REPORT TO COUNCIL
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Action on an Agreement Between the Santa Clara Unified School District and the City of Santa Clara Pertaining to the Operation, Maintenance and Improvement for Public Recreational Purposes of Buildings and Open Space Areas at Cabrillo Middle School
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COUNCIL PILLARS
Enhance Community Sports, Recreational and Arts Assets
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
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BACKGROUND
On May 13, 1987, the City entered into a Lease Agreement ("Agreement") with the Santa Clara Unified School District ("District") to construct, operate and maintain a Youth Activity Center ("YAC") on a portion of the campus of Cabrillo Intermediate School (now known as Cabrillo Middle School). In the Agreement, the City agreed to pay the District the sum of one dollar per year ($1) for the lease of the site and to assume responsibility for the cost of the YAC improvements ("Improvements"). In exchange, the District agreed to allow the City to utilize the facility at no cost when not in use by the District for an initial period of thirty-five years. The parties, by mutual consent, could extend the Agreement for successive five-year periods with the same terms and conditions outlined in the original agreement provided that the total term, and any extension thereof, did not exceed ninety-nine (99) years (Attachment 1). At the end of the initial term (or any successive extension) use, operation and maintenance of the Improvements would revert to the District.
The initial term of the lease agreement is set to expire on May 13, 2022. In November, 2021, District representatives notified the City of their interest to amend the terms and conditions of the Agreement. The attached Agreement represents the culmination of negotiations that have occurred since November with respect to a new agreement for continued joint use of the YAC, the Teen Center and Skate Park located on the Cabrillo Middle School Campus.
DISCUSSION
The City...
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