DEPARTMENT: Parks & Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier D. Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 1
SUBJECT:
Sports License Agreement with Towne & Country Optimist Little League
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the execution of a Sports License Agreement with Towne & Country Optimist Little League for use and maintenance of four (4) sports fields and concession building at Olmos Basin Park located in Council District 1 for a five year term beginning February 1, 2017, and ending January 31, 2022; no City funds are associated with this action.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Towne & Country Optimist Little League (TCOLL) have utilized sports fields at Olmos Basin Park for organized youth baseball programming for more than fifty (50) years, and has contracted with the City for use of these premises since 1970 for the benefit of nearly 400 area youth each year. In lieu of rent, TCOLL has conducted annual maintenance through a long-term Sports License Agreement and has made capital improvements to the premises. TCOLL's current Agreement is expiring and the five-year term of the new License Agreement will commence on February 1, 2017, and expire on January 31, 2022. The proposed new long-term agreement will allow for the continued use and maintenance of the fields for youth sports programming.
Under the terms of the proposed Sports License Agreement, TCOLL will have priority use of four (4) sports fields and concession building located at Olmos Basin Park, and will be permitted to operate concessions with proceeds benefiting the program. In lieu of rent, TCOLL will continue to maintain the licensed premises and construct improvements at their sole expense during the term of the Agreement.
ISSUE:
This ordinance authorizes a Sports License Agreement with Towne & Country Optimist Little League for use and maintenance of four (4) sports fields and concession building at Olmos Basin Park for a five year term beginning February 1, 2017, and ending Jan...
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