The draft contract between the City of Roanoke and Deschutes Brewery Inc. are included in the agenda for Monday’s city council meeting and public hearing on the proposed contract.

Deschutes and the City have a draft proposal, dated April 7th, that would create a promissory note for Deschutes to pay $2.75 million for property on Blue Hills Drive.

In order to make good on buying the property, Deschutes must start construction no later than June of 2019. It must also invest at least $55 million dollars in building the facility and have at least 70 full time workers.

That is less than what was announced last month but Deschutes is still projecting to have more than 100 workers when it starts making beer in 2021. It says it will have more than 150 employees by 2025, including ten tour guides, according to a proposal included in the agenda documents. Other jobs include production and packaging. The proposal estimates a total of $95 million to build the facility.

As part the deal, $3 million will be given to the City to give to Deschutes from the Commonwealth Opportunity Fund. Deschutes can also apply for fifty percent reimbursement on property and tool taxes for four consecutive years, up to $1.5 million.

By 2025, Deschutes hopes make 330,000 barrels of bear each year.

Eventually, it wants to expand further and make a million barrels of beer each year and export to Europe. Part of the contract stipulates that the City must continue “good-faith” negotiations to acquire seven adjacent parcels next to the Blue Hills Drive location for possible Deschutes expansion.