REPORT TO PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Review and Consider Recommendation to City Council to Approve a Waiver of City Fees Associated with the Special Event Permit for the 2019 Pet Parade
Report
BACKGROUND
In 2008, former Mayor Tony Spitaleri proposed that the City co-sponsor a pet parade ("Howl'oween Pet Parade and Faire") in collaboration with the Sunnyvale Downtown Association (SDA). (Attachment 2).
As a co-sponsor of the event, the Council authorized staff to waive the associated permit fees. In 2010, the City again served as a co-sponsor; however, the Council chose to limit the waiver of fees in an amount not to exceed $3,306. A separate grant was made to SDA to cover remaining expenses through the City's Community Event Grant Program.
In 2011, a budget supplement was brought to Council to consider making the Pet Parade an on-going, City-sponsored event at an estimated cost of $30,500. The budget supplement was not approved.
Earlier this year, the Pet Parade Committee (Committee), via Andrea Gung, Executive Director of the Duo Duo Project (nonprofit organization), approached the City with a request to hold a pet parade in downtown Sunnyvale. As part of the request, the Committee is requesting a waiver of City fees associated with the special event permit.
The purpose of this memo is to advance the Committee's request and to seek the Commission's recommendation on whether Council should waive all City fees associated with the special event permit. The City Council is scheduled to consider this item on July 30, 2019.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.2.4, Relationships with Outside Groups
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) in that is a fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potential significant impact on the envir...
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