REPORT TO STADIUM AUTHORITY BOARD
SUBJECT
Title
Authorization to Seek Reimbursement of City Public Safety and Traffic Control Purchases from the Forty Niners Stadium Management Company and Forty Niners SC Stadium Company [Board Pillar: Ensure Compliance with Measure J and Manage Levi's Stadium]
Report
BACKGROUND
Measure J was passed by the voters of the City of Santa Clara on June 8, 2010 and authorized the City to move forward with the development of a stadium suitable for professional football and other events. Measure J provides that the City and its Redevelopment Agency will not be liable for the obligations of the Stadium Authority. Additionally, prior to the passage of Measure J, the City Council approved a Stadium Term Sheet between the City, Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara, and Forty Niners Stadium, LLC that memorialized the terms that were negotiated between the parties. The Stadium Term Sheet includes an Attachment C Principal Terms of Public Safety Agreement that requires public safety and traffic control costs incurred by the City be reimbursed by the Stadium Authority. Attachment C is also included in the most current Public Safety Plan used by the City's Police and Fire Departments, Stadium Manager, and Forty Niners Stadium Management Company (StadCo). The applicable Attachment C section reads as follows:
3. Reimbursement of City Costs. The Stadium Authority will reimburse the City for the actual and reasonable costs of police, traffic control, fire, emergency services and similar services attributable to Stadium events incurred by the City in implementing the approved Public Safety Plan, including the fair share of reasonable capital expenditures required for public safety for the Stadium as described below ("Public Safety Costs"). The Public Safety Costs to be reimbursed by the Stadium Authority each year will be agreed upon by the Stadium Authority, the City and 49ers Stadium Company or will otherwise be resolved by Expedited ...
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