Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Approval of MOU with the San Mateo County Exposition and Fair Association for Financial Contribution to Specified Improvement Projects
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the County Executive, or designee, to execute a memorandum of understanding with the San Mateo County Exposition and Fair Association, and any other appropriate documentation, to effectuate the transfer of $2,000,000 to the Association's Capital Improvement Fund to be used for specified Event Center Improvement Projects.
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BACKGROUND:
The County of San Mateo ("County") is the owner of the San Mateo County Event Center ("Event Center"), in the City of San Mateo, which is used for conferences, conventions and expositions. The Event Center is managed by a non-profit organization, the San Mateo County Exposition and Fair Association ("Association"), pursuant to the "Agreement Providing for Management of the San Mateo County Fair and the San Mateo County Event Center" ("Event Center Management Agreement"), dated August 12, 2008, various forms of which have been in place since 1984.
The Event Center Management Agreement contains provisions governing the use, maintenance, and improvement of the Event Center. Specifically, Section 9 confirms that the County has ownership and control of all the Event Center property, and that the County and the Association will jointly perform major maintenance and capital improvements of all Event Center buildings and grounds. Where the County elects to undertake major maintenance or capital improvements to its Event Center property, the Association is responsible for the administration and supervision of those projects.
The County and the Association have collaborated in the past on needed improvements to Event Center facilities, including the County's provision of approximately $2...
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