Mountain View Whisman School District

Agenda Item for Board Meeting of 12/7/2023

Agenda Category:  REVIEW AND ACTION

Agenda Item Title:  Approval of Joint Use Agreement (30 minutes)

Estimated Time:  30 minutes

Person Responsible: 

Ayindé Rudolph, Ed.D., Superintendent

Rebecca Westover, Ed.D., Chief Business Officer

Background: 

For decades, the City of Mountain View and the District have had many leases, joint use agreements, and other arrangements for the City’s use of District’s facilities – largely fields and appurtenant improvements (“Past Agreements”). After many rounds of negotiations over the past few years, the City proposed what it deemed a final form of a joint use agreement for eleven (11) of the District sites to be under one form of joint use agreement (“Current JUA”) and, thereby, also canceling all previous Past Agreements, except as noted in the Current JUA.

The Current JUA includes a 10-year term, and each party has a right to terminate it after a year’s notice. The Current JUA also requires the City to (1) perform certain maintenance and (2) to manage users of the District’s recreational facilities (again, largely fields and appurtenant improvements) and to collect fees pursuant to the Current JUA.

None.

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Joint Use Agreement Between Mountain View Whisman SchoolDistrict and the City of Mountain View for Recreational Use of School Sites and direct the Superintendent or designee to execute the Current JUA and take all necessary actions to effectuate the Current JUA.