The City's Joint Use Agreement with the Schools

By Mirna Burciaga

Other problem arise in the lack of maintenance of the playing fields, both the City and the Schools have been lax in meeting their obligations under the Agreement and seem to seek to evade the responsibilities agreed to.

Problems arise when persons do not read and understand what is in the Agreement and on there own imagine what the rules are. All users should be required to certify that he or she has read, understood and promises to abide by the provisions. This is not much to ask of grownups who are supposedly setting a good example for our youth.

Other problem arise in the lack of maintenance of the playing fields, both the City and the Schools have been lax in meeting their obligations under the Agreement and seem to seek to evade the responsibilities agreed to.

Whether or not the City Attorney and City Council negotiated a deal with the district that was less favorable than that attained by City of Newport Beach has no bearing on the fairness of the Agreement.

If the deal is inferior to the Newport Beach arrangement, that is a separate matter and one in which the fault lies with the City Attorney and the Council Members who so long tolerated his performance.