However, it also stated that the termination was not being done to “achieve lower payments from IOC Davenport to the city.”

The letter is the second from Isle to take issue with Davenport entering into a new development agreement with Edelson. In November, Isle officials said they would cooperate on the sale of its interest in Davenport’s gaming license only if the size of a new investment is at least $139 million, significantly higher than the $75 million proposed by MSEG LLC.

Later in the year, a letter signed by Mayor Bill Gluba and all 10 Davenport aldermen asked the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to grant only a temporary or conditional operating license to Isle of Capri Inc. in an effort to speed up negotiations between the Isle and prospective new casino operator MSEG LLC.

The letter claimed the Isle’s lack of investment was costing nonprofit groups, city government and the state millions of dollars a year in lost revenue, adding that Isle should be compelled to explain its lack of investment in Davenport, as it pursued hundreds of millions of dollars in investments in other Iowa communities and communities in other states.

Isle officials would not comment further on the subject.