REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: AARON A. AGUIRRE, Director
Parks, After School, Recreation, and Community Services Department
EDWARD CHINEVERE, Assistant Director
Parks, After School, Recreation, and Community Services Department
BY: TOU FUE XIONG, Business Manager, Fiscal
Parks, After School, Recreation, and Community Services Department
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 12th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2024-122 to appropriate $107,500 from Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) to the Parks, After School, Recreation, and Community Services (PARCS) Department for Summer Swim (Aquatics) programming. (Citywide) (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto).
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends City Council approve the appropriation of $107,500 in funds from FUSD into the PARCS Department's fiscal year 2025 budget to be used for Summer Swim (Aquatics) programming.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The PARCS Department was awarded two contracts from FUSD totaling $350,000 to provide swim lessons and recreational swim in June and July 2024 as a part of FUSD's Expanded Learning program. Staff is seeking Council approval to appropriate $107,500 of the contract amount into the PARCS Department FY25 budget. The remaining contract amount ($242,500) was forecasted by the PARCS Department and is reflected in the adopted fiscal year 2025 budget.
BACKGROUND
FUSD and PARCS have collaborated for many years to increase access to recreation space, public pools and community programming. During the summer months, the PARCS Department provides swim lessons and recreational swim at City-owned facilities and FUSD High School pools or "Blue Spaces." Over the last several months, PARCS staff and FUSD have collaborated on agreements, schedules, recruitment of lifeguard staff at local high schools and strategies to maximize the community's access to blue space citywide.
On December 14, 2023, Council approved a resol...
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