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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3b - AUSD Donation'. GQ�LIFORN —�9 F mco�oo.aica Au6usf 5, 1903 STAFF REPORT Recreation and Community Services Department DATE: December 16, 2014 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Sara Somogyi, Director of Recreation and Community Services SUBJECT: DONATION OF $12,500 TO THE ARCADIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT Recommendation: Approve SUMMARY The Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) and the City of Arcadia have a long history of working together for the benefit of the Arcadia community. Recently, the City Council directed staff consider a donation to help complete the renovations to the Arcadia High School Baseball Field and to purchase equipment to help maintain the field in the future. The amount of the donation requested is $12,500. DISCUSSION Renovations costing $50,000 were recently made to the Arcadia High School Baseball Field. Donations from the community were made to cover majority of the cost of the project. There is approximately $25,000 in additional work and equipment to complete the entire project. AUSD would like the City of Arcadia to split the additional cost of the project, $12,500 each. The donation would cover a repair to the synthetic turf in the dugouts, replacing safety pads, extending a fence line and fixing the batting cage nets as well as purchasing a John Deere refurbished lawn rake. These items will improve the conditions at the public sports field and will enable the facility to be better maintained going forward, both of which will be a benefit to the Arcadia community by providing safer and more attractive grounds. FISCAL IMPACT This is not a budgeted item for the Fiscal Year 2014 -15 Budget. If approved, the City Council would need to appropriate funds from the General Fund in an amount of $12,500 for the donation. AUSD Baseball Field Donation December 16, 2014 Page 2 of 2 RECOMMENDATION It is recommended the City Council approve a budget appropriation in an amount of $12,500 from the General Fund for a donation to the AUSD for the Arcadia High School Baseball Field improvements and equipment. Approved. DOrrlirlio Laz�are�t� City Manager