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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL. ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 2, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />SPONSORSHIP OF NEIGHBORHOOD <br />ASSOCIATION EVENTS <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO, 5,4) <br />\�J <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />:"`if t <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 18' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2a° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Discuss and direct staff to develop a resolution, implement policies, and amend appropriate <br />ordinances to allow for one of the following options. <br />OPTIONS: <br />Allocate annual funding for Neighborhood Associations to pay for city fees and :staff time <br />for neighborhood events, up to $2,000 per event and administered by the City Manager's <br />Office, for a total amount of $70,000; <br />2. Allocate annual funding of $10,000 to each Councilmember to nominate neighborhood <br />association and other approved entities for approval by vote of the entire City Council, for a <br />total amount of $70,000. <br />3. At the pleasure of the City Council. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On February 3, 2015 the City Council discussion on Item 65A, Wilshire Square neighborhood <br />association special event, led to Council's direction for staff to perform an analysis of the various <br />methods commonly deployed to support community events, particularly those hosted by <br />Neighborhood Associations, <br />Seventy- thousand dollars ($70,000) has been recommended In the fiscal year 2015 -16 budget for <br />this matter. Concurrently, staff has researched ordinances and policies of surrounding cities of <br />comparable size and population to help staff develop policies and programs that would be <br />effective at the start of the new fiscal year when the budget Is adopted. <br />Staff's research has led to developing the following options for Council's consideration. <br />60A -1 <br />