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TOWN COUNCIL
MEETING
INFORMATION
TOWN OF MARANA
MEETING DATE: December 19,2006
AGENDA ITEM:
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TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL
FROM: Jim DeGrood, Assistant Town Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 2006-214: Relating to Administration; supporting
Pima County and the City of Tucson to continue Major League
Baseball Spring Training at Tucson Electric Park
DISCUSSION
The economic stability of the southern Arizona region has been enhanced through collaborative
partnerships with many organizations. Trade shows, conferences and sporting events have his-
torically drawn hundreds of thousands of people to the Tucson region. These events have had a
positive fiscal effect on surrounding communities.
Pima County has had a facilities use agreement with the Chicago White Sox since 1996. The
City of Glendale, Arizona, has applied to the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority for funding
in the amount of $50 million to attract the Chicago White Sox to their stadium. This would re-
sult in significant financial losses to Tucson, Pima County, and the adjacent municipalities.
By this resolution, the Marana Town Council gives its vote of support to Pima County and the
City of Tucson to continue major league baseball spring training for the Chicago White Sox at
Tucson Electric Park.
ATTACHMENTS
None.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of Resolution No. 2006-214.
SUGGESTED MOTION
I move to approve Resolution No. 2006-214.
Support Major League Baseball
MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2006-214
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION; SUPPORTING PIMA COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF TUCSON TO CONTINUE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING
TRAINING AT TUCSON ELECTRIC PARK..
WHEREAS, Major League Baseball Spring Training is an integral part of the
activities in southern Arizona; and
WHEREAS, all municipalities in Pima County benefit financially from the
agreement Pima County has negotiated with the Chicago White Sox since 1996; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago White Sox have announced their intention to move their
Spring Training out of the Tucson area and move to a new training facility in Glendale,
Arizona to be financed by the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority; and
WHEREAS, Pima County has asked the state Legislature to intervene on its
behalf and remedy the unfair efforts of the City of Glendale to undermine the spring
training program in the Tucson region.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Town
of Marana, Arizona, that they support the efforts of Pima County to retain Major League
Baseball Spring Training at Tucson Electric Park as follows:
Section 1. The Pima County Board of Supervisors and the Board of Directors of the Pima
County Stadium District respectfully ask the Chicago White Sox to reconsider their
proposed relocation to Glendale, Arizona.
Section 2. The Pima County Board of Supervisors and the Board of Directors of the Pima
County Stadium District oppose any funding of the two-team Spring Training facility in
Glendale, Arizona, from the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority due to the
competitive advantage it gives Glendale, Arizona over the Pima County and Tucson
region when competing for Major League Baseball Spring Training teams.
Section 3. The Pima County Board of Supervisors and the Board of Directors of the Pima
County Stadium District will not consent to the relocation of the Chicago White Sox to
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Glendale unless contractual commitments are made by a Major League Baseball team of
equivalent economic benefit to the Pima County and Tucson region.
Section 4. Authorizing the Mayor to send a letter on behalf of the Town requesting the
Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority reject any funding proposals which cause
economic harm to other Arizona cities or towns.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 19th day of December, 2006.
ATTEST:
Mayor ED HONEA
Jocelyn C. Bronson, Town Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Frank Cassidy, Town Attorney
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