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City Council Staff Report
DATE: April 5, 2006 Consent Calendar
SUBJECT: WAIVER OF CERTAIN VILLAGEFEST RULESAND REGULATIONS
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Department of Parks and Recreation
SUMMARY
At its February 28 meeting, the VillageFest Board juried Out of Africa Experience,
Inc. as a general vendor applicant and is recommending that City Council waive
certain provisions of the VillageFest Rules and Regulations to allow the applicant
to participate in the event.
RECOMMENDATION:
1) Adopt Minute Order No. waiving Rules II. A. 1 and 2 to allow Out
of Africa Experience, Inc.to sell commercially-available wire woven items and not
require it to have the artisans present at Villagefest.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
At the February 28 VillageFest Board meeting, Out of Africa Experience, Inc. made
a presentation and sought approval to sell handmade African wire baskets and
handbags at the street fair. According to the applicant, these products are the
outgrowth of the African AIDS Empowerment Program (AEP), which provides
assistance and a local income source to various African tribes that have been
devastated by the AIDS virus.
The artisans' material (the colored telephone wire) is donated to the Kwa-Zulu Tribe
of Natal, South Africa by Telkom SA. The wire is then woven into artistically-
designed baskets and handbags by the women of the various tribal villages, who
use the designs provided by the applicant, Oenonie O'Reilly, a textile design artist
and graduate of the Michaelis Art School in Cape Town, South Africa.
Through their affiliation with the AEP, a cultural and artistic development program
in South Africa, the tribal women are paid by AEP for each individual piece they
weave. The applicant is a sales broker on behalf of AEP and paid on a commission
basis. The proceeds from the retail sales of the artisans' merchandise help to
provide funding for the local AEP programs in South Africa. Item No. 2 . 0 .
DATE: April 5, 2006
SUBJECT: WAIVER OF CERTAIN VILLAGEFEST RULES AND REGULATIONS
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The income derived from the sales of this merchandise helps to provide families
with a steady income stream in rural African areas. These tribal villages are totally
impoverished and devoid of other local income sources due to the destruction of
their local cultures and economies from the AIDS virus in South Africa. The
proceeds from the retail sales of the artisans' merchandise help to provide the
ongoing funding needed to operate these local AEP programs in South Africa.
At the February 28 meeting, several board members expressed a desire to have
this applicant participate at VillageFest due to the high quality of the wire-woven
items and the assistance the AEP programs would receive from the sales.
Following the February 28 meeting, staff received one e-mail, ostensibly objecting
to the recommendation made by the VillageFest Board regarding Out of Africa
Experience, Inc. The objection was that a commercial vendor was being
recommended to participate in VillageFest and that the artists would not be present
at the point of sale, despite specific VillageFest rules and regulations to the
contrary. To date, no other objections have been brought to staff's attention
regarding this matter.
Based upon the board's recommendation, which passed unanimously (5/0), staff
agreed to present this issue to the City Council for its consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT: Finance Director Approval
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The applicant wishes to be a year-round vendor at $145 per month, which would
result in a positive financial impact to the event of$1,740 per year.
�06tt Mikesell, Director TrV B zla4Sces
ant City Manager
Department of Parks and Recreation Ad in' rat
David H. Ready, Ci ,.Manager
Attachments:
Minute Order
MINUTE ORDER NO.
WAIVING RULES II. A. 1 AND 2 TO ALLOW OUT OF
AFRICA EXPERIENCE, INC. TO SELL COMMERCIALLY-
AVAILABLE WIRE WOVEN ITEMS AND NOT REQUIRE IT
TO HAVE THE ARTISANS PRESENT AT VILLAGEFEST.
I, James Thompson, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that this
Minute Order, waiving Rules II. A. 1 and 2 to allow Out of Africa Experience, Inc. to
sell commercially-available wire woven items and not require it to have the artisans
present at VillageFest, was adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
California, in a meeting thereof held on the 5th day of April, 2006.
James Thompson, City Clerk