REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Colony Landscape and Maintenance, Inc. for Thatch Removal and Related Services at the Youth Soccer Park and Approve Related Budget Amendments
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara (City) owns the Youth Soccer Park (YSP) located at 5020 Stars and Stripes Drive, adjacent to Levi's Stadium. The facility consists of three fields, as summarized in Table 1 below (see Attachment 1 for the Location Map). The YSP also includes 15 dugouts, a player field building, and a maintenance service building.
Table 1: Youth Soccer Park Field Summary
Field(s)
Turf Type
Approximate Total Square Footage
Field #1 and Field #3
Natural
218,000
Field #2
Artificial
104,000
On December 16, 2025 (RTC# 25-1667), the City Council approved a License Agreement (NFL License) between the City and NFL Enterprises, LLC (NFL) for use of the YSP, its facilities, and adjacent parking lots in support of Super Bowl LX operations. Under the terms of the License Agreement, the NFL agreed to facilitate certain field improvement work, as more particularly described in Exhibit B of the NFL License, which includes replacing the natural turf and installing and adjusting new irrigation heads for Fields #1 and #3 to grade (collectively, ("Field Improvement Work"), as well as paying the City for the cost of replacing fifteen existing dugouts at YSP up to the estimated total cost of $64,000.
DISCUSSION
In accordance with the terms of the NFL License, the NFL shall cause Colony Landscape & Maintenance, Inc. (Colony) to complete the Field Improvement Work. As planning for the turf replacement progressed, it was determined that removing the underlying thatch layer prior to installation would help optimize field performance and support achieving the upper end of the expected lifespan. The useful life of natural turf fields is typically 8 to 15 years, depending on the quality of the underlying construction and th...
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