AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: March 18, 2025
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Magdalena Davis, Community Outreach Manager
Subject: REQUEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A FREE USE
DAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYORS ON
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2025, AT THE WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Attachments: 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”) to host the Installation of the Mayor and Vice Mayors on April 1, 2025.
INTRODUCTION
This item is a request for the City Council to consider an approval for a free-use day of The Wallis to host the Installation of the Mayor and Vice Mayors on April 1, 2025.
DISCUSSION
Annually, the City Council of Beverly Hills appoints from within their membership a Mayor, and this year two Vice Mayors, typically the first meeting in April, this year scheduled for April 1, 2025.
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 Theater, the Studio, or any other interior portion of the property, or the exterior Promenade or other grounds of the property, during each calendar year.
To date in 2025, no other free-use day has been approved for this calendar year. This year’s event plans to utilize the Goldsmith Theater front and back of house, Lovelace Studio Theater, Grand Hall, and Promenade Terrace.
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Meeting Date: March 18, 2025
FISCAL IMPACT
The costs associated with this event will be funded by the City Council approved Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Policy & Management Department budget (48000103).
While the City’s agreement with The Wallis permits free use of the space, there are additional costs for labor and production that are not expected to exceed $16,000. Last year’s costs for The Wallis totaled $15,900.
Keith Sterling,
Deputy City Manager
Approved By