General Debate

The collaborative effort between the Turlock City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency, and the Turlock Unified School District to renovate Joe Debely Stadium is a visionary project, a project which will provide an opportunity for two public agencies to work together for the benefit of our entire community in a number of ways which neither agency could currently achieve alone.

The proposed project will rebuild the woefully inadequate stadium that serves both of Turlock's high schools' student bodies and the whole community. One benefit of turfing the field and installing an all-weather track will be increased usability and availability of the stadium venue to better serve both Turlock high schools and the city's residents. The new track and turfed field stadium can accommodate numerous important community events, such as the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life.