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AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET PROJECT: A new Lease Agreement between the City of Paris and Red River Valley Fair Association for use of Reece Field. BACKGROUND: The City has previously had a Lease Agreement with the Red River Valley Fair Association whereby the Fair Association leased the Reece baseball field for use during the months of August of each year through March of each following year. The rental was $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration. The current Lease Agreement expired on March 31, 2001. The Fair Association has requested a new Lease Agreement be renewed for an additional five (5) years, with their use of the field to begin August 1, 2001. You may recall the City has a similar Lease Agreement with the Boys Club whereby the Club utilizes the field during the months of April through July of each year. A new Lease Agreement recently approved by City Council for the Boys Club begins on the 1st day of April, 2002 and extends to July 31, 2006. Pursuant to directions from City Council, the proposed Lease Agreement now contains language designating the primary purpose and use of the premises as a baseball park, with the use of the park by the Fair Association as a parking area secondary to the primary use. The Lease also now provides that no parking will be permitted on the infield of the baseball park, and that parking will be permitted on the outfield surface only under such conditions that the outfield surface will not be substantially damaged. To the extent that any damage is done to the field, either the infield or the outfield, the Lease now provides that the City will repair such damage prior to its use for a baseball park, and the Fair Association will be responsible for all costs of such repairs. DESCRIPTION: The new agreement requested by the Fair Association would result in a continuation of the current arrangement for use of Reece Field, with the Boys Club utilizing it during the months of April through July of each year and the Fair Association utilizing it for the remainder of the period of tLme not used by the Boys Club. COST: Not applicable. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Consider the request of the Fair Association for the adoption of the resolution approving a new the Lease Agreement. STAFF CONTACT: Terry Townsend, Dir. of Parks and Recreation; and Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney SCHEDULE: Not applicable.