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Agenda Item - 4.b.


City of Garden Grove


INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM

To:Scott C. Stiles

From:Kimberly Huy
Dept.:City Manager 

Dept.: Community Services 
Subject:

Approval of written request from the Garden Grove Farmers Market Director to waive annual fees associated with the Garden Grove Farmers Market.  (Cost:  $1,625.50) (Action Item)

Date:1/26/2016

OBJECTIVE

To transmit a letter from the Garden Grove Farmers Market Director, Ms. Lee Ostendorf, requesting that the annual fees related to the Garden Grove Farmers Market be waived.

BACKGROUND

Ms. Lee Ostendorf has served as the director of the Garden Grove Farmers Market since the Farmers Market was established in April 2010. The Farmers Market is held every Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. along the historic Main Street. Each year, Ms. Ostendorf has requested approval to waive the annual business license and permit fees for this event.

DISCUSSION

The Garden Grove Farmers Market Director is requesting that the City Council waive the annual fees associated with the weekly Farmers Market.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

The total amount of fees to be waived is approximately $1,625.50. This cost includes annual business license fees of $68.50 per vendor, for a total of $1,575.50 (23 vendors), and the annual event permit fee of $50.00. 

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the City Council:

 

  • Consider the request from the Garden Grove Farmers Market director to waive the annual fees associated with the weekly Farmers Market.



ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateTypeFile Name
Letter Request from the Garden Grove Farmers Market Director1/13/2016Cover MemoLtr_Request_for_Fees_to_be_Waived_1-13-16.pdf