ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: Economic Development Item No: C4
Prepared by: Larry Vaupel, Director Meeting Date: March 26, 2024 Approved by: John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Consent Calendar SUBJECT: AVO THEATER ADVISORY STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2024- , establishing a temporary advisory stakeholder committee for the AVO Theater.
CORRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Supports the following City Council Goals: Economic Development and Parks & Recreation
PRIOR ACTION: On February 27, 2024, the City Council discussed the current and future use of the AVO Theater and provided direction to staff to create a stakeholder group and utilize a Request for Proposals process; and adopted City Council Resolution No. 2024-26, approving the acceptance of General Fund Grant GF2325-0 City of Vista, for the AVO Playhouse Rehabilitation & ADA Upgrades Project (Vote: 5-0).
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: The purpose of the committee is to investigate, discuss and recommend to the City Council ways to increase the use of the AVO Playhouse/Theater (AVO), located at 303 Main Street, as an economic and cultural resource for the City of Vista. The committee will perform public outreach, solicit public input, and facilitate stakeholder discussions around increasing opportunities to bring more activities to the AVO.
Staff is recommending the creation of a temporary AVO Theater Stakeholder Advisory Committee with the following representatives:
1)One CVBID Advisory Board Members
2)Two downtown business owners not on the CVBID Advisory Board 3)One current user of the AVO Theater
4)Two non-profits/arts/foundations members or officers
5)One member of the Parks and Recreation Commission
6)One member of the Public Arts Commission
7)One member appointed by the Vista Chamber of Commerce 8)Two City of Vista staff members
After receiving and deliberating public input, the committee will advise staff on a possible request for proposals for a short-term operator of the AVO. Staff will report back to the City Council regarding the committee’s progress.
AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2024-38.
Vote: 5-0.
MEETING DATE: March 26, 2024 PAGE 2
SUBJECT: AVO THEATER ADVISORY STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the staff recommendation.
EXHIBITS:
1.City Council Resolution No. 2024- , establishing a temporary advisory stakeholder committee for the AVO Theater
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY ADVISORY
STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE FOR THE AVO THEATER
The City Council of the City of Vista does resolve as follows:
1.Findings. The City Council hereby finds and declares the following:
A.The City Council desires to gather input from the community regarding the best uses of the AVO Theater in an effort to increase the number of events and attendees at the theater.
B.The City Council desires to seek community input through a temporary advisory stakeholder committee.
C.The committee, in conjunction with City Staff, shall solicit public input and develop recommendations to be forwarded to the City Council for its consideration.
2.Action.
A.The City Manager shall create a temporary AVO Theater Stakeholder Advisory Committee (hereafter, the “Committee”) with the following representatives: 1) two CVBID Advisory Board Members, 2) two downtown business owners not on the CVBID Advisory Board, 3) one current user of the AVO Theater, 4) two non-profits/arts/foundations members or officers, 5) one commissioner from the Parks and Recreation Commission, 6) one commissioner from the Public Arts Commission, 7) one member appointed by the Vista Chamber of Commerce, and 8) two City of Vista staff members.
B.The purpose of the committee shall be to investigate, discuss and recommend to the City Council ways to increase the use of the AVO Theater, located at 303 Main Street, as an economic and cultural resource for the City of Vista. The committee will perform public outreach, solicit public input, and facilitate stakeholder discussions around increasing opportunities to bring more activities to the AVO Theater.
C.The Committee shall be an ad-hoc advisory committee and shall exist only until its recommendations have been forwarded to and considered by the City Council.
D.The Committee will also forward to the City Council possible requests for proposals for a short-term operator of the AVO Theater.
E.As this committtee shall be a temporary advisory committee, without City Council membership, and which is formed to advise on a single discrete subject matter, the provisions of Chapter 2.18 of the Vista Municipal Code and the Brown Act shall not apply to the Committee and its members.
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EXHIBIT 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF VISTA
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3. Adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Vista held on March 26, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
WALTER CHUNG, CITY ATTORNEY
By:
JOHN FRANKLIN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATHY VALDEZ, CITY CLERK
By:
APPROVED
Amanda L. Guy
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