REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 3, 2016
FROM: MANUEL A. MOLLINEDO, Director
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
BY: TONY HERNANDEZ, Parks Manager
KAREN M. NORRIS, Administrative Manager
DIANE PRINTZ-WHITE, Management Analyst II
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
SUBJECT
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Award a concession agreement for the operation and maintenance of Camp Fresno and Camp Fresno Jr. at Dinkey Creek, California, to Jarrod and Jennifer Deaver (RFP File 9356)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council award a concession agreement to Jarrod and Jennifer Deaver and authorize the PARCS Director or designee to execute the concession agreement to operate and maintain Camp Fresno and Camp Fresno Jr. for a period of three (3) years, with up to two (2) one-year extensions, substantially in the form included with the Request for Proposal (RFP).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department (PARCS) has contracted the operation and maintenance of Camp Fresno and Camp Fresno Jr. for the past 32 years. A Request for Proposals was advertised on January 8, 2016. On January 26, 2016 one proposal was received. The proposers, Jarrod and Jennifer Deaver, have the experience and meet the criteria specified in the proposal and staff recommends awarding the concession agreement to the Deavers for the operation and maintenance of Camp Fresno and Camp Fresno Jr. for a three-year term.
BACKGROUND
Camp Fresno is a municipal mountain campground approximately 45 miles northeast of Fresno. The City of Fresno obtained a Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forestry Department on May 28, 1926, for approximately 34 acres of land along Dinkey Creek, and opened the area two years later as a municipal campsite. Over the next forty years, over 70 permanent and temporary structures were built on the site. Camp Fresno co...
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