Subject
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Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Youth and Teen Swim Team Support Agreement
with the RMSC Parents Club, Inc. to formalize the City’s long-standing arrangement to receive support for the City’s competitive swim team program.
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Department
Recreation & Parks
Recommendation
Staff recommend that the Mayor and Council authorize City Manager to execute the Youth and Teen Swim Team Support Agreement to formalize the City’s long-standing arrangement to receive support for the City’s competitive swim team program.
Discussion
The City of Rockville has worked with the RMSC Parents Club for decades to support the City’s year-round competitive swim team program, known as the Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club (RMSC).
RMSC, which was established in Rockville in 1968, is a joint program operated in accordance with USA Swimming requirements by the City of Rockville Department of Recreation and Parks at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center (RFSC) and Montgomery County Recreation Department at sites outside the City of Rockville. The RMSC Parents Club (RMSC-PC) was chartered in 1979 to support youth programs by promoting athletic development, teamwork, health education, and broad access to organized swimming activities at all levels by providing assistance to RMSC, such as fundraising and other financial support, and in-kind support services such as record-keeping, coordinating travel arrangements, hosting social activities, contributing to the cost of certification of officials, and related services, and volunteer staffing for the competitive swim program at the RSFC for the benefit of residents of the City and surrounding communities.
This agreement quantifies and formalizes longstanding practices between the parties and will allow the City to continue to receive benefits and support from the Parents Club, in accordance with pertinent City policies. RMSC has been a popular program among the community since its inception and has become well known for providing healthy out-of-school time activities for youth and teens and cultivating many talented athletes who have gone on to swim at the collegiate level and beyond. The Parents Club consistently provided scholarship funding to athletes in need, has supported the organization of swim meets at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center and assisted with travel arrangements for athletes to compete at regional and national levels. The Parents Club has also helped fund facility improvements at the Swim and Fitness Center such as starting block replacements in 2023.
This agenda item requests authorization for the City Manager to execute the Youth and Teen Swim Team Support Agreement on behalf of the Mayor and Council to continue this beneficial relationship.
Mayor and Council History
The Mayor and Council have previously recognized the success of the RMSC program in past meetings and proclamations. This is the first time the formal agreement between the City and RMSC Parents Club has been brought before the Mayor and Council. The agreement has been reviewed and approved for legal sufficiency by the City Attorney’s Office.
Fiscal Impact
No City funding is required for this agreement as the RMSC Parents Club pays expenses related to its support directly to vendors on an as needed basis.
Next Steps
Once the agreement is approved and executed, staff will continue working with RMSC Parents Club as specified in the agreement to support the RMSC competitive swim program at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center.