APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2016-17 CAMELBACK RANCH - GLENDALE CAPITAL REPAIRS/REPLACEMENT PROGRAM; AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPEND FUNDS TO REIMBURSE CAMELBACK SPRING TRAINING, LLC, FOR CAPITAL REPAIRS MADE AT CAMELBACK RANCH - GLENDALE IN FISCAL YEAR 2016-17
Staff Contact: Jack Friedline, Director, Public Works
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Camelback Ranch - Glendale spring training facility Capital Repairs/ Replacement (CRR) Program, and to authorize the City Manager to expend funds to reimburse Camelback Spring Training, LLC, to pay for the identified capital repairs as they are completed throughout the fiscal year, in an amount not to exceed $836,752 in FY 2016-17. The attached CRR Program represents the best efforts of the City of Glendale and Camelback Spring Training, LLC, to predict the highest priority of items to be addressed in FY 2016-17. There may be on occasion unscheduled repairs that could arise that would take priority over, or change the priorities of the attached list.
Background
The City of Glendale is the owner of the Camelback Ranch - Glendale spring training facility located at 10710 West Camelback Road. This state-of-the-art baseball facility is the spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox. It is located on 125 acres at 111th Avenue west of the loop 101 between Camelback Road and Glendale Avenue. The facility opened in 2009.
The Management and Lease Agreement calls for the city to fund a CRR Program for the city-owned spring training facility. The costs for implementing a CRR Program is the responsibility of the City of Glendale and the costs for operating and basic maintenance of the facility is the responsibility of Camelback Spring Training, LLC.
Some of the projects in the FY 2016-17 CRR Program include: replacement of Chicago White Sox fields 1 & 2 for approximately $350,00...
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