REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 3 to the Facility Use Agreement between Santa Clara Swim Club, Inc. and the City of Santa Clara to address COVID19 Impacts to Programs & Revenue
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Sports, Recreational and Arts Assets
BACKGROUND
The Parks & Recreation Department operates and maintains the George F. Haines, International Swim Center (ISC) in Central Park. The ISC consists of a 23-lane racing pool (short course), a six-lane diving well, a six-lane training pool, and support facilities and amenities. The City operates programs at the ISC year-round for lap swim, seasonal recreation swim, learn to swim, and water exercise. The ISC is also home to the Santa Clara Swim Club (Club) since 1980 by a facility use permit (Attachment 1) in return for a monthly per swimmer fee of $21. The fee was increased in 1982 to $27 per swimmer in Amendment No. 1 (Attachment 2). On August 17, 2010, the City and Club agreed to a comprehensive update of terms in Amendment No. 2 (Attachment 3) and set an annual fee of $20,000 for use of the ISC.
In March 2020, the global coronavirus pandemic and State and County Health Orders shut down non-essential business activities including the Club. As health and safety protocols and updated State and County Orders have allowed, the City has worked with the Club to permit some operations and activities to resume under restrictions, but not without significant disruptions in services, added cost to implement protocols, lower participation rates and a corresponding reductions in revenue.
DISCUSSION
Since March of 2020, the City has worked with the Club to assess and address the impacts of the pandemic on Club operations and programs at the ISC, implement required Health and Safety Protocols, and to restore services and activities for the Club to the extent permitted. However, the Club was unable to use the ISC for 156 days, or 43% of the year in 2020. This caused significant revenue...
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