DATE: March 12, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
HARD Board of Directors
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
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Joint Work Session with Hayward City Council and Hayward Area Recreation and Park District Board of Directors
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council and Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD) Board of Directors receive reports from City and HARD staff.
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SUMMARY
On April 24, 2023, staff from HARD and the City worked with CivicMakers, a consultant agency, to facilitate a Joint Session between the HARD Board and the Hayward City Council. Key themes discussed at the Joint Session included: communication and collaboration; ensuring equitable access to parks and resources; and determining shared priorities and how to measure progress. As a result of this successful collaboration, the City Council and HARD Board agreed to have at least one Joint Session annually.
On June 20, 2023, the Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute a master agreement and lease (Agreement) with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD) for operations and maintenance of city lands. This ten-year lease represented the most recent renewal of a lease that was first entered into with HARD on November 17, 1970.
The current Agreement went into effect July 1, 2023. The Transparency and Reporting section of the Agreement indicates that HARD will provide an annual report to the City during a City Council Meeting that will include but is not limited to, an update on Capital Improvement Projects, data on participants in District recreation programs by zip code, and park maintenance standards.
This item honors the above-stated provision of the Agreement and keeps the promise to conduct an annual Joint Session between Council and the HARD Board.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Recreation Year in Review 2023
Attachment II HARD Strategic Plan