To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: 38-089-0 Contract with Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute rental agreements with Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District, in an amount not to exceed $20,000 to provide hosted space for various professional development and training events for Employment and Human Services programs attended by both the public and Employment and Human Services staff from June 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
50% Federal, 50% State, of which 20% was budgeted in FY 2024-25, 40% is budgeted in FY 2025-26 and 40% will be budgeted in FY 2026-27.
BACKGROUND:
This staff report is to request the Board of Supervisors to approve the use of the Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District’s Community Center from June 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. The Pleasant Hill Community Center will be used for the Employment and Human Services Department’s (EHSD), facilitate meetings, host events and training sessions to accommodate the public and staff members associated with EHSD programs. The use of other county facilities (50 Douglas) is exclusively for county employees and are not open to public activities. These events will provide professional development and education training. The Pleasant Hill Community Center will only be utilized when it is impractical to host the events at an EHSD facility.
The Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District rental agreement contains an indemnification provision that requires the County to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District from any and all losses, costs, expenses, claims, liabilities, actions, or damages, including liability for injuries to any person or persons or damage to property arising at any time out of or in any way related to County use or occupancy of the Pleasant Hill Community Center, unless solely caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District’s officers, employees, or agents.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If not approved, EHSD will lack the space to provide various professional development and training events for Employment and Human Services programs attended by both the public and EHSD staff.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3) "Families that are Economically Self Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families," by assisting individuals with training and employment services to encourage self-sufficiency.