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Page 2 of 4 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />to Downtown development projects, the Circus was relocated to Red Morton Park. The Circus was moved <br />back to Downtown following the 2020 drive-in shows to the Library lot for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and <br />now 2025 to help increase foot traffic and provide economic benefit for downtown businesses. <br />ANALYSIS <br />Per section 2.67.4(C) of Chapter 2, Article VII in the City’s Municipal Code, City’s Best Interest: A purchase <br />may be made or contract awarded without a competitive bidding process when the City Council <br />determines that, due to the nature of the services, a competitive bidding process is not likely to serve the <br />best interests of the City. Such a City’s best interest purchase must be determined to meet these <br />requirements and be recommended for approval by the City Manager and shall be approved only on the <br />affirmative votes of at least five (5) members of the City Council. Zoppé Circus is a unique performance <br />company that has been a Redwood City community tradition for the past 17 years with growing audiences <br />since the inaugural performances in 2008. <br />In 2021, at the urging of the Downtown Business Group, the PRCS Department coordinated with the <br />Library to bring the Circus performances back to Downtown. The performances helped to bring an influx <br />of people into Downtown to support business recovery following pandemic-related restrictions. Staff <br />would like to again hold the circus in Library Lot B and enter into a Live Performance Agreement between <br />the City and Zoppé for a not-to-exceed amount of $295,000. The Circus is proposed to be held for five <br />weekends this year reflecting the success of the ongoing programming as experienced last year. Ticket <br />prices are significantly lower for midweek performances and higher for weekend performances, which are <br />traditionally filled. This continues a successful practice which supports access to the Circus with varied <br />pricing and which maximizes revenue to ensure that all costs are covered. Ticket sales proceeds help fund <br />other community events, as planned through the City’s Downtown Events Sustainability Plan. <br />PRCS staff has worked with Library staff to limit impacts to Library operations. Most parking in Library Lot <br />B will be eliminated throughout the Circus run. Additionally, Library Lot C, (the parking behind the Library <br />and along Pennsylvania Avenue) will have some spaces utilized by the Circus. Library staff has requested <br />that parking time limits in Lots A, B and C be limited to 1 hour parking during the Circus run to <br />accommodate Library patrons. Community Development and Transportation (CDT) staff will make <br />changes to the parking meters to temporarily limit paid time to 1 hour for these lots while the Circus is <br />using Library parking spaces. <br />EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT <br />Equity and/or inclusion was considered in development or implementation of item through the <br />following: <br />Assessment of benefits and burdens by race, income, age, gender, citizenship status, or other <br />identity <br />Another way of considering equity and/or inclusion: PRCS coordinates with local social service <br />providers to distribute free tickets to their program participants. <br />8.E. - Page 2 of 18 <br />326