REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with STC Venture, LLC and Approve Budget Modification No. 6 to Install a Seasonal Ice Rink in Downtown Sunnyvale.
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Sunnyvale, STC Venture, LLC and Google have been discussing a potential partnership to install a seasonal ice rink in Downtown Sunnyvale. The proposed location for the ice rink is the existing parking lot located inside Redwood Square (Attachment 1).
Each partner will contribute $100,000 to fund project set up costs. STC Venture, LLC would serve as the project manager, and would oversee operational tasks. The seasonal ice rink would be open from approximately Thanksgiving week 2019 until January 20, 2020.
EXISTING POLICY
General Plan: Community Vision - Citywide Vision Goals
Goal IX. Dynamic Downtown: To create and support a strong and attractive traditional downtown which serves as the community's central marketplace, common gathering place and symbolic center.
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the budget.
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 CEQA Guidelines section 15378 (a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment.
DISCUSSION
The City of Sunnyvale, in partnership with STC Venture, LLC ...
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