Title:
Title
Funding Agreement: Visit Sacramento Event Relocation Services
End
FileID
File ID: 2019-01344
Location
Location: District 4
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to: 1) transfer $500,000 from the available fund balance of the Community Center Fund (Fund 6010) to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019/20 Convention and Cultural Services Department expenditure budget; and 2) execute a Funding Agreement between the City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau dba Visit Sacramento ("Visit Sacramento") for costs related to the relocation of events due to the Convention Center Complex Renovation and Expansion Project (M17100100).
Contact: Fran Halbakken, Project Executive, (916) 808-7194, Office of the City Manager; Matthew Voreyer, Convention Center General Manager, (916) 808-5503, Convention and Cultural Services Department
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Funding Agreement between the City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Under Resolution No. 2019-0065, City Council approved the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the construction of the Sacramento Convention Center Renovation and Expansion Project, which requires the Convention Center to be temporarily closed beginning July 2019 and to be reopened upon the completion of the renovations, which is anticipated on or about November 1, 2020.
The Convention Center has become a destination location for organizations, businesses, and agencies holding meetings, conventions, seminars, and other similar events. During the renovation period, the various organizations that have held events at the Convention Center have to relocate and use other venues to host their events.
One of the organizations affected is the Almond Board of California, which has held its convention at the Convention Center annually since...
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