REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 9, 2015
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: ROBERT N. ANDERSEN, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Capital Management Division
BY: MARK M. JOHNSON, Facilities Manager
Public Works Department, Facilities Management Division
SUBJECT
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RESOLUTION - Rescinding and replacing Resolution No. 2009-80 regarding City policy on the distribution and use of the tickets and skybox for the Multipurpose Stadium (Chukchansi Park)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the attached Resolution rescinding and replacing Resolution No. 2009-80 regarding City Policy on the Distribution and Use of the Tickets and Skybox for the Multipurpose Stadium (Chukchansi Park).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed Resolution reflects the new organizational changes that have taken place within the City. The distribution procedure has been streamlined to make it more flexible.
BACKGROUND
Under the terms of the Agreement with Fresno Grizzlies, Inc., concerning the construction and sublease of the multipurpose stadium, the City has use of 12 season tickets within the skybox during the Grizzlies' regular season home games and the tickets are public resources. Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations section 18944.1 required the City to adopt an official policy regulating the distribution and use of the tickets and skybox provided to the City. On May 17, 2002, the City Council approved Resolution Number 2002-164 which established "The Official City Policy on the Use of the Tickets and Skybox for the Multipurpose Stadium" so that the use of the tickets and skybox were not considered gifts to the public officials under the Political Reform Act.
The Political Reform Act, as amended required the City to revise the City policy by adding the public purposes to be accomplished by the distribution of the tickets, prohibiting the transfer of the...
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