Speaker 1: Is the recommendation to authorize the city manager to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Army Unified School District concerning a new city of Alameda Aquatic Facility.
Speaker 4: Good evening, Mayor Council Amy Wooldridge, Interim Assistant City Manager and Recreation and Parks Director. So in February, a quick background. In February 2019, the County Health Department, an environmental account sorry, Alameda County Department of Environmental Health informed the school district and then the city subsequently that Amador Swim Center would be closed for a public health and safety reasons. As of May 31st, 2019, we've been working well within with an ad hoc committee. There's been a lot of collaborative work up to this point. We have received written confirmation from the county that they will allow the district and city to keep the pool open after short term repairs are made. Those repairs will be made by the school district this summer with the hope to reopen it for the school year. And the county also requires certain time, timelines and milestones be provided to them by June 30th. And this is all in the form of this memo. You before you tonight, regardless of what happens, the county is also informed us that L.A. Swim Center will close by May 2022. So we have a few years to work through and toward the goal of a city aquatics center to try and identify funding and work through construction design and things like that. But regardless of how that process goes and which swim center would be closed by May 2022. What you have in front of you in terms of the memorandum of understanding. And the main point to that memo, you I want to point out that really this m02 is serving to provide deal points for that have been that for an agreed upon new city aquatic facility. It doesn't include specific points on property agreement that that will come to you in a future meeting. And there's current negotiations happening, but both with the Board of Education and the City Council, and the intent is to have a final property agreement no later than December 2019. Some of the primary issues in the MRU, one is the schedule and so it outlines. I'm not going to go into it in detail now, but it does outline specific milestones and deadlines for those milestones and all of those really we don't have to check in with the county on each of those milestones. It's really intended to keep us being the city and the school district on track to get a new aquatic facility started by May 2022. In terms of funding and management, the goal of this, the responsibility would be for the city to manage all aspects of design and construction of a new aquatic center with a host serving as a core stakeholder, mainly to make sure that the facility complies with the regulations they need for it to be a competitive school facility. The city will be responsible to fund the design and construction, with AOC really providing political or letters of support or any other type of support that they could provide toward that funding effort. And funding could include an infrastructure bond. It could be a capital campaign or a combination of all of the above. The city's also, per this, MRU, responsible to demolish the existing facility as part of the construction and rebuild. If if we in the long run determine that moving some tennis of the adjacent tennis courts is required, then we would be required to pay for demolition of those and move those facilities. So there's no loss of us of athletic facilities at the Alameda High School. Lastly, not quite. Lastly, but a city will manage all operations and maintenance as well for the new aquatic facility. And then if it's on a U.S. property such as at the existing site at Almeda High School, the Alameda High School Aquatic Teams and any future P.E. classes would have priority scheduling and would have guaranteed use hours equivalent to 2019 use. So we would basically work to make sure they don't get at least less than what they're currently receiving. In addition, the city would waive fees for all Alameda High School aquatic teams for their practices, games and one weekend tournament per team per season. That's standard of what they're hosting now. They host most of them. Those teams host a second tournament per season that is generally paid for the fee. The fees are paid for by the league, so we don't want to lose funds and recoup as much as we can. So any. It's written that any things sponsored by the league or by or tournaments that are intended as fundraising that would still pay the city fees per our annual fee schedule. In addition, the city would retain rights to all concessions. So this is before you tonight. It's going to the same M.O. you was going before the Board of Education next Tuesday on June 25th, again with the goal to then turn it around quickly to Alameda County by the end of the month on June 30th. So with that, I'm open to any questions.
Speaker 0: Council Are there any questions about the staff? Court And do we have any speakers on this item? No speakers. Any questions? Comments. Councilmember Vela.
Speaker 4: Trump.
Speaker 0: Are we do. Do we know if we have? She didn't.
Speaker 1: Say she was.
Speaker 4: Dropped again.
Speaker 0: Okay, um.
Speaker 3: I just have a quick. Yeah. Okay. So on page six, that should be 8 to 10, right? 14 city.
Speaker 0: And you're looking at page six of the menu, correct?
Speaker 3: Uh, actually, there might be a small table on I.
Speaker 5: Right. Thank you.
Speaker 4: Sorry. You know, it's a it's 8.9. And then to the bottom of page five is 8.8 and then the top of page six is 8.9.
Speaker 3: And then it says like 8.7 or and city council approval. Is that a separate. Separate paragraph.
Speaker 4: I was kind of. Oh, I see.
Speaker 0: So it doesn't match the paragraph.
Speaker 4: Right. I see. Yeah, you're right. That should be a next point. Ten. Okay. So that was a track change. Yeah. Okay, we'll make the adjustment.
Speaker 0: Okay.
Speaker 3: I think that's minor, right?
Speaker 0: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know. That's. There's still qualifiers is. Yeah. That was not a major modification. Councilmember Val, I was asking if you had any questions or comments on this proposed MRU.
Speaker 5: I do not.
Speaker 0: Okay with that. Do I have a motion to authorize city manager to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Armory Unified School District concerning a new city of Alameda Aquatic Facility? Council Member DE So.
Speaker 6: I'd like to make that motion, but with a quick acknowledgment and thanks to Vice Mayor John Knox, white mayor as he Ashcraft and board school board members. Daley and I believe Gray Harris in working with our staff and their staff in getting rapidly to this to this where we are today. A lot of things had happened over the past four weeks, and there's a lot more work to do. But I think kudos ought to be made at the number of hurdles and discussions that are taking place. I just want to say thank you very much for you guys.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And I would also like to really acknowledge and thank let's see, recreation parks director, acting assistant city manager Amy Wooldridge for her very skillful leadership throughout this. And Vice Mayor Knox White did a nice job of bringing the kind of cool user community from outside the schools together behind this. So. And did you make the motion? Okay, so we have a motion. Do we have a second? Second? I have a motion by Councilman Addison, second by the vice mayor and then a roll call vote.
Speaker 1: Council member state said yes. Not quite. Yes, yes. Bella. Yes. Mayor, as he Ashcraft.
Speaker 0: Yes.
Speaker 1: So that carries by unanimous.
Speaker 0: Okay. Yes. Thanks, Mayor.
Speaker 2: Give my thanks to the swim community. I think they really rallied together to work as a part of the process and help this move helped move this forward. And, you know, I'm not going to try to no poor plans tonight, but also school district staff I think can stay out of the everybody is really worked hard and fast on this issue. So thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, everyone. Thanks so much. Okay. This is the part where we do the fancy footwork and we move from item six be to, let's see, I don't need to adjourn anything right now.
Speaker 1: Just recess. Okay.
Speaker 0: Oh, recess. That's right. Just like it says. So at this time, I'm calling a recess. Don't go anywhere. And we will now hear the joint city council successor agency to the Community Improvement Commission meeting, which is over on page, bottom of page five of your agenda and top of page six. So we need to do a roll call, correct? Oh, please, you ask.
Speaker 2: I just want to let our new board members and committee members know that there's no rudeness. So you don't have to sit through this whole meeting if you choose to leave. I saw quite a few of them turn back and I just want to make sure they know that.
Speaker 0: You can stay as long. Well, to all of the public, this is not mandatory. But yes, you can stay as long as you like. Okay. Thank you for noting that. So then in a moment, we'll we'll take a roll call, I believe. Yes.
Speaker 1: Council member commission members decide.
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Alameda Unified School District Concerning a New City of Alameda Aquatic Facility. (Recreation 280)