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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT BY.
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Donald P. Reynolds Jr., Administrative Service
Manager
DATE: May 26, 1999, (CC Mtg. 6/2/99)
SUBJECT: Consider Refund of Swap -Meet Vendor Business
Registration Fees
DISCUSSION
On April 30, 1999, City acted in response to Moorpark
College's request for assistance with the swap -meet, and
consistent with the Municipal Code, required each vendor at
the swap -meet to pay an annual Business Registration fee of
$30. The City registered 238 businesses between May 2 and
May 23, for a total amount collected of $7,140. The event
manager informed each vendor that the fee was non-
refundable. Since canceling the event May 19, 1999, and
following the final swap -meet of May 23, the City has been
contacted by several of these vendors requesting a refund of
their Business Registration fee.
The Business Registration fee was established in 1986, based
on the cost of issuing the permit. Each permit is valid
for 12 months. In 1989, the City Council by minute action,
enacted a no refund policy.
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Staff is requesting that the Council consider refunds to
these business owners as an exception to the 1989 policy,
because the City for unrelated reasons, cancelled the event.
It is realized that the businesses complied with the City's
Business Registration program, and intended to use this
Registration for a full twelve months at the swap -meet. It
is assumed that these businesses would not otherwise conduct
their activities in Moorpark. In the event that a business
wishes to sell at other events in Moorpark, a new Business
Registration fee would have to be paid.
After the first event, only a few businesses had
registered. The swap -meet management company paid for 86
licenses on behalf of the vendors, to assure that they were
in compliance during subsequent events. Some of the
refunded monies therefore, would be returned to the event
manager, because not all of these original vendors
returned. Staff has records of which of these vendors
returned to the swap -meet and reimbursed the manager, and
this detail will be administered by staff to the
satisfaction of all involved.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council authorize a 100o refund of the
Business Registration fees paid by Moorpark swap -meet
vendors.
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