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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Two Use Agreements with the Alameda Soccer Club for the Alameda Point Soccer Fields on Lexington Street for a Term of Ten Years with an Option to Extend the Term for Ten More Years and the Hornet Soccer Field for a Term of Five Years, Subject to the City's Right to Terminate the Agreement at Its Discretion; and
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Use Agreements with the Alameda Soccer Club for the Alameda Point Field and the Hornet Field at Enterprise Park. (Recreation and Parks 280)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Since 2012, the City of Alameda (City) has partnered with the Alameda Soccer Club (ASC) to operate and maintain the four soccer fields at Alameda Point field (AP field) and the Hornet field at Enterprise Park. This is a successful collaboration in which ASC maintains and improves the fields at no cost to the City and provides soccer leagues, clinics and camps for hundreds of youth each year. ASC requested a longer agreement term to provide opportunities for grant and donor funding to invest in significant capital improvements at the AP field. The proposed AP Field agreement has a 10-year term with an option for an additional 10 years. Because the Hornet Field is within public trust lands, City Council must make certain findings in order to approve the Use Agreement for that field, the term of the Agreement is limited to five years, and the City retains the right to terminate the Agreement at its discretion.
BACKGROUND
The City collaborates with ASC on its fields to provide soccer opportunities to Alameda youth. The City currently has two leases with ASC for the use, operation and maintenance of the AP Fields and Hornet Field in Enterprise Park. This has been a successful partnership that allows ASC to use these fields for hundreds of youth participants while also eliminating the City's financial burden to ...
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