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COMMITTEE: Finance and Administration
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Approval of the Joint Use Agreement between the City of Smyrna and Cobb County School Board for use of the athletic field at Smyrna Elementary School
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ISSUE:
City Staff have been working with Cobb County School District Staff to development a joint use agreement for use of the athletic field next to Smyrna Elementary School. The agreement will allow the City, our residents, and sports leagues to use the field after 6pm until dark during the weekdays of the academic school year. The City will also have use of the field between the end of each academic year and the beginning of the next academic year. The agreement will be for 5 years and shall automatically renew for an additional 5 years at the end of the first term and each subsequent term. In regards to maintenance of the property, the Board will do regular mowing of the grass and the City will assist with maintaining the trash receptacles and locking the field gates at night.
BACKGROUND:
A few years ago, the City of Smyrna and the Cobb County School Board entered into a Development Agreement whereby the City would construct a road on the City property by the school and provide areas suitable for parallel parking and the Board would construct and maintain the athletic fields on the School Property. The Development Agreement further provided that the Board would provide the City with a joint use agreement permitting the use of the School Property by the City and our residents/sports leagues subject to the Board’s use of same. The City and the Board wish to memorialize this joint use agreement. Such Agreement is authorized as an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to Article IX, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. The City Attorney has reviewed the proposed agreement.
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION:
City staff recommends approval of the joint use agreement with Cobb County...
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