2015-1165 File Resolution No. 2015 -1165
A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Facility Use Agreement
with the Janesville School District
WHEREAS, the CITY is the owner of a variety of public facilities including, but not
limited to, athletic fields, tennis courts, parks and park facilities, golf courses, an ice
arena, outdoor pools and an arboretum; and
WHEREAS, the SCHOOL DISTRICT is the owner of a variety of school facilities
including, but not limited to, indoor pools, gymnasiums, auditoriums, class rooms,
weight rooms, cafeterias and exterior developed grounds including athletic fields and
playground facilities; and
WHEREAS, the CITY and the SCHOOL DISTRICT have an interest in using each
other's facilities for the purpose of conducting sports and recreational programs for
youth and adults, community events and other leisure opportunities within the scope of
services of the respective agencies; and
WHEREAS, the SCHOOL'S Recreation Department left the jurisdiction of the SCHOOL
DISTRICT in January 1979 and became a part of the CITY and correspondingly the
SCHOOL DISTRICT became a unified school district within the State of Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, since January 1979 the CITY and the SCHOOL DISTRICT have been
using each other's facilities; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the CITY, SCHOOL DISTRICT and community,
and their residents and guests, to continue to use and mutually exchange use of public
facilities; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the CITY and SCHOOL DISTRICT to establish a
written agreement that sets forth a framework for allocating use of facilities by and
between the parties and the specific conditions, understandings and obligations of such
use;
WHEREAS, the Common Council hereby find that this Facility Use Agreement and its
execution by the City is in the best interest of and of benefit to the City of Janesville, the
community, its residents, businesses, as well as the surrounding area; and
WHEREAS, such Agreement and its terms, conditions, obligations, and promises are
permitted by law and the Common Council are empowered to enter into such
Agreement, pursuant to Wis. Stats. §§ 66.0101, 62.11(5), 62.22, and 62.23(17) (b), and
other pertinent Wisconsin Statutes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Janesville that the Facility Use Agreement with the Janesville School District is
approved and authorized upon the terms, conditions, obligations, provisions, and
promises set forth above and therein as proposed by the City Administration; and
further, the City Manager and /or his designee(s), on behalf of the City of Janesville, are
authorized to execute and enter into the Agreement with the Janesville School District;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Common Council that the City Manager and /or his
designees are hereby authorized to negotiate, renew, amend, execute, and enter into
such documents, papers, agreements, and forms, and to take whatever other actions,
that the City Manager may, from time to time, find necessary, desirable, and /or
beneficial to effectuate the Agreement and /or the intent of this Resolution.
ADOPTED: January 26, 2015 Motion by: Marklein
Second by: Kealy
APPROVED: Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Bobzien
Farrell X
Mark A. reitag, City Manager Fitzgerald X
Kealy X
ATT : Liebert X
Marklein X
..4&%ikr Severson X
!avid T. odek, Deputy Clerk- Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Wald Klimczy , City Attorney
Proposed by: Recreation Division
Prepared by: Recreation Division, SS