Title
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Joint Use Agreement with Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) for the Operation and Maintenance of the District Swimming Pools. (Recreation and Parks 280)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Joint Use Agreement with Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) for the Operation and Maintenance of the District Swimming Pools
BACKGROUND
The City and the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) jointly operate the Emma Hood and Encinal Swim Centers. The arrangement was first formalized into a joint use agreement in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12. This joint use agreement stipulates a cost sharing for the pools' operation and maintenance with each agency assuming 50% of the costs.
Emma Hood and Encinal Swim Centers serve the high school swimming, water polo and diving teams, numerous youth and adult community aquatics teams and are the only locations for Recreation and Parks Department swimming classes, recreation swim and other aquatic programming.
Under the existing joint use agreement, and even many years prior to the agreement, the City has been responsible for performing all ongoing maintenance including custodial, equipment repair and maintenance. This is managed through City part-time employees and outside contracts. The District has been responsible for performing all major capital repairs and improvements as well as paying all utilities. These expenses are then reconciled annually such that each agency pays no more than 1/2 of the overall expenses.
In June 2016, the fully renovated Encinal Swim Center opened to the public with a new competition pool for swimming, water polo and diving. The City provided $750,000 toward the renovation as part of an agreement between the City, AUSD and the Alameda Housing Authority. These funds were allocated from the Recreation Fund, ...
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