STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: December 9, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a contract with Center Operating Company, L.P. to cover previously unbudgeted costs of necessary expenditures incurred due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic for protective supplies and retrofitting under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act for the American Airlines Center - Not to exceed $600,000.00 - Financing: U.S. Department of Treasury - Coronavirus Relief Funds
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BACKGROUND
On December 10, 1997, Center Operating Company ("COC") and the City of Dallas entered into the Arena Master Agreement regarding the construction and financing of the Arena Project as a sports and community venue project in the City of Dallas, Texas for the use and benefit of the public. Shortly thereafter, on January 17, 1998, voters approved the Arena Project and on July 28, 1998, the City entered into a Lease Agreement with Arena/Dallas Stars, Inc., Hillwood Arena Partners, Inc., DBL Arena Partners, Inc., and Corporate Arena Associates Inc. referred to collectively as "The Arena Group" by Resolution No. 97-3998.
Although the subject of a lease agreement, the American Airlines Center (the "AAC") remains a city of Dallas owned property assigned to the Department of Convention and Event Services (CES) property portfolio. As such, the AAC has been included in CES work to assess the condition of all properties in its portfolio to assure consistency in the City's facility retrofitting response, including the installation of touchless technology for staff and visitors, ultraviolet sanitization upgrades, and the acquisition and distribution of medical and protective supplies, including sanitizing products and personal protective equipment for the safety of workers in c...
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