SR-307-002-01 (3)
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11, 1980
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TO:
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Mayor and CIty Counc11
FROM:
MAY 1 3 1980
City staff
SUBJECT: A request by SHARE, Inc. to waIve fees for certa~n
CIty services
Introduct~on
Th1s report concerns a request by a char~table organizatIon,
SHARE, Inc., that certa1n fees be wa1ved for serVIces to be
provided by the C1ty and recommends these fees not be waived.
!?ackc;round
For over ten years, w1th the exception of th1s past year,
SHARE has held Its annual party at the C1vic Aud1torium for
the purpose of ralsinq money for an except10nal children's
facility. This organIzatIon has hIred off-duty Los Anaeles
polIce off1cers, In addit10n to contractual securIty normally
ordered through the AudItorium, for all its past events.
Because of several thefts at the last party held 1n Santa
Mon1ca, SHARE has requested the City prov1de unIformed officers
for the 1980 event. SHARE has also requested the standard
kitchen use fees, which are 7~% of food serVIce and 20% of
lIquor service, be waived. Every caterer who in the past has
used the Aud1tor1um kitchen and Its lIm~ted, but operatIonal,
equipment (includIng those contracted for by SHARE) has had to
supplement w1th spec1al warming ovens to 1nsure adequate service.
Staff has always cons1dered this fee a space use fee rather than
an equipment fee and there has been no Increase in the per-
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centages SInce the openIng of the AudItorium.
paid these fees In the past.
SHARE has always
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SHARE, Inc. IS not a local ~~y
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and has always been charqed regular rates by all outsIde con-
tractors who provIde services for their party Including caterers,
valet park~ng, stage crew and securlty. Staff has already
made several concessions with regard to commercIal fees normally
charged and serVIces normally avaIlable to charitable organlza-
tlons. Any valet park~ng serVIce used by SHARE could easily be
lnstructed to lnltiate security precautlons and warned of the
dangers encountered at the last event in Santa Monlca. The
Santa MonIca PolIce Department will alert Its patrol units of
the event and patrol periodIcally when possIble.
RecommendatIon
Staff reco~ends Council deny the special requests by SHARE, Inc.
Prepared by: Chlef James F. Keane
Gary Ferguson