Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER APPROVING A FACILITY-USE AGREEMENT WITH THE MARIACHI ACADEMY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item is on the agenda at the request of Councilmember Lula Davis-Holmes.
Beginning in 2013, the City Council granted fee waivers to the Mariachi Academy (Academy) for the use of space at the Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald Community Center at Carson (Community Center). In 2015, a four-year extension was authorized and expired on June 30, 2019. Tonight, the City Council is asked to consider approving a new one-year, pilot program agreement that would enhance the relationship between the City and the Academy (Exhibit No. 1). Under the proposed agreement, the City would grant a "license" (i.e. a right) to use rooms at the Community Center - and, in one case, Dominguez Park - to conduct classes, and the City would market the classes and collect the registration fees. In exchange, the City would be entitled to a "license fee" in the amount of 22% of the gross revenue generated from the classes.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE the facility-use agreement between the City of Carson and the Mariachi Academy.
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to execute the agreement, following approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of Carson has provided funding for fine arts programming through the Cultural Arts Commission since the 1980s. With the City's budget challenges in 2010, this program was suspended until a time when it would be financially feasible for the City to again support this endeavor. In the interim, the City Council approved waiving fees for the Mariachi Academy for a two-year period for use of the Community Center. In 2015, a four-year fee waiver extension was approved, and expired on June 30, 2019.
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