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<br />e <br />City of la Porte <br />Interoffice Memorandum <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Robert T. Herrera, City Manager <br />'?t I Jeff Litchfield, Director of Finance/ACM <br />U1 October 13, 1997 <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Advertising by Sporting Groups <br /> <br />Attached is a letter from Stephen Barr regarding advertising "sold" by the La Porte Livestock <br />Show and RQdeo Association and placed at the Riding Arena. In reviewing the City's contract <br />with the Association, paragraph "' states: <br /> <br />"The Association shall have the non-exclusive right to sell advertisements, with prior <br />approval of the City, within the confines of the Arena. All proceeds from such sales will <br />belong to the Association. ..." <br /> <br />As gathered from Stephen's letter, the Association did not get prior approval for the signs. <br /> <br />The impact of this situation effects our proposed agreement with the Girl's Softball Association <br />and has the potential to effect our agreements with other groups. <br /> <br />We are in the draft stage of the usage agreement with Girls Softball and they have requested <br />language that allows them to sell advertising to be placed on the fences at their complex. We <br />are ready to proceed with this agreement with Girls Softball and this appears to be our only point <br />of contention. <br /> <br />At this time, it appears we have two options, which are: <br /> <br />1. Agree to allow Girl's Softball to sell advertisements to be placed on the fences in their <br />fields. This decision will set the precedent that other sporting groups be allowed to sell <br />advertisement for their fields. We have also received a request from Boy's Baseball to <br />allow them to sell signs for the fields at Fairmont Park. <br /> <br />2. Do not agree to allow Girl's Softball to sell advertisements. This decision could be <br />backed up by the differences in the locations. The Rodeo Arena is an enclosed arena <br />and as such, the signs that have been placed are not visible to the nearby residents or to <br />casual traffic in the area. The Girl's and Boy's fields are openly viewed by nearby <br />residents and casual traffic and might be considered as visual blight by those groups. <br /> <br />. It is my understanding our current policy of not allowing sporting groups to advertise on fences at <br />park locations dates back to direction received from City Council in the early 1980's regarding <br />Fairmont Park. <br /> <br />I recommend we workshop this issue to receive direction from City Council. <br /> <br />XC: John Joems, Assistant City Manager <br />