DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Amendment to the Softball Lease and Management Agreement with San Antonio Amateur Softball Association
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes Amendment No. 2 to the Softball Lease and Management Agreement with San Antonio Softball Association to incorporate food and beverage concessions and implement other minor contract changes.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City is a party to a Softball Lease and Management Agreement with the San Antonio Amateur Softball Association (SAASA), a non-profit organization established in 1959 and the local affiliate of the Amateur Softball Association of America. Under the terms of this Agreement, which commenced in the summer of 2012, SAASA is responsible for the operation, management and maintenance of the City's Class A softball complexes and adult softball program. The complexes are Kennedy Softball Complex in Kennedy Park, Koger Stokes Softball Complex in San Pedro Springs Park and Alva Jo Fischer Softball Complex in Lady Bird Johnson Park.
SAASA has provided food and beverage concessions at the softball complexes for many years; since 1975 at Alva Jo Fischer, 1981 at Kennedy, and 1992 at Koger Stokes. The term of the current concession agreement ends on December 31, 2013, and the proposed amendment will begin on January 1, 2014.
Incorporating the concessions functions into the existing Softball Lease and Management Agreement is recommended to provide for seamless and integrated operations at the complexes. Revenue from concessions will further support SAASA's obligations to operate, manage and maintain these City complexes to provide quality public recreational activities.
The agreement allows the City's Parks and Recreation Department to utilize the complexes for its youth softball program in the summer and fall of 2012. By mutual agreement, the City has continued...
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