RESOLUTION NO. R17-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH 3G ARCHERY INCORPORATED FOR THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8181 W. BETHANY HOME ROAD, GLENDALE, ARIZONA.
Staff Contact: Erik Strunk, Director, Public Facilities, Recreation and Special Events
Purpose and Recommended Action
This is a request for the City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a license agreement with 3G Archery Incorporated for the purpose of providing year-round archery programming at the Heroes Regional Park Archery Range. The term of this proposed license agreement would initially be for a two-year period, with administrative options to renew for up to four additional, one-year periods.
Background
In 2014, the City Council reviewed and discussed a Council Item of Special Interest regarding the possible construction of an archery range at Heroes Regional Park, which is a partially-developed 87-acre park located at 83rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road. As a result, the City Council provided direction to staff to pursue the construction of the archery range as long as there was community interest and support via financial, material and volunteer labor donations; its addition would not impede or take away from the eventual build-out of the park as envisioned; it could be completed within a reasonable time frame; and the overall management of the facility would be operated by an outside, qualified, professional archery organization.
Since that time, the range was successfully constructed with public support and officially opened in October 2016. In further keeping with Council direction, a request for proposal (RFP) for its management was issued on two separate occasions - in December 2015 and July 2016. Both solicitations resulted in no responses, which provided the City the option to administratively disc...
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