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Oxnard staff details nine sticking points, recommends two‑year pilot for nonprofit managing PAC meeting rooms
Summary
Deputy City Manager Katie Casey told a City committee that negotiations with the OPAC nonprofit have progressed but that nine issues — from liquor licensing and security to revenue splits, concessions, booking systems, naming rights, compliance, repairs and contract length — need committee direction before contracts go to City Council.
Deputy City Manager Katie Casey briefed the Community Services, Public Safety, Housing and Economic Development Committee on negotiations with the OPAC nonprofit over operations of meeting rooms at the Oxnard Performing Arts and Convention Center (the PAC) and laid out nine outstanding issues staff says must be resolved before final contracts are presented to City Council.
Casey said the PAC is a city‑owned facility built in 1968 that faces decades of deferred maintenance. "A 2024 City Facilities Assessment identified more than $9,300,000 in repairs," she said, and the city's mid‑cycle capital improvement update included a rough order of magnitude of about $22,000,000 for seismic retrofit work, leaving total short‑ and long‑term needs that staff estimates will exceed $30,000,000.
Because Sterling holds the facility's single Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license, staff recommends Sterling retain sole control of liquor licensing,…
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