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File ID: 2022-00989 May 24, 2022 Consent Item 08
Title: Agreement: Eleventh Amendment to Sacramento Zoological Society Partnership Agreement
Location: Sacramento Zoo, 3930 W. Land Park Drive, District 7
Recommendation: Pass a Motion: 1) finding that special circumstances make the use of the bid procedure inappropriate and it is in the best interest of the City to lease without bidding pursuant to City Code section 3.68.110(F); and 2) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute the Eleventh Amendment to City Agreement No. 97-021 with the Sacramento Zoological Society to extend the Agreement for three years through June 30, 2025 for the operation and management of the Sacramento Zoo.
Contact: Rebecca Bitter, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-8052, [email protected]
; Jody Ulich, Director, (916) 808-5105,
[email protected], Department of Convention and Cultural Services
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Sacramento Zoo Partnership Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Sacramento Zoological Society (“Society”) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation and has operated the Sacramento Zoo through City Agreement No. 97-021 since 1997. In 2021, the City and Society executed a Tenth Amendment to extend the term of the Agreement for one year through June 30, 2022 while the City and Society attempted to negotiate a new long-term agreement. On September 23, 2021, the Society announced it had entered into an exclusive negotiation agreement, which remains ongoing, with the City of Elk Grove to discuss the feasibility of locating a zoological park in Elk Grove. While it is uncertain whether the Sacramento Zoo will remain at its current location, the City and Society desire to extend the term of City Agreement No. 97-021 through June 30, 2025.
Policy Considerations: The proposed amendment supports the City’s 2035 General Plan Goal ERC 4.1 to provide a diversity of arts and cultural facilities and programs for people of all ages to improve knowledge of Sacramento’s history, enhance quality of life, and enrich community culture, and policies that encourage partnerships with organizations to support cultural educational activities and programming, children’s programming, and reinvestment in City facilities.
Economic Impacts: Not Applicable.
Environmental Considerations: The report concerns administrative activities that will not have a significant effect on the environment and is exempt from the Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review [CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3); 15378(b)(2)].
Sustainability: Not Applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Not Applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: The City and Society extended City Agreement No. 97-021 for one year through June 30, 2022. All available term extensions under the Agreement have been exhausted. With no remaining term extensions available, any extensions must be approved by City Council.
City Code section 3.68.110(F) provides that City Council may determine that, in the best interest of the City, special circumstances make the use of the bid procedure inappropriate.
Staff recommends that it is in the best interests of the City to approve the proposed amendment to City Agreement No. 97-021 for three additional years due to the long-standing and successful operation of the Sacramento Zoo by Society.
Financial Considerations: City funding for the Zoo is in two parts. Society will receive annually approximately $215,000 from the Measure U Fund (Fund 2401) and $70,000 from the Community Center Fund (Fund 6010) for the cost of the City positions (2.0 FTE) at the Zoo along with limited services and supplies in FY2022/23. Society also receives approximately $60,000 annually from Funderland revenue. Funderland revenue is shared equally among the Fairytale Town Fund, the Sacramento Zoo Fund, and the Land Park Improvement Fund, as defined by City Agreement No. 2006-0258 and its amendments.
Sufficient funding is available in the proposed FY2022/23 Convention and Cultural Services Department Operating Budget to execute the Eleventh Amendment to City Agreement No. 97- 021 through June 30, 2023, pending Council approval. Funding in future fiscal years is subject to availability of funding in the adopted budgets for the applicable fiscal years.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not Applicable.