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CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 12, 1987
SUBJECT Written Communication from Dublin San Ramon Services
District regarding 1987 Aquatics Program
EXHIBITS ATTACHED Letter from Paul Ryan, General Manager, Dublin San
Ramon Services District dated December 22, 1986
RECOMMENDATION Direct Staff to notify the District that the City will
be willing to assume responsibility for the 1987
Aquatics Program, provided that the Dublin San Ramon
Services District agrees to the disposition of other
District services as proposed by the Cities of Dublin
and San Ramon.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Undetermined at this time
DESCRIPTION The City has received a letter from the Dublin San
Ramon Services District indicating that it will not be providing the
necessary personnel to conduct swimming programs at the Valley Community
Swim Center for 1987 .
The District has indicated its willingness to cooperate with the City,
should the City desire to take over the Aquatics Program for this upcoming
year.
The Recreation Director has indicated that undertaking the responsibility
for an aquatics program will involve a great deal of Staff time and
planning. Further, the City has not included any funding for such a program
in the Fiscal Year 1986-87 Budget.
Despite these obstacles, it is possible that the City could assume
responsibility for this function for the upcoming swimming season. However,
since the Cities and District are still negotiating the disposition of the
services that the District provides, it would seem premature to commit to
assuming one service without resolution being reached on the outstanding
issues.
Therefore, it is Staff ' s recommendation that the City Council direct Staff
to prepare a letter to the District indicating that the City would be
willing to assume the 1987 Aquatics Program on the condition that the
District agrees to the assumption of services proposed by the Cities of
Dublin and San Ramon and presented to the District on December 16, 1986.
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COPIES TO: Jim Robinson
Paul Ryan
ITEM NO. 10
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-DUBLIN SAN RAM®N SERVIC S DISTRICT
General Offices: 7051 Dublin Boulevard • Dublin, California 94568 (415) 828-0515
December 22, 1986
CC' IVED
Mr. Richard Ambrose , City Manager DEC 2 3
City of Dublin
P. 0 . Box 2340 C.,
Dublin, CA 94568
Dear Richard:
The Board of Directors has asked me to drop you a line
expressing their concerns about the future of public
recreational aquatics in our community. In all probabil-
ity , during the next few months our liaison committees
will be meeting to work out proposed reorganizational
matters , and we want to make sure that arrangements are
made for next year' s aquatics program in ample time so
that it can be properly managed .
A few weeks ago, we informed Diane Lowart of your
staff that after December 31, the District would no longer
have the services of its Aquatics Coordinator. You may be
aware that during the past year or so , the District and
its parks personnel have been in a quandary about the
future of parks and aquatics, and half of our personnel
complement have obtained other employment because of the
uncertainties regarding who will be providing these ser-
vices.
Since the passage of Proposition 13, when the Amador
Valley Joint Union High School District ended its contrac-
tual arrangements with us for joint use of the Valley
Community Swim Center, we have been conducting summer
recreational swimming programs. The San Ramon Olympic
Pool has continued to receive financial support from the
San Ramon Valley Unified School District and private swim
clubs, which has permitted extended aquatics programs. I
am writing to you about the Valley Community Swim Center
and will be sending a similar letter to Jim Robinson about
the San Ramon Olympic Pool.
A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA o PROVIDES MUNICIPAL TYPE SERVICES TO CITIZENS OF AMADOR-LIVERMORE AND SAN RAMON VALLEYS
ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES.
Mr. Richard Ambrose, City Manager
City of Dublin December 22, 1986
The District will continue to maintain the swimming
pools as long as they are under our jurisdiction. We do
want you to know that it is not our Board ' s intention to
begin hiring or training personnel for a recreational
aquatics program in 1987. Should it appear that negotia-
tions for reorganization of parks, recreation and aquatics
services will extend beyond March 1, we would like to co-
operate with the City so that you would have ample time to
develop an aquatics program for the coming year. We feel
a timeline should be established soon because it has been
our experience that personnel recruitment needs to be
accomplished before or during the schools' spring break.
If the City is interested in developing and conducting
a community aquatics program for 1987, we will be glad to
assist in every way we can to get it off the ground.
Very truly yours,
PR: rj PAUL RYAN
General Manager
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