Discussion of Event Sponsorship Policy and Direction to City Manager. Item Number: A 2 City of Culver City California Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 3/10/2014 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: Discussion of Event Sponsorship Policy and Direction to the City Manager. Contact Person/Dept.: Todd Tipton/Community Development Department Heather Baker/City Attorney Fiscal Impact: Yes No X Public Hearing: Commission Action Required: Yes No X Date: _______________ Public Notification: (Email) Meetings and Agenda City Council (03/05/14) Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld (03/06/14) Carol Schwab (03/06/14) Chief Financial Officer Approval: Jeff Muir (03/06/14) Phone Number: (310) 253 5783 (310) 253 5660 General Fund: Yes No X Attachments: X Action Item: X City Attorney Approval: Carol Schwab (03/06/14) City Manager Approval: John Nachbar (03/XX/14) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council conduct a general policy discussion regarding event sponsorship and direct the City Manager as deemed appropriate. BACKGROUND: The City Council and former Culver City Redevelopment Agency ( Former CCRA ) Board previously considered a sponsorship policy on September 13 and December 6 2010. The agenda item reports attachments and meeting minutes are attached. At that time staff recommended that a competitive process be created that would provide financial assistance to events that created the greatest benefit for the City based on specified criteria. Financial assistance for the various events was to be provided by the former CCRA except for the Fourth of July Fireworks Show which is provided by the General Fund. With the elimination of the Former CCRA any sponsorship in the form of financial assistance must now come from the General Fund. In this regard the City Council has been considering requests for event sponsorship on a case by case basis. At its meeting of August 26 2013 the City Council directed staff to research evaluate and recommend options for a policy regarding City sponsorsh...
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