WEHO PRIDE RELATED AGREEMENTS AND 2025 PLANNING UPDATES [Y. QUARKER, C. SMITH, M. REATH, K. MCCORMACK]

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RECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Receive an update on 2025 WeHo Pride planning; 2) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute Co-Sponsorship Agreements with LGBTQ+ affiliated community groups and organizations to produce independent events under the larger WeHo Pride brand in 2025 for a total amount not to exceed $150,000, funds for which are already budgeted in FY25; 3) Approve an Agreement for Services with Meridian Rapid Defense Group Rentals, LLC in an amount not to exceed $225,000 for the rental of traffic control infrastructure to secure the footprint of WeHo Pride 2025; and authorize the Director of Finance & Technology Services to allocate $225,000 from unallocated reserves in the General Fund for the Agreement for Services; 4) Approve Amendment 1 to the City's three-year Exclusive Event Production Services Agreement (Production Services Agreement) with JJLA for WeHo Pride, to extend the terms of the agreement for an additional 5 years, to encompass the event in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, for an additional guaranteed amount of $2,250,000, that will be budgeted for during the City's normal budget cycles; and authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute documents incident to this Production Services Agreement; 5) Approve a Multi-Year Co-Sponsorship and Permit to Use City Property with JJLA for OUTLOUD to be held in West Hollywood Park, and for the WeHo Pride Parade to be held on Santa Monica Bouleva