Title
Recommendation to Authorize the Warriors, Good Tidings Foundation, Aquafina, and Alameda Theatre and Cineplex Logos on the Washington Park Outdoor Basketball Courts. (Recreation and Parks 5120)
Body
To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the Warriors, Good Tidings Foundation, Aquafina, and Alameda Theatre and Cineplex Logos on the Washington Park Outdoor Basketball Courts.
BACKGROUND
The two outdoor basketball courts at Washington Park were recently chosen for a renovation project through the Warriors Community Foundation. This project is fully funded by a collaboration of the Warriors Community Foundation with Aquafina as their corporate partner and the Good Tidings Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization that builds and renovates youth athletic facilities in low-income areas. The Alameda Theatre and Cineplex initiated this project when it took donations for the Warriors Community Foundation during its showing of the 2016 NBA Finals and subsequently worked with the Warriors Community Foundation and Alameda Recreation and Parks Department to ensure that these donations remained in the city of Alameda.
All work is done in-kind and managed by the Good Tidings Foundation, which directly contracts the work. The value of this renovation project is $90,000. The work includes demolition of the existing asphalt and basketball posts; resurfacing the asphalt with a 2" overlay and new redwood header board; applying acrylic surfacing and sealant to the new courts; and installing four NBA Plexiglas hoop systems.
DISCUSSION
The Washington Park Basketball Court renovation project provides a much needed overhaul for this basketball court that is heavily used by the community. All expenses are paid directly by the Good Tidings Foundation with no funding required by the city.
The only requirement of this funding is to stripe logs on the...
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