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Review and Recommend Alameda Soccer Club Project Scope to Renovate the Tennis Courts Adjacent to the Hornet Soccer Field.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Review and Recommend Alameda Soccer Club Project Scope to Renovate the Tennis Courts Adjacent to the Hornet Soccer Field.
BACKGROUND
On July 14, 2016, the Recreation and Parks Commission approved and recommended to City Council, the Alameda Soccer Club's proposal to renovate the tennis courts that are adjacent to the Hornet Soccer Field for use as additional soccer and futsal practice area, as an amendment to the existing Hornet Soccer Field lease and with the condition that recycled tire crumb rubber not be used as an infill for synthetic turf.
On November 15, 2016, the City Council approved an amendment to Hornet Field license agreement with the Alameda Soccer Club to include the operation and maintenance of the adjacent tennis courts for additional soccer field space. This license agreement expires in February 2019.
On May 11, 2017, the Alameda Soccer Club made a report to the Commission on its progress and several Commissioners expressed concern that the project scope had expanded beyond the original approval and requested that more information be provided for review and approval on the June 8, 2017 agenda.
DISCUSSION
Since the final approval last November, the Alameda Soccer Club (ASC) board of directors have done significant work to clear the courts of all debris and weeds as well as address trees that were overhanging the fence and created a potential hazard.
Meanwhile ASC was working with the San Jose Earthquakes and the US Soccer Foundation (USSF) about potential funding of the improvements. ASC determined that synthetic turf, especially with a non-rubber crumb infill as required by the Recreation and Parks Commission, was too expensive. Their original intention was to install dona...
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