REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Feasibility of Entering Into a Joint-Use Agreement with the Santa Clara Unified School District for Open Space Areas at Peterson Middle School (Study Issue)
Report
BACKGROUND
Peterson Middle School is located at 1380 Rosalia Avenue in the City of Sunnyvale and is an active public school operated by the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD). The open space area includes an 8.08 acre multi-purpose, natural grass athletic field with one baseball diamond, a 4.99 acre natural grass football field and track area and a 1.6 acre tennis facility with eight courts (See attachment 1). Another area of the site has been developed into a soccer field and is currently leased to the Sunnyvale Alliance Soccer Club and not open to the public.
Sunnyvale's Raynor Park is adjacent to the property parcel occupied by Peterson Middle School with Dunford Way separating the north end of the park from the southern border of the school parcel which is currently occupied by Full Circle Farm through an agreement with the SCUSD (See attachment 2). The City is in the process of selling the Raynor Activity Center, located immediately adjacent to the park, to a private school. Neighbors and park users are concerned about the anticipated increased use of Raynor Park by the private school and are interested in the possibility of the City entering into a joint-use agreement with the SCUSD for the open space area at Peterson Middle School as one way to provide more recreational opportunities in the neighborhood.
This report was considered by the Parks and Recreation Commission on September 10, 2014.
EXISTING POLICY
General Plan - Land Use and Transportation - Adequate and Balanced Open Space
GOAL LT-8: Provide and maintain adequate and balanced open space and recreation facilities for the benefit of maintaining a healthy community based on community needs and the ability of the city to finance, construct, maintain and operate these facilitie...
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