Specifications include, but are not limited to: The intent of this project is to contract with a qualified youth center provider that can: • Offer responsive recreational and educational services. • Provide a safe, healthy, and engaging environment. • Provide representation of youth different ethnicity, ages, cultures, socioeconomic groups, and abilities through enrollment, hiring procedures and programming. The City is seeking an Operator and lease holder who has a long-term business plan to operate the services of a youth center for a five-year lease term with the potential for future lease extensions. The City is not a youth center provider and thus is seeking qualified individuals and organizations to submit proposals and business plans to lease and operate the facility as their own business independent from the City. The City and provider will sign an agreement regarding specific aspects of the operations. Details of that agreement will be negotiated after a provider is selected. The City of Maricopa is seeking qualified organizations/teams to operate a youth center at the (soon to be vacated) Police Dispatch Center located at 17985 N Greythorn Dr, Maricopa AZ, 85138. The 8,152 square foot, ground floor space is available for an operator to custom finish interior improvements to suit a youth center operation. Potential youth center operators are invited to be creative and collaborative with the multiple service providers in the city and surrounding community to create a proposal and business plan that serve the Maricopa community and is financially feasible. Seeking funding partners from local or regional sources is encouraged.
