DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier D. Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 7
SUBJECT:
License Agreement with Mac Wylie Golf Center
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the execution of a License Agreement with Mac Wylie Golf Center for management, operations and maintenance of a Golf Driving Range at O. P. Schnabel Park for an initial three (3) year term through December 31, 2022, in the amount of $27,000.00, which includes a reduced rental amount for proposed improvements in the first year for $6,000.00, $9,000.00 the second year and $12,000.00 for remaining year(s). The License Agreement has the option for up to two (2) additional one (1) year administrative renewals. Revenue generated by this license agreement will be deposited into the General Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
As part of the 2017 Bond Program the City purchased the premises previously known as Alamo Golf Club for general park improvements and land acquisition to expand O. P. Schnabel Park. A concept plan has been developed with extensive neighborhood engagement in which the community expressed interest in continued golf driving range operations.
On March 5, 2018, the Parks and Recreation Department released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit responses from qualified respondents for the purpose of maintaining, operating and programming of the driving range at the expanded O. P. Schnabel Park. The RFQ was advertised in the San Antonio Express-News, La Prensa, the City's Bidding and Contracting opportunities website, Channel 21 TVSA, and outreach notices were sent notifying potential respondents of the RFQ. A pre-submittal conference attended by four companies was held at the driving range on March 12, 2018, to answer questions from potential respondents. The solicitation closed on April 6, 2018, and two (2) proposal responses were received and were deemed eligible for evaluation. The evaluation committee interviewed both respondents....
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