City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: NOVEMBER 8, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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City Council Receipt of the Cameron Run Park Planning and Conceptual Design Final Report and Consideration of a Ten (10) Year Lease Replacement with NOVA Parks.
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ISSUE: City Council receipt of the Cameron Run Park Planning & Conceptual Design Final Report and consideration of the interim and long term use of the Cameron Run Park.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Receive the Cameron Run Park Planning Process Final Report (Attachment 1), schedule a public hearing for December 16, 2017 and, after the public hearing is completed, authorize the City Manager to:
a. Negotiate a new ten-year replacement lease (ending on December 31, 2027) of the City's Cameron Run park property with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NOVA Parks);
b. Redefine the property leased to 14.6 acres to exclude Lake Cook, the largely undeveloped land east of Lake Cook and the Wards Woods Natural Area;
c. Establish a lease rate of the property of $200,000 per year to be adjusted annually by changes in the national Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) capped at no higher than 50% of NOVA Parks net operating income for the Cameron Run Park, and direct those lease funds to fund future Cameron Run Park investments by the City; and
d. Establish within the lease with NOVA Parks the permission for the City to use designated areas of the NOVA Park leased area for City purposes in the off-season.
2. Declare that it is the City's intent that as of January 1, 2028, Cameron Run Park will become a City park whose specific park and recreation uses will be determined in the years leading up to 2028; and
3. Declare that if lease negotiations based upon the above proposed terms are unsuccessful, then the existing lease would e...
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