To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Fabio Rodriguez, Acting Police Chief
Prepared By: Kristofer Jenny, Police Lieutenant
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La Onda Music Festival 2025 Services Agreement
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve and authorize the City Manager on behalf of the City to execute an agreement with Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., DBA Buena Onda Presents in an amount up to $300,000 to provide City of Napa personnel to perform general law enforcement, security, and emergency medical services at the Napa Expo located at 575 3rd St. during the 2025 La Onda Music Festival on May 31, 2025 - June 1, 2025
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DISCUSSION:
La Onda Music Festival 2025 is a two-day food, arts, and music festival featuring numerous musical performers and multiple food, wine, and beer vendors held by Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., DBA Buena Onda Presents at the Napa Expo located at 575 3rd St. from May 31, 2025 - June 1, 2025. The anticipated daily attendance, including concert staff and volunteers, is approximately 30,000. Buena Onda Presents has entered into a rental agreement with the 25th District Agricultural Association, a state institution of the State of California (the “Association”), to use and occupy the Expo for the festival. The Expo, located within the city limits of the City of Napa, is owned by the State of California and operated under the management of the Association.
Buena Onda Presents has requested that the City provide City of Napa personnel to perform general security and law enforcement services, first responder and emergency medical response, as well as incident and unified command services on the Napa Expo property during the festival. The city also provides traffic and street closure services, and parking enforcement services for the festival in connection with the special event permit for the festival. Fees for these services are covered by Buena Onda Presents as part of the special event permit.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
There is no impact to the General Fund.
CEQA:
The Acting Police Chief recommends that the City Council determine that the Recommended Action described in this agenda report is not subject to CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15323, which exempts the normal operations of existing facilities for public gatherings for which the facilities were designed, where there is a past history of the facility being used for the same or similar kind of purpose.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - La Onda Music Festival 2025 Services Agreement.
NOTIFICATION:
None.