The South Vietnamese Marines Charities Association is a Garden Grove based, tax exempt non-profit 501(c)(4), and is serving as the administration for the Coordinating Committee of Vietnamese American Youth which aims at promoting friendship, understanding, and community service among children.

The Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival is free to children and families and is expecting 500-800 attendees. They will enjoy arts and crafts, cultural performances, a Lion dance, games, drawing contests and children will receive a free lantern.

The fee for exclusive use of the Atlantis Play Center by local non-profit groups and Garden Grove Residents is $525 for an eight (8) hour time slot, which includes the cost to staff the event. Staff informed The South Vietnamese Marines Charities Association that beginning in calendar year 2019, groups requesting fee waivers will need to absorb 5% of the permit rental fees. As a result, The South Vietnamese Marines Veteran Charities Association has agreed to contribute five percent towards their 2018 event. Overall fee waived is $498.75.

It is recommended that the City Council:

• Consider the request to the waive fee in the amount of $498.75 for the use of Atlantis Play Center for the Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival hosted by The South Vietnamese Marines Charities Association on Sunday, September 23, 2018.