Sorry Smokin Gun and Bear Down, I was sitting right there listening to the whole presentation.   As a gentlemen said to the council why are we paying a premuim to the church to buy the property ?  You would think that the council would have had more than one question concerning a purchase and deal like this.  The decision has been made and we'll just sit back and see what happens in regards to costs and use. Showing the projected look of the addition should of been available to the citizens prior to the final decision  vote, so why was there such a delay ?  I'm not sure but I think 45M means 45,000.00

Complete secrecy to the citizens, then a real short justification, and then let's vote.  That seems to be real shakey way to do a 3/4 million dollars plus deal.Was there a problem of showing to the media the proposed project if all parties come agreement?  Where was the quote 80M per acre appraisal justifying the purchase price.  I have get to the airport, so work on these questions and maybe more sense can be made of this project.  By the way I wonder if there is a better site plan for the property use than parking lot location priority one.  I question 2 soccer fields and a few paths with play areas in 10 acres.  Maybe relocating the parking area would give the rec. dept. more bang for the dollar.

Bingo, we have our problem!

Tell us, if the church is making a profit of 45M, what are they being paid by the city and what is the church's cost to acquire the property? If you were sitting right there, it should be no trouble, right?

Newsflash: Fearmongering by azcarcarrier turns out to be wildly inaccurate. The front page article shows that the profit will be about $2,700 per acre, or $27,000 total. Turns out azcarcarrier's figure was off by $44,973,000.

To answer the original question, yes, I think that's OK.

I'm not entirely sure about the $27,000 profit either. 85239 didn't report the actual cost for the church to acquire, so there may be no profit at all.

I would agree about the parking lot, if the church had their own.  Good luck trying to park there on a Sunday.  You should be in church and not at the park, anyway. 

A buidling that we can use 'at the discretion of the church'. 

I'm critical of government...always have been.  But in this case there is protocol to follow.  You do not discuss things like this on internet forums without placing in front of the council first.  I own a dry cleaning business here in town.  If my cashier were to discuss potential business changes with customers before discussing them with me, I'd be wrong.  As the owner, she can present ideas to me and then I give her direction to sample customers or we take action and move forward.  To allege that this is a back room deal is absurd.  The facts are there.  This is a good deal for the city and it's residents.  And I can tell you that land on Porter Road is very expsensive.  A leasing agent for Shea Properties, the WalMart center informed me that a project just closed at $6 per square foot at Bowlin and Porter, which is roughly $275,000 per acre.   This property is just about a 0.75 miles south of the park.