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PJ A r F R F N F R c v L I F E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES W& Board Memorandum P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: October 28, 2019 ITEM NO: 10 SUBJECT: EXPENDITURE NOT TO EXCEED $68,000 FOR SERVICES AND SPONSORSHIPS PROVIDED TO RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES BY GREATER RIVERSIDE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019/20 ISSUES: Approve an expenditure not to exceed $68,000 for Fiscal Year 2019/20 to the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce for sponsorships and services specifically provided to the Public Utilities Department , as further described in this report, and conceptually approve the scope of services and sponsorships specifically provided to the Public Utilities Department as described herein. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities: 1. Approve an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $68,000 for Fiscal Year 2019/20 to the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce for sponsorships and services specifically provided to the Public Utilities Department as described herein; and 2. Conceptually approve the scope of services and sponsorships specifically provided to the Public Utilities Department as described herein. BACKGROUND: The Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce (Chamber) has served the City of Riverside (City) and surrounding communities for over 100 years. The organization started in 1900 and took on two (2) important projects, which included bringing a rail line to riverside and writing a City Charter later adopted by the City of Riverside board of Trustees in 1907. Collaboration between the City of Riverside and the Chamber began immediately and contracts between the two entities date back at least 50 years. The Chamber was instrumental in convincing the State to establish a Citrus Experiment Station at the base of Mt. Rubidoux and then to gain a larger station near Box Springs Mountain, convincing the Federal government to establish March Field as an aviation training facility in 1918, now known as March Air Reserve Base, helping to establish the Riverside National Cemetery in 1976, working to bring the Sherman Institute and the School for the Deaf to Riverside, establishing University of California, Riverside Liberal Arts College through letters, telephone calls, and trips to Sacramento and Washington D.C.. The Chamber also campaigned for Park Bonds in support of the creation of the 81" Street underpass and for the planning of Riverside's first freeway in the 1940's and 1950's. In 1934, in the midst of a depression, the Chamber was successful in attracting 30 conventions to the