HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2009-126RESOLUTION NO. 2009-126
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING GRAPE BOWL FACILITY RENOVATION
AND/OR MAINTENANCE FEE POLICY
WHEREAS, the Grape Bowl is nearly 70 years old and in need of repairs and
renovations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi has no identified revenue stream to support the
improvements needed; and
WHEREAS, attaching a facility fee to tickets purchased is a common practice by
facility owners to generate funds needed to support the maintenance and repairs of
multi -use facilities; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends charging or attaching a $1.00 fee to any tickets
sold for the utilization of the Grape Bowl for facility improvements and/or maintenance;
and
WHEREAS, the facility fee collected at the Grape Bowl will be used only for
improvements to the facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
approve the Grape Bowl Facility Renovation and/or Maintenance Fee Policy and hereby
establishes a $1.00 fee consistent with the Policy, as shown on ExhibitA attached.
Date: September 16, 2009
hereby certify that Resolution No. 2009-126 was passed and adopted by the
Lodi City Council in a regular meeting held September 16, 2009, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hitchcock, Johnson, Katzakian, Mounce,
and Mayor Hansen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
2009-126
City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
GRAPE BOWL FACILITY RENOVATION
AND/OR MAINTENANCE FEE POLICY
Facility Renovation Fee:
A. Definition of Terms:
1. Facility Charge:
A surcharge attached to ticketed events held in a specific facility for the purpose
of funding construction, renovation, or improvements to that facility. Funds
collected through charge will be deposited into an account designated for that
facility.
2. Ticket Sold:
For the purpose of this document, a ticket is considered sold anytime admission
is granted to an individual who has paid an admission fee to a box office or event
sponsor regardless of whether or not a physical ticket has been issued.
i. A ticket marked complimentary is considered sold if it has been given out
to someone who has paid a field trip or participation fee or charge.
ii. A receipt for payment for admission is considered to be the equivalent of
the number of tickets which would be required to provide individual tickets
to the number of persons being admitted by the receipt.
B. Events Effected:
1. This policy applies to any ticketed event held at the Grape Bowl Stadium, 221
Lawrence Street.
i. Lodi Unified School District CIF league football games are exempt from
this policy.
ii. Complimentary tickets will be exempt with the exception on any ticket
labeled complimentary that may have been sold as a group ticket or
special promotion. In these instances, the event sponsor will be
assessed a facility fee equal to the number of seats occupied times the
amount of the current facility charge. The facility charge will be collected
from the event sponsor at settlement.
C. Method of Collection:
The Facility Charge will be collected by one of two means.
1. The facility charge will be added as a surcharge to the ticket price and
collected from the ticket buyer at the time of sale.
2. Consigned Tickets: Tickets pre -pulled from the system to be sold by the
sponsoring organizations will have the surcharge added to the ticket price
and collected by the sponsoring organization at time of sale.
D. Amount of Facility Fee Charge:
1. For Fiscal Years 2009/10 and 2010/11, the facility charge is set at $1.00 per
ticket sold as defined above.
2. Beginning July 1, 2011, the amount of the facility charge may be periodically
adjusted to accommodate the construction, maintenance, repair or renovation
needs of the facility, but cannot be increased greater than 50 percent from the
previous fiscal year.