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Council pulls Dragon Boat Race contract from consent agenda for further discussion
Summary
Council pulled a contract item for the Dragon Boat Race event from the regular meeting agenda to allow for more discussion and clarification; staff said the event organizer runs the downtown race annually and that marketing and promotion are underway.
Council pulled an agenda item authorizing a contract with the company that runs the annual downtown Dragon Boat Race and agreed to revisit the item after additional questions are answered.
Staff explained the company operates the event downtown each summer and that the arrangement has historically reduced city costs by having the private organizer handle event operations. Councilmember Brandon and others asked questions about the number of events the company runs (staff said, to their knowledge, the organizer runs only the dragon boat event) and requested turnout information from last year. The event date mentioned for the upcoming year was June 14; staff said marketing and other preparations were under way.
Council agreed to pull item 3 from the regular agenda to allow discussion in a work session or to gather additional information before returning it to the agenda. A councilmember asked whether staff had made verbal commitments; staff said they had given a verbal commitment and the item would be revisited.
No final contract vote was recorded in the transcript; item 3 was removed from the regular agenda for further consideration.
