AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date:
Item Number:
March 7, 2023
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Keith Sterling, Deputy City Manager
Cynthia Owens, Municipal Affairs Program Manager
Subject: REQUEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A FREEUSE DAY FOR A CELEBRATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL’S INDEPENDENCE AT THE WALLIS ANNENBERG
CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
Attachment: None
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the allocation of one of the City’s free-use days at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (“The Wallis”).
INTRODUCTION
This item is a request for the City Council to consider approval for a free-use day of The Wallis for the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles to host a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Israel’s Independence (commemorated on April 25-26).
DISCUSSION
Hillel Newman, the Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles, has requested the use of The Wallis for a celebration marking the 75th anniversary of Israel’s independence.
While details of the event are still to be determined, the Consul General would like to reserve facility space at this time.
Through the City’s lease agreement with The Wallis, the City may sponsor or host up to ten (10) daytime events and up to ten (10) evening events in the Theatre, the Studio, or any other interior portion of the property or the exterior grounds of the property during each calendar year. This is the second of two requests being presented tonight to the City Council for use of the Wallis. To date, one free-use day has been approved for this calendar year for the MADE Beverly Hills event.
D-10
Meeting Date: March 7, 2023
FISCAL IMPACT
While the City’s Agreement with The Wallis permits free use of the space, there are ancillary costs for labor and production that would be the responsibility of the Consulate General’s office since it will be hosting the event.
Keith Sterling
Deputy City Manager
Approved By