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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 5, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE A LICENSE EXTENSION <br />AGREEMENT WITH RANCHO COMMUNITY <br />COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR OPERATION OF <br />THE EDUCATION CENTER AT <br />CENTENNIAL PARK <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,4A) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1a' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Below are options for City Council consideration and approval. <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a license agreement <br />extension with Rancho Santiago Community College District to operate the Educational <br />Center at Centennial Park for one year to expire on November 5, 2020, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />M <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a license agreement <br />extension with Rancho Santiago Community College District to operate the Educational <br />Center at Centennial Park for two years to expire on November 5, 2021, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On November 5, 1979, the City Council approved a 30 -year License Agreement with Rancho <br />Santiago Community College District (College) to construct and operate an Adult Career <br />Education Center at Centennial Park, under the condition the College abides to Deed <br />Restrictions required by the Federal Government on Centennial Park. The original 30 -year <br />agreement was set to expire on November 5, 2009 and the parties, under the same conditions, <br />agreed upon a 5 -year extension of the license in 2009 and again in 2014. The latest extension <br />will expire on November 5, 2019. <br />Between 2009 and 2011, the College requested a long-term lease agreement in order to make <br />improvements to the campus. However, the National Parks Service (NPS) would not approve a <br />long-term lease because they found that the operation of the Education Center did not comply <br />with the deed restrictions for the land upon which the Center is located in Centennial Park. The <br />deed restrictions provide that the property must be used for a public park and public recreational <br />65A-1 <br />