Tonights council meeting starts at 5:30 200 Civic Center Dr. Civic Center City Council Chambers 2nd Floor there are four discussion items on agenda should be a every informative evening.
CULTURAL ARTS PRODUCTIONS SCHEDULE AND ADMISSION PRICES
RECOMMENDATION ticket prices increase.
Staff has also reviewed ticket prices for Moonlight Cultural Arts Programs. Staff recommends maintaining most current ticket prices, with one minor adjustment for the 2017 Moonligh Summer Season and an increase for the 2018 Moonlight Club M cabaret series. The previously approved price ranges for the Moonlight Live and Moonlight Variety series remains the same.
For the 2017 Moonlight Summer Season, staff recommends that adult general lawn ticket prices increase $2, from $15 to $17 on Wednesday, Thursdays and Sundays, and from $20 to $22 on Fridays and Saturdays. This price increase creates a more balanced progression of ticket prices between ticket levels, with $10 between general lawn and reserved lawn, $15 between reserved lawn and reserved, and $10 between reserved and orchestra seating. Estimated revenue from the proposed increase is $6,00 for the season.
Staff also recommends an increase for the 2018 Club M cabaret series from $80 to $85 per ticket. This price increase more accurately reflects the value of the programming for this continually sold out series and allows staff to contract with increasingly popular acts. Estimated revenue for this increase is approximately $600 per event or $3,600 for the series. FULL REPORT
FISCAL YEAR 2015/16 FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT
General Fund revenues derived from outside sources totaled $74,469,797 for Fiscal Year 2015/16. When combined with other financing sources totaling $10,997,073 (primarily of the use of reserves and charges to other funds) there was a total of
$85,466,870 in resources available to the General Fund. Property tax revenues were 2.7 percent above budgetary estimates. Sales and use tax revenues were 21.8 percent above budgetary estimates, primarily due to a single business whose larger than normal revenues were not included in sales tax revenue estimates. Transient occupancy tax revenues were $1,274,548 compared to $1,262,967 in the prior year, an increase of less than one percent. Receipts for Proposition “L” revenues were $7,573,553 or 2.9 percent above budgetary estimates. Proposition “L” expenditures included debt service costs of$5,997,217 and a fire personnel contribution of$1,205,021. Revenues exceeded expenditures in the current year by $371,315, which was added to the Proposition “L” fund balance reserve balance at year end. The balance in the Proposition “L” reserve at June 30, 2016 was $5,595,860. FULL REPORT
SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS
Councilmember Campbell requested the City Manager place a discussion item on an upcoming City Council meeting agenda to discuss the special event permit process. Special events are governed by Vista Municipal Code Section 12.12, “Permits for Block Parties and Street Events” FULL REPORT
RED LIGHT PHOTO ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
Councilmember Franklin requested the City Manager place a discussion item on an upcoming City Council meeting agenda to discuss the Red Light Photo Enforcement program. This subject was last discussed by the City Council on January 26, 2016
Vista City Council Votes 3-2 to Keep Red Light Cameras February 1 2016 VISTAPRESS
