Exhibit 10.5.1

 

AGREEMENT GRANTING MOORAGE, DOCKAGE,
BERTHING AND OTHER RIGHTS

 

This Agreement entered into this day by and between the City of Greenville,
Mississippi, a municipal corporation (“City”), acting by and through The City
Council of Greenville, and Cotton Club of Greenville, Inc., a Mississippi
corporation with its principal place of business in Greenville, Mississippi
(“Cotton Club”),

 

WITNESSETH:

 

1.

 

The City of Greenville, Mississippi, is a municipality in which there is
situated a harbor that is a port of entry. Further, the said City owns the
concrete wharf shown as a part of “Area 1” on the map or plat attached to
Exhibit “1” hereto, both said exhibit and said plat being attached hereto and
made a part hereof by reference. Said concrete wharf and the water fronting on
same are situated within reasonable and practical proximity to said harbor
and/or port. The City has determined that the granting to Cotton Club of
Greenville, Inc. of the rights with respect to said portion of said wharf and
the said water fronting thereon, upon the terms and conditions and with the
safeguards herein stated, is needful for the convenient use of the same in the
aid of commerce, for industrial use, and that said terms, conditions and
safeguards are such as will best promote and protect the public interest. The
terms and conditions, and the monetary moorage and user fees herein stated, have
been found by the City to be adequate and have been

 

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approved by the City in an order or resolution authorizing the same.

 

2.

 

Wherefore, premises considered, City hereby gives and grants unto Cotton Club,
upon the terms and conditions and for the consideration hereinafter set forth,
the following described moorage, dockage, berthing and other rights.

 

3.

 

Cotton Club is hereby granted and shall have, during the term hereof, the
exclusive right to moor, dock, berth, tie and/or affix a barge, barges and/or
other facilities in the operation of a gaming establishment (including related
purposes such as restaurant and beverage services), but for no other purposes,
to the portion of the City lake front described in Section A of Exhibit “1”
which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, to include the
right to affix cables, walkways, hoses and other facilities thereto, and to
exercise all of the other rights described in said Section A of Exhibit “1”.

 

4.

 

The term of this Agreement shall commence on the 1st day of April 1993, and end
at midnight on the 31st day of August, 1995. At the expiration of the original
term, Cotton Club shall have the option of three (3) additional five (5) year
option terms, to be renewed automatically, unless written notice of termination
is given to City by Cotton Club sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of
the then existing term. If Cotton Club shall

 

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permanently cease to operate a gaming establishment and removes its casino
vessel from the Greenville water front, then, subject to the provisions of
paragraph 8, this Agreement may be terminated by City upon giving 30 days
written notice to Cotton Club. Upon the termination of this Agreement, at City’s
election, any mooring dolphins installed by Cotton Club may either be and become
the sole property of City or Cotton Club may be required by City to remove same
at Cotton Club’s sole cost and expense.

 

5.

 

As moorage and user fees for the rights herein granted, Cotton Club hereby
agrees to pay City the sum of $900.00 per month payable in advance on the 1st
day of April and on the 1st day of each month thereafter during the original
term of this Agreement. Such fees for each option term hereunder shall be
subject to a cost of living increase to be based on the Consumer Price Index
using April, 1993 as the base period.

 

6.

 

As part of the consideration for this Agreement, Cotton Club may and shall
construct and install utility lines and facilities, and water and sewer lines,
to City’s specifications, on and across the City’s property described in
Section B of Exhibit “1”, and across the levee, and to connect Cotton Club’s
gaming establishment to City’s water and sewer system. Upon completion of said
water and sewer improvements and the approval thereof by City, the said water
and sewer lines shall be conveyed by Cotton Club to City at no cost, and City
agrees to thereafter maintain the same as part of

 

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its water and sewer system.

 

7.

 

Cotton Club, as a material part of the consideration herein, hereby waives all
claims against City for damages to goods, equipment or merchandise or other
items of personal property, and for injuries to persons, including death,
arising out of Cotton Club’s exercise of its rights herein granted. Cotton Club
hereby agrees to hold City exempt and harmless from any loss, damage, expense or
injury, including death, to any person, or to the goods, equipment, merchandise
or property of any person or persons arising from the exercise of the rights
herein granted by City. Cotton Club further agrees that it will at all times
during the term of this Agreement or any option term hereunder, at its own
expense, carry and maintain public liability insurance in the limits of not less
than $1,000,000.00 with City named as an additional assured therein, to protect
the City from any and all claims for personal injury, including death, and
property damage which may arise from Cotton Club’s exercise of its rights under
this Agreement. Certificates of such insurance shall be filed with City and
shall be subject to City’s approval.

 

8.

 

Cotton Club shall not assign its rights under this Agreement, or any portion
thereof, or grant moorage, dockage, berthing or other rights to any third party,
without first obtaining the written consent of City, which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld. Cotton Club hereby agrees and obligates itself in the

 

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exercise of its rights hereunder to conform to and abide by any rules,
regulations, restrictions or ordinances that are now or may hereafter be imposed
or promulgated by City, the Greenville Port Commission, and/or the Board of
Mississippi Levee Commissioners. Cotton Club further agrees that no illegal
activity will be conducted or permitted in connection with its exercise of its
rights hereunder. It is further understood and agreed that this Agreement is
made subject to any rights of way or easements of the Board of Mississippi Levee
Commissioners.

 

9.

 

Any notice(s) hereunder shall be in writing, and if to Cotton Club, shall be
addressed as follows:

 

Cotton Club of Greenville, Inc.
333 Washington Avenue
Greenville, MS 38701

 

and if to the City of Greenville, shall be addressed as follows:

 

Mayor
City of Greenville
Post Office Box 897
Greenville, MS 38702-0897

 

10.

 

It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the City gives
and grants unto Cotton Club only such interest as it has the authority to grant,
if any, and City makes no representation, guaranty or warranty whatsoever to
Cotton Club as to City’s authority with respect to the rights herein granted.

 

11.

 

Cotton Club agrees and acknowledges that, as long as Cotton Club possesses any
rights hereunder to any portion of City owned

 

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property, it will not discriminate by segregation or, otherwise, against any
person or persons because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;
also, Cotton Club shall not refuse to allow the public the use of the facilities
herein or restrict the use of the said property herein including any and all
services, privileges, accommodations, membership, and/or activities to be
conducted on the said premises to any person because of race, color, religion,
sex, or national origin.

 

EXECUTED, this the 1st day of April, 1993.

 

 

COTTON CLUB OF GREENVILLE, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew B. Walker

 

 

Matthew B. Walker, President

 

 

 

 

CITY OF GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ C. C. “Frank”

 

 

C. C. “Frank” Self, Mayor

 

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

 

PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority in and for the county
and state aforesaid, the within named Matthew B. Walker, President of COTTON
CLUB OF GREENVILLE, INC., a Mississippi corporation, who acknowledged that for
and on behalf of said corporation as its act and deed he signed and delivered
the above and foregoing Agreement on the day and year therein mentioned for the
purposes therein stated, after first being authorized so to do.

 

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL, this the 31st day of March, 1993.

 

 

/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]

 

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

 

4/1/96

 

 

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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

 

PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority in and for the county
and state aforesaid, the within named C. C. “Frank” Self, who affirmed that he
is the Mayor of the City of Greenville, Mississippi, and that in his capacity as
same, he executed the above and foregoing Agreement for the purposes therein
mentioned, he being duly authorized so to do.

 

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL, this the 1st day of April, 1993.

 

 

/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]

 

Notary Public

 

 

My Commission Expires:

 

My Commission Expires February 5, 1996

 

 

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SECTION A

 

Moorage, dockage and berthing rights upon a strip 85 feet in width on Lake
Ferguson fronting on the Greenville City wharf, the north line of said strip
being contiguous with the south line of the present lease granted by the City of
Greenville to the Greenville Yacht Club; the east line being the water’s edge of
Lake Ferguson as it rises and falls; the south line being 85 feet south of and
parallel to the aforementioned Greenville Yacht Club south lease line; and said
strip shall extend in a westerly direction into Lake Ferguson for an adequate
distance from the water’s edge of Lake Ferguson, as it rises and falls, to
properly moor, dock and/or berth the Cotton Club’s gaming casino ship, support
vessels and facilities; all as is shown as “Area 1” on the map or plat attached
hereto and made a part hereof by reference as if fully set out herein.

 

AND ALSO:

 

The grant by the City of Greenville to Cotton Club of the right and permission
to construct, attach and maintain one or more suitable ingress and egress
bridges, or ramps, and utility lines and facilities, between Cotton Club’s
floating facilities and the Greenville City wharf, as is indicated generally on
said map or plat, and labeled “Bridge”, although it is understood and agreed
that the location, size and configuration of any such bridge or bridges and/or
utility lines and facilities as actually to be constructed are not intended to
be shown by said map or plat and are indicated thereon for purposes of
illustration only.

 

AND ALSO:

 

The grant by the City of Greenville to Cotton Club of the right to construct,
install and maintain mooring dolphins as is generally shown on said map or plat,
although it is understood and agreed that the location, size and configuration
of any such dolphins as actually constructed are not intended to be shown by
said map or plat and the dolphins indicated thereon are for purposes of
illustration only.

 

SECTION B

 

A tract of land 210 feet wide, the south line of which shall be the north edge
of the paved City wharf, the east line of which is the west edge of the access
concrete sidewalk into Schelben Park, the north line of which is 210 feet north
of and parallel to the north edge of the concrete City wharf, and the west line
of which is the water’s edge of lake Ferguson, as it rises and falls, said tract
of land being shown as “Area 2” on the map or plat attached hereto and made a
part hereof by reference as if fully set out herein.

 

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