REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 19, 2015
FROM: MANUEL A. MOLLINEDO, Director
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services
BY: SHAUN SCHAEFER, Community Recreation Supervisor II
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services
SUBJECT
Title
Approval of a three year agreement with Baptist Temple Church for lead agency responsibility for recreational programming at Granny's Park (Council District 7)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached agreement for lead agency operation of a neighborhood center with Baptist Temple Church, a community based organization (CBO) for Granny's Park, and authorize PARCS Director to sign the agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Under the terms of the agreement, Baptist Temple Church ("Church") will operate Granny's Park for three years. This agreement will allow Baptist Temple Church to provide services to the Granny's Park community by giving them access to the modular building on site through 2018. The Granny's Park service agreement gives permission to the Church to utilize the modular building located in the park in exchange for providing recreational programs to the community between the hours of 3 to 7 p.m. Monday thru Friday. The Church will provide programming in the areas of recreation, leadership, arts and crafts, physical fitness, tutoring, and sports.
The Church will also provide social service programming. Social service programs will include computer literacy, family enrichment, senior activities and vocational development for community participants. The Church will provide community partners with expertise in social service development for both individuals and families. Some programs will be offered outside of normal operational hours. The PARCS Department recommends that this agreement continue through November 30, 2018.
BACKGROUND
The Community Science Program operated its Science Workshop out of Grann...
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