REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Introduction of an Ordinance Prohibiting Certain Activities within a Protected Area (Clean Zone) in Connection with the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship Game
Report
BACKGROUND
As announced in November 2015, Levi's Stadium will host the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship Game on January 7, 2019. CFP events in both Santa Clara and San Jose will begin January 4, culminating with the game at Levi's Stadium.
Effective as of October 23, 2016, Forty Niners Stadium Management Company, LLC (ManCo) entered into the CFP National Championship Game Agreement as the Host Committee. The Forty Niners Football Company LLC (Forty Niners) incorporated the Bay Area Host Committee (BAHC) in January 2018 to take on the rights and obligations of the Host Committee.
On July 17, 2018, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority Board approved the Assignment and Assumption Agreement to grant, transfer, convey and assign to the Bay Area Host Committee all of Forty Niners Stadium Management Company, LLC's rights, title and interest in and to the CFP National Championship Game Agreement.
Under the CFP National Championship Game Agreement, BAHC agreed to establish a protected area prohibiting certain activities within an area defined by approximately a one mile radius surrounding Levi's(r) Stadium ("Clean Zone"). The attached Ordinance establishes the temporary Clean Zone and stipulates that certain activities will be restricted or prohibited during the period beginning at 6:00 a.m. December 31, 2018, through and until 6:00 p.m. January 8, 2019. This Ordinance is specific to the 2019 CFP National Championship and will not be codified. The map attached to this Ordinance shows the boundary of the Clean Zone.
DISCUSSION
The Santa Clara Municipal Code already prohibits many of the Clean Zone obligations required in the CFP National Championship Game Agreement, such as unauthorized signage or banners, or transacting commer...
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