INFORMATIONAL REPORT TO COUNCIL
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Informational Report on the Management Agreement with Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce/Convention-Visitors Bureau for Management of the Santa Clara Convention Center
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this Information Report is to provide the City Council with an update on the above matter and advise the City Council on issues that will be before the City Council in the August/September timeframe for further action. As stated the evening of June 26, the analysis had not been conducted relative to the impacts and disruption to convention and visitor services and that implementing City Council's direction would surface issues that staff would need to address. As background, the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce/Convention-Visitors Bureau (Chamber) had two separate agreements with the City of Santa Clara related to convention and visitor services:
(1) Management Agreement for the Santa Clara Convention Center (Management Agreement) -- The Management Agreement provides the Chamber with oversight and implementation responsibilities for all services necessary to direct, manage all Convention Center operations including marketing, advertising and promoting the center; booking of events; hiring of staff; and, daily operations of the center including accounting, catering, security, janitorial, and maintenance.
(2) Convention-Visitors Bureau Agreement (CVB Agreement) -- The CVB Agreement was an annual agreement with the Chamber that provided convention and visitor services through the Chamber's Convention-Visitors Bureau operation. These services included marketing and sales of the Convention Center and Santa Clara to large groups and citywide events; visitor marketing and communication; and, operation of a City Store.
The City Council has taken two recent actions on both agreements that require more clarity on the governance structure for and legal authority of oversight of the Convention Center, which are: ...
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