| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 3.a.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | John Montanchez
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Community Services
| | Subject: | Consideration of a written request to waive fees for the use of Atlantis Play Center for the Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival hosted by the South Vietnamese Marines Veteran Charities Association on Saturday, September 7, 2019. (Cost: $498.75) (Action Item) | Date: | 6/25/2019 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To transmit a letter from The South Vietnamese Marines Charities Association requesting approval to waive the Local non-profit groups and Garden Grove Residents Exclusive Use Fee for the annual Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival at the Atlantis Play Center on September 7, 2019. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The South Vietnamese Marines Charities Association is a Garden Grove based, tax exempt non-profit 501(c)(3), and is serving as the administration for the Coordinating Committee of Vietnamese American Youth which aims to promote friendship, understanding, and community service among children. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival, a cultural event, will be free to children and families with the expected number of 500-800 attendees. Activities will include arts and crafts, cultural performances, lion dance, games, drawing contest, and free lanterns for children. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
The cost to co-sponsor the 2019 Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival 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. Additionally, the South Vietnamese Marines Charities Association has again committed to reimburse the City 5% ($26.25) of the City's costs. As a result, the overall waived fee would be $498.75. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Consider the request to waive fees for The South Vietnamese Marines Charities Association for the use of the Atlantis Play Center for the Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival on Saturday, September 7, 2019.
By: Mark Freeman, Community Services Supervisor
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