Item 446/2025
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: John Montanchez
Dept:
City Manager Dept: Community Services
Date: 12/9/2025
Subject: Consideration of a written request from the Sister City Association of Garden Grove for co-sponsorship of the 2026 Strawberry Stomp 5K on Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Estimated Sponsorship Cost: $15,000)
OBJECTIVE
For the City Council to consider a written request from the Sister City Association of Garden Grove for co-sponsorship of the 2026 Strawberry Stomp 5K on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
BACKGROUND
The Sister City Association of Garden Grove (Association) is a local non -profit organization that is in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service and has been serving the Garden Grove community since 1989. The Association is dedicated to furthering the knowledge and understanding between Garden Grove and its sister city Anyang, South Korea, while providing Garden Grove students the unique opportunity each year to travel abroad. The Association also hosts youth from Anyang, South Korea as part of the student exchange program.
DISCUSSION
The Association is requesting City Council approval for co-sponsorship of the 2026 Strawberry Stomp 5K. The event will be held on Saturday, May 23, 2026, on Historic Main Street, prior to the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Parade. In addition to the parade route on Euclid Street and Chapman Avenue, the 5K will require the p artial closure of Historic Main Street and Acacia Parkway from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The organization is expecting approximately 1,000 participants for next year’s event.
All proceeds from this fundraising event will go directly toward the organization ’s 2027 Student Exchange Program that will be sending Garden Grove students overseas and hosting the incoming exchange students from Anyang, South Korea.
Item 446/2025
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The cost to provide Police and Public Works support including additional street closure hours for this event has been estimated to be approximately $15,000. This cost is calculated based on the two additional hours that are added to the existing street closure plans for the annual Strawberry Festival Parade, and street closure safety measures set up along the route. The additional cost will be absorbed within the current departmental budgets, therefore, no additional appropriation is needed to co-sponsor the 2026 Strawberry Stomp 5K.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
Consider the request from the Sister City Association of Garden Grove for co- sponsorship of approximately $15,000 for the 2026 Strawberry Stomp 5K that will be held on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
By: Janet Pelayo, Deputy Director
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Letter Request from SCAGG for 2026 Strawberry Stomp 5K