffice,MetroHistoricalCommission,MetroProcurementDivision,PurchasingAgentandanydirectors,officers,employees,agents,representativesorotherpersonsacting,orpurportingtoact,onbehalfofMetroProcurement.

(b) ThetermCommitteerefersspecificallytotheindividualsoftheRFQCommitteeandincludeyou,your,andoryourself.

(c) Theterm“agent”shallmeananyagent,employee,officer,director,attorney,independentcontractororanyotherpersonactingatthedirectionoforonbehalfofanother.

(d) Theterm“document”shallinclude,withoutlimitation,anywritingsandanywritten,printed,typed,recordedorgraphicmatterofanykindandshallincludetheoriginaloraduplicateandallnon-duplicatecopiesandalldraftsthereofwhichpresentlyorhavebeeninyouractualorconstructivepossession,custody,careorcontrolorwhichareorhavebeenotherwiseavailabletoyouorwhichareorhavebeenknowntoyou,whichpertaindirectlyorindirectly,inwholeorinpart,eithertoanyofthesubjectslistedbelowortoanyothermatterrelevanttotheissuesinthisaction,orwhicharethemselveslistedbelowasspecificdocuments,including,butnotlimitedto:correspondence,email,letters,memoranda,telephonemessages,logs,deliveryapplications,manuals,guidelines,pamphlets,telegrams,telexes,wiresandothercommunicationssentorreceived,print-outs,diaryentries,calendars,tables,computertapes,calculations,maps,charts,graphs,plotplans,surveys,blueprints,diagrams,recommendations,workpapers,summaries,minutes,digests,andotherrecordsorrecordingsofanyconferences,meetings,

visits,interviews,telephoneconversations,andfinancialorstatisticaldata,analyses,transcriptsortestimonyorwrittenstatements,affidavits,orprintedmatter.Theterm“document”shallalsoincludeeveryothermeansbywhichinformationisrecorded,stored,ortransmitted,including,butnotlimitedto:taperecordings,microfilms,microfiche,datacompilations,chromatography’s,harddisks,floppydisks,dataprocessingandcomputerrecords,howeverproducedorreproducedandthewritteninformationnecessarytounderstandandusesuchmaterial.Theterm“document”shallalsoincludeallphotographs,film,slides,audiorecordings,videorecordings,andtapes,howeverproducedorreproduced.Theterm“non-duplicatecopy”meansanycopywhichisnotapreciseduplicateofitsoriginal,suchasacopywithmarksornotationsoranytypeofdescriptionwhicharenotreflectedontheoriginal.

(e) Theterm“person”shallmeananyindividual,corporation,proprietorship,partnership,limitedliabilitycompany,trust,associationoranyotherentity.

(f) Theterm“address”shallmeanthestreetaddress,includingthecity,state,andzipcode.

(g) Theterm“communicate”includes,withoutlimitation,anymeeting,conference,conversation,negotiation,oralorwrittenexchange,orotherformofcommunication,whetherfacetoface,bytelephone,telecopier,letter,orothermeans.

(h) Theterm“thirdparty”or“thirdparties”referstoindividualsorentitiesthatarenotapartytothisaction.

(i) GreerStadium/FortNegleyproperty(21acresperRFQ)iscollectivelyreferredtoas“Property.”

(j) Proposersreferstothefinalfive(5)responsiveapplicantstotheRFQ.(k) “We,”“Us,”and“Our”referstoNashvilleAdventureParkInc.(l) “Proposal”referstowhateachProposersubmittedasaplanbasedontheRFQ.](m) Forthisdocumentthe“Protest,”thesubjectmatterisregardingthePropertyand

thefollowingquestions,concernsandcommentsareinregardstovariousMetrolaws,theProposersplans,theRFQandthePropertywhichmaybereferredtoasthe“Process.”

SeeattacheddocumentsforreviewandthatwerereferredtointheprotestdocumentandthatarerelevanttothisRFQmatterandprocess:StandardPOTermsandConditionsGreerStadium–Presentation…Email5-18-17CloudHilMathewsQuestionsDemoReportOnly–NotAnEngineeringReportASTMStandardsE2018SummaryExampleAnotherSavedBaseballStadium–AlLangStadium–PetersburgFloridaRehabilitationofGreerStadium–EmailToMayor5-15-17FortNegleyProcessConcerns

RequestsforAnswers:

1. DidyougetacopyoftheletterfromMetroLegal(Attached“FortNegleyProcessConcerns”)?

2. DidtheProcurementOfficeconsiderSection2.24.250.A.ofthestatute?

3. HastheRFQPropertybeendeclared“surplusproperty?”

4. IstheRFQPropertynolongerneededorsuitedforitspurposes?

5. IstheRFQProperty“nolongerneeded”asapark?

6. AreGreerStadiumandassociatedstructures“nolongerneeded?”

7. IsthelandbeneathGreerStadium“nolongerneeded?”

8. WhatentityownsFortNegleyproperty?

9. WhatentityownsGreerStadiumproperty?

10. DoestheMetroParkandRecreationBoardhavelegalauthoritytocontrolwhathappenswiththisProperty?

11. WithoutconductingaBuildingConditionEngineeringReportusingacceptedEngineering

PracticesorASTMStandardMethods,howcanMetrodeemthatGreerStadiumneedstobetorndown.

12. DidtheMetroParksandRecreationBoardvote,assumingithadauthority,toofferanRFQon

theGreerStadiumsite?

13. IntheRFQ,thetitle“RehabilitateandLeaseGreerStadiumProperty”wasused.WhywastheawardgiventoanentitythatwantstoteardownGreerStadium?

14. Oncethepropertyisconsidered“surplus”and“nolongerneeded”byMetroshouldthe

PropertybetransferredtotheMetroPublicPropertyDivision(administration)perStatute2.24.250.A&B.

15. WastheMetroPublicPropertyDivisionconsultedfortheRFQprocess?

16. DidtheMetroPublicPropertyDivisionparticipateintheRFQprocess?

17. BasedontheawardingoftheRFQtoMathews,whowilldeterminetheplansubmittedis

indeedtheplanthatendsupbeingbuilt?Asanexample:Mathewsplanhaswritteninthetextthat525parkingspaceswillbe“surfaceparking”andhas8acres(38%open/greenspace).Theirdrawingsanddevelopmentplan,showsnosurfaceparking.Seeimagebelow:

18. Iftheopen/greenspacewaskeytoanydecisionsbeingmadebytheCommittee.Wedeterminetheparkingwilltakeupapproximately4.5acresofland,whichwillreducetheopen/greenspaceto3.5acres.DidtheCommitteetakethisintoaccount?

19. Seeattached“CloudHilMathewsQuestions.”PleaseprovidetheanswersgivenfromCloud

Hill?

20. AsitrelatestothemeetingthattookplaceonMay5,2017atLindseyHall(closedtothepublic“secretmeeting”),wheretwogroupsthatsubmittedtotheRFQweregiven1.5hourstopresent.(Seeattached)whoattendedthatmeeting?

21. AsitrelatestotheAdditionalQuestions,whywereallfive(5)groupsthatsubmittedtothe

RFQnotgiventheopportunitytoanswerAdditionalQuestions?(Note,NashvilleAdventureParkwastoldthattheplanswouldbeevaluatedbasedonwhatwasturnedin,ineffect,allowingtwogroupstofurtherdefinetheirplansandgive1.5hoursofadditionalcommentsgivesthemanunfairadvantagetobechosenbasedontheiroriginalsubmissionbeing“amended.”

22. IsClayBaileyanemployeeofMetroProcurementOffice?Ifnot,thenwhydidhesignin,ata

secretmeeting,asanemployeeoftheprocurementoffice?

23. WasMetroHistoricinvolvedinthedecisionmakingprocess?

24. Whatonthesiteisconsideredhistoric?IsitGreerStadium,FortNegley(fortwalls)orspecificpartsoftheparkinglot?

25. Weweretoldtherewerefive(5)peopleselectedfortheCommittee.Whenandwhywere

twomorepeopleadded?And,whowerethey?

26. Pleaseexplainwhereyouhavetherighttosell/leaseproperty.(Note:RefertotheAttached“StandardPOTermsandConditions”whichcomefromtheMetrowebsiteisonlycovers“goods”and“services.”)Wewereunabletofindwhereyoucanofferpropertyforlease.

27. WhatisthevaluationoftheGreerProperty(16+/-acres)?

28. WhatisthevaluationoftheFortNegleyProperty(5+/-acres)?

29. TheFortNegleyProcessConcernsletter,referstoTerriTroupbeingthe“buyer.”WhatisMs.

Troupbuying.SincetheRFQistitled“RehabilitateandLeaseofGreerStadiumProperty”,canMetrousea“purchasingagent”toleasethepropertyorshouldthatbedonethroughtheofficesofMetroPublicPropertyDivisionperMetroStatute?

30. TheFortNegleyProcessConcernsletter,referstothe“ParksDepartment”having“control

overGreerStadium.”Whatdoescontrolmean?PleaseprovidedocumentationforMetroParkscontrolovertheGreerStadiumsiteandtheFortNegleySite.

31. Whydidtheprocurementofficenotdefinetheactualmetesandboundsoftheproperty

beingofferedintheRFQ?

32. WhochosetheindividualsthatwereontheRFQselectionCommitteeandhowweretheychosen?

33. WeretheCommitteemembersvettedtohaveexperiencetoadequatelyunderstandthe

developmentplans,taximplicationsandcomplexitiesofthedevelopment?

34. WasthePropertyeverappraised?Ifso,whatdidthepropertyappraisefor?

35. IfthePropertywasnotappraised,howisitpossibletoconsideranyproposal,todetermineifhevalueofferedisadequatetothetaxpayersofDavidsonCounty?

36. IstheCommitteeawareoftheportionofthelawthatstatesthefollowing?

Section2.24.250–Dispositionofsurplusproperty.

A. SectionAstatesthesurplusproperty“shouldbetransferredtothecustodyofthedirectorofpublicpropertyadministration.”

B. SectionBstates“iftheassessorofpropertyvaluesthepropertyinexcessoffivehundredthousanddollars,thedirectorofpublicpropertyshallfirstobtainanindependentappraisalfroma"statecertifiedrealestateappraiser",asdefinedinTennesseeCodeAnnotatedSection62-39-102.

37. HastheCommitteefollowedthelaw?

38. Inyourresponsetothe“FortNegleyProcessConcerns”youstated#10that“DirectorofPublic

Property”hastheauthoritytoleasepropertythatis“unused.”ItappearstomethatDirectorofPublicPropertyhastheauthoritytoleasethePropertyrightnow,toanyoneitwants,pendingapprovalbyCouncil.Isthisatruestatement?

39. Section4.12.030(C),involvescompetitivebiddingtopurchaseaproductofservice,notthe

saleorleaseofproperty.Isthisatruestatement?

40. Inyourresponsetothe“FortNegleyProcessConcerns”youstated#12thatbecauseGreerisnexttoFortNegleyanyplanfordevelopmentshouldbesensitivetothehistoricportionsofthepropertyandrespectfulintermsofheightandbuildingplacement.WhydidtheRFQoranyresponsestoquestionsaskedbyproposersnotincludealistof1)sensitivehistoricareas,2)heightrestrictionsand3)buildingplacement?

41. IstheSelectedPlanallowedtosubstantiallychangetheplanatalaterdate,shouldthisbe

allowed?IsthisfairtotheotherProposers?

42. Whywasmetrocouncilnotinvolvedinanydecisionmakingprocess?43. PertainingtotheMay5,2017meeting,werethereminutes,notes,recordings,documentation

made.

44. PertainingtotheMay5,2017meeting,ifsuchrecordsweremade,aretheyavailabletothepublic.

45. Hastherebeenananalysis,byanexpertFinancialadvisororfirmoftheincomepotential

basedonalltheproposals?

46. WhatconsiderationwasgivenasitrelatestoeachplanandtheMertoParks“PlantoPlay”?

47. Whywastheselectionprocessacloseddoorprocess?

48. hatareasoftheproject“requireadesignplanthatissensitivetothehistoricportionsoftheproperty?Isitatruestatementthatnosensitivehistoricportionswereidentifiedbyyou?

49. WasCouncilmanColbySledgeinvolvedwithorparticipateintheselectionprocess?

50. Weunderstandtherewereindividualballots(scoringsheets)preparedbyeachCommittee

member.Isthisatruestatement?

51. WeunderstandtheseballotsweregiventooneCommitteemembertototaluptheresults.Isthistrue?Ifso,whowasthatCommitteemember.

52. Aretheindividualballotsavailableforviewing?

53. IfthePropertyhasnotbeensurveyedandtheexactacreageknown,howcananyProposer

claimapercentageofopen/greenspace?

54. Ifopenparkspaceisimportant,whydidn’ttheRFQlistitasarequirement?WhydidtheRFQnotdefinethetotalacreageofparkland(openparkspace)asarequirement?

55. Whydidn’ttheRFQprovideanengineeringreporttodemonstratethatGreerStadiumneeded

tobetorndown?

56. Whydidn’ttheRFQprovideinformationoftheprotectedviewshedsdesiredbyFriendsofFortNegley?

57. WhichProposersdemonstrateda“designedplanthatwassensitivetothehistoricportionsof

theProperty?”Pleaseidentifyeachone?

58. Whenvotestookplaceduringthemeetings,wereminutes,notes,orrecordsofthevoteskept?Arethesedocumentsavailableforinspection?

59. WhatdoesitmeanthataproposalAppearstoBeFullyFunded?Wasdocumentation

provided?Isthisdocumentationavailableforinspection?

60. We“protest”allthenon-answerswereceivedandthatotherProposersreceivedfromyou.Theonlinediscussionsandrepliesthatwereeitherdismissive,aloof,non-specific,orflatoutarefusaltoreply.Thismakestheplanningofthedevelopmentverydifficultornexttoimpossible.Whywereallthequestionsnotanswered?

61. WhyisthereconflictinginformationonwhethertheywanttodemolishorrehabGreer

Stadium.TheRFQsays“RehabilitationandLeaseofGreerStadium,”butademolitionreportwasincludedwithAmendment#5.Thisisconfusingandcontradictory,wearestillunclearontheobjective.Pleaseexplain?

62. Whywastherenoarcheologicalsurvey1oftheProperty?63. Inregardstothefuturetaxesontheproperty,didtheCommitteediscusstheleaseofthe

PropertywithMetroTaxAssessor?64. InregardsthethetaxtreatmenttoanyProposer:

a. Willanydeveloperchosenreceiveataxabatement?b. CantheCommitteeguaranteetherewillnotbeataxabatement?c. Willtherebe“improvementtax”(propertytaxes)onthestructuresbuiltonthesite?d. Willtherebe“propertytax”onthestructuresbuiltonthesite?e. Willtherebepropertytaxonthestructuresthatareforpublicuse?

1 WeneedtorespectthesiteitwasaCivilWarsite,andsitsonthecontrabandcamp,thehomeofthousandsofblackrefugeesduringtheCivilWarandthere’sbeenvirtuallynoarchaeologydoneatanycontrabandcampinTennesseewhichisacrucialbitofNashvilleAfricanAmericanhistory.

66. RequestforDocuments:

67. Copyofallemails,writings,documentsandcommunicationsbetweentheProcurementOfficeandMetroLegalDepartmentandanythirdparties.

68. Copyofallemails,writingsdocumentsandcommunicationsbetweentheProcurementOfficeandMeganBarry’sofficeandanythirdparties.

69. Copyofallemails,writingsdocumentsandcommunicationsbetweentheProcurementOfficeandColbySledgeandanythirdparties.

70. Copyofallemails,writingsdocumentsandcommunicationsbetweentheProcurementOfficeandthemetro’sDirectorofPublicProperty.

71. Copyofallemails,writingsdocumentsandcommunicationsbetweentheProcurementOfficeandMetroKatieDowneyandanythirdparties.

72. Copyofallemails,writingsdocumentsandcommunicationsbetweentheProcurementOfficeandMetroZakKelleyandanythirdparties.

73. Copyofallemails,writingsdocumentsandcommunicationsbetweentheProcurementOfficeandMetroRichRiebelingandanythirdparties.

74. CopyofalldeedsofrecordthatindicatethePropertyis“owned”or“controlled”byMetroParks&Recreation?ProvideallcouncilbillswhereinMetroParks&RecreationweregivenownershiporcontrolovertheProperty.

75. Copyofallballots,individualscoringsheets,notes,emails,writingsdocumentsandcommunicationsassociatedwitheachCommitteepersonscoringoftheProposersdevelopmentplansandRFQsubmittals.

76. AlldocumentsthatpertaintoandrelieduponregardingCloudHillbeingfunded.

77. AlldocumentsrelatedtoCloudHill’splanthatindicateswhereitplansonspending

$7,000,000oninfrastructure?Providethebidsandalldocumentsrelatedtotheinfrastructure.

78. AlldocumentsthatshowanyProposerswerefunded?AndthisregardwearerequestingalldocumentsthatCloudHillprovidedthatwereusedtoprovidetheCommitteeenoughinformationfortheCommitteetomakeastatementthatthe“assumed”CloudHillwas“apparentlyfunded.”

79. ThepublicroadisshowntogothroughAdventureScienceCentersleasedproperty,whataretheprovisionsbeingmadetoamendtheirleaseorgettheirpermission?

80. WebelievethesefiguresareoverstatedintheCloudHillplan.Pleaseprovideforushowthe

Committeeverifiedthesefiguresbelowarecorrect:

a. 715constructionjobs-over$20millioninconstructionwages b. $223millioneconomicoutputduringconstruction c. Afterstabilization,600permanentjobs-over$20millioninincomeannuallyfor

Nashvillehouseholds

81. DoestheCloudHillplanfundFortNegleyinanyway?

82. TheCloudHillproposalstates,“thisisaplacewhereanabandonedsiteistransformed.”Doesthecommitteedeemthissitetobeabandoned?

83. AreallthebuildingsshownonCloudHill’splanactuallyonthepropertythatwasofferedin

theRFQ?Itappearstoussomeoftheirstructuresareonprivateproperty.Weseemtothinktheyareshowingbuildingsonpropertyownedbyaprivatepropertyowner.Thebuildingsshownhaveparkinglot,andtwobuildingsonprivateproperty.Seeimagebelow:

WebelieveyouhaveadutytopreservedocumentsandinformationinyourpossessionorinyourcontrolthatisrelevanttothesubjectmatterandprocessofthisProtest.PleaseimmediatelyconfirminwritingthatyouhavepreservedanyandalldocumentsinvolvedinthisRFQ.Sincerely,NashvilleAdventurePark