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Exhibit A COOPERATION AGREEMENT (EDA — City of Portsmouth — Victory Area) THIS COOPERATION AGREEMENT (this "Cooperation Agreement ") is entered into as of this — day of , 2019, by and between CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of Virginia ( "City "), and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, a duly organized and existing body corporate and politic constituting a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia ( "EDA "). RECITALS WHEREAS, EDA is duly established pursuant to the Virginia Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act (the "Act "), Chapter 49, Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended (the "Virginia Code "); WHEREAS, EDA is empowered under the Act to cooperate with City in actions taken for the purpose of promoting economic development and the commerce, safety, health, welfare, convenience or prosperity of citizens of Virginia within EDA's area of operation (which in EDA's case includes the territorial boundaries of City); WHEREAS, EDA and City, in connection with other public and private efforts, are vitally concerned with the attraction and retention of new businesses; WHEREAS, EDA and City entered into that certain Cooperation Agreement dated December 11, 2018 (the "Initial Cooperation Agreement "), for the purpose of providing funds from City to EDA so EDA could acquire certain property from Victory Crossing Developers II, LLC (the "Property "); WHEREAS, under the Initial Cooperation Agreement EDA and City agreed to assist each other with the issuance of revenue bonds by EDA, the proceeds of which would be used to repay the loan referenced in the Initial Cooperation Agreement; WHEREAS, EDA has determined that it is advisable to issue its Revenue Note (City of Portsmouth Project), Series 2019 (the "Note "), in a principal amount of $5,275,000 and use the proceeds of the Note to finance the acquisition of the Property and the cost of issuing the Note, WHEREAS, EDA will issue the Note under a Financing Agreement dated as of 1, 2019 (the "Financing Agreement "), between EDA, City and [ ("Lender"); WHEREAS, as to be provided in the Financing Agreement, the Note will be payable first from funds of EDA and then from payments made by City under this Cooperation Agreement;