We're confident that we're going to be able to bring back an agreement before the council. We hope to bring this back next month.

We at least have an agreement to keep (ABC) on through mid-summer, and we would hope not to face the kind of situation we faced earlier this week,

We hope that we can conclude an agreement this year and with that we can have our own state by agreement, ... The decision last night was to recommit ourselves to peace as a strategic option.

In that context, your assertion that you hope to reach an agreement this week on a new agreement is ludicrous.

These are things the chamber and city have identified together, and the chamber has indicated it's confident it can reach these goals. It's about forging a stronger partnership between the city and the chamber.

The Chamber of Commerce had some concerns about two provisions of the contract. It's just something that needs to be ironed out.