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EXHIBIT A INTERIM AGREEMENT This Interim Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into as of , 2026 (the "Effective Date") by and between the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (the "City"), and RHM Developers, LLC ("Developer"), an affiliate of Ripley Heatwole Company, Inc. ("RHC"). The City and the Developer are referred to individually as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties". Recitals A. On December 14, 2010, the City adopted Guidelines of the City of Portsmouth (the "Guidelines') for the implementation of the Public -Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002, Va. Code 56-571.1 et seq. (the "PPEA"). B. On June 27, 2025 the RHC, on behalf of the Developer, submitted an unsolicited proposal under the Guidelines and the PPEA (the "Initial Proposal" and, as modified and supplemented by that certain correspondence from Daniel B. Heatwole to Steven Carter dated April 21, 2026, the "Proposal") for the design and construction of (a) a new City Hall building, (b) a new public parking garage, and (c) additional related improvements, all to be located at 220 County Street (the "Site") (the "Project"). C. The City issued a preliminary acceptance of the Initial Proposal for purposes of publication and conceptual phase consideration on September 23, 2025. In accordance with the Guidelines and the PPEA, the City then advertised for competing proposals from September 25, 2025 through December 2, 2025. No competing proposals were received. D. The City has determined that the Proposal would be advantageous to the City for design and possible construction of the Project, and the City has further determined that it would be advantageous given the probable scope, complexity and urgency of the Project, and the merits of risk -sharing and the potential for added value, to proceed with the proposed design of the Project by the Developer under the PPEA, to the extent provided in this Agreement. E. The Parties have negotiated this Agreement consistent with the PPEA, other applicable law, the Guidelines, the Proposal, and discussions between representatives of the City and the Developer. F. The parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement will function as the Interim Agreement for the purposes of this Project. Any work on, or obligation in furtherance of, the Project beyond the Interim Agreement shall be subject to the Parties' agreement upon the terms, and mutual execution, of a Comprehensive Agreement. The City Council of the City must approve any proposed Comprehensive Agreement prior to execution and the undertaking of any liability by the City thereunder.