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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 1, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH BEAN <br />SPROUTS, LLC, DBA BEAN SPROUTS TO <br />PROVIDE FOOD CONCESSION SERVICES <br />AT THE SANTA ANA ZOO <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,5C) <br />r <br />ClMANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Bean Sprouts, <br />LLC, dba Bean Sprouts to provide food concession services at the Santa Ana Zoo with a 6% <br />revenue share to the City on the first $500,000 (8% revenue share above $500,000) that includes <br />a $8,400 per quarter lease guarantee and an initial investment by Bean Sprouts of $50,000 in <br />capital improvements for the period April 17, 2018 to March 31, 2023, with two, three-year <br />renewal options, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park receives 275,000 visitors per year from all over Orange <br />County. To enhance the visitor experience, the Zoo food concession provides a variety of hot <br />and cold meals, beverages, and snack food items. The Zoo's food concession facility is designed <br />to service customers both inside and outside the Zoo. In addition, the Zoo has a large private <br />picnic area and 150 -seat amphitheater that is suitable for private parties up to 500 people. These <br />areas are often used for catering private and company picnics and after-hours events operated by <br />the City and Friends of Santa Ana Zoo (FOSAZ). <br />The existing Zoo concessionaire was selected in 2010. On October 26, 2017, a Request for <br />Proposals (RFPs) was issued to solicit proposals for providing concession services at the Santa <br />Ana Zoo. An evaluation committee consisting of three representatives from the Santa Ana Zoo, <br />one representative from the Friends of the Santa Ana Zoo and one representative from the Parks, <br />Recreation and Community Services, Recreation Division reviewed and rated the proposals. The <br />proposals were evaluated according to the criteria listed in the RFP, which includes vendor <br />credentials and experience, operations and menu and marketing. The results of the RFP <br />evaluation were as follows: <br />2513-1 <br />