13-121 - City of Sunnyvale - State of California

RFP No. F0610-34 – Sunnyvale Swim Complex, FremontHigh School
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Christopher Brown, the Director of Operations (CSC’s coaches coach), and our
awesome leadership our staff training is the best in the west.
c. Though we maintain a separate corporate office in San Jose our participation at the
pool is consistent with the needs of the community and management.
10. Term of the agreement.
a. California Sports Center is proposing an initial 6 year contract agreement to end
August 31, 2019; with one additional 6 year option to extend again through the
current term of the City/District agreement ending in 2025. This would allow for
consistent operations, yet still allow the City to review the agreement in 6 years and
choose to further extend the agreement with good faith negotiations for change or
improvements while leading to a possible end of the relationship with the District in
2025. We are open to negotiate the term.
b. We would also encourage the City to amend the City/District agreement to end
Sunday, August 31, 2025 so as to provide the citizens of Sunnyvale a complete
summer program the final year at the pool without disruption.
11. California Sports Center’s approach to scheduling.
Given the complex management of the City/District agreement for district use of hours/lanes
for regular school classes and their after-school aquatics sports, we review our regular
scheduling at least quarterly, but it never ends. We also:
a. Provide Monthly, weekly, and daily reviews of programs. We work closely with the
District to maximize use of all available lanes.
b. Our focus has always been on providing diverse programming while meeting the
needs of the city contract for lap swim hours and lanes and that of the districts needs.
c. Our goal will be to increase new program times and improve class options for those
more flexible in their daily schedules (the retired and seniors, the stay at home
moms, parents interested in parent-tot classes). We have begun offering midmorning
classes and will expand on this more when given the opportunity to do so in
the coming years.
12. Other information to fully describe California Sports Center’s proposed services:
Children make up a great part of CSC’s overall business, but at the swim complex less than
half of the regular participants are kids. The adult participants are key to this pool’s use and
success and we recognize that promising to continue to work to improve. We consider the
smaller family-owned business approach to all our actions a critical part of our many
successes in this community. CSC has over 150 people employed throughout all our
programs with 35 regularly at the pool. The majority of our aquatics staff are Sunnyvale
residents and over the course of the first 11 years have employed over 100 Sunnyvale
residents in jobs – many times their first job. We strive to involve everyone in decisions and
yet the owners/directors remain focused – as the heads of the family - on what we believe is
right and fair for all concerned. We have attached our mission, vision, values, and top 4
priorities for your review and consideration in Attachment 8. These are the values we turn
to when we need an answer to a concern or issue for which we need direction.
Finally, CSC would like to be sure there is little if any disruption to the programs and
services offered at the pool. Whether the City operates it themselves or another operator is
selected, the rebuilding of a new program operator will most certainly cause concern for
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