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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary for a license between the City of Long Beach and the Sares-Regis Group for the short-term use of former Airport Lot D for a Long Beach Auto Tent Sale on May 15 through
May 17, 2015. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The Fiscal Year 2015 Adopted Budget anticipates that sales tax receipts and in-lieu sales and use tax revenue will account for $58.4 million, or fourteen percent, of all General Fund revenues. Unfortunately, when considering sales tax per capita relative to peer and neighboring city benchmarks, the City of Long Beach is experiencing tremendous sales tax leakage in various consumer-driven categories. Six (6) of the top twenty (25) sales tax generators in the City include car dealerships; yet, potential auto sales tax revenue could be enhanced to the tune of several million dollars, which the City of Long Beach is currently missing out on when consumers decide to make purchases of carl? outside the City's boundaries.
Although car sale events and shows have occurred within the City of Long Beach over the years, these by large measure do not feature our own local businesses and often the proper collection, remittance, and allocation of sales tax revenue due to the City from purchases within our jurisdiction may not always be detected or documented resulting in the failure to adequately capture important revenue.
Therefore, the goal of this Long Beach Auto Tent Sale scheduled for Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 17, 2015 is to raise the visibility of our local businesses, increase the capture of sales tax revenue, attract outside companies to relocate, and transform Long Beach into a premier destination to live, work and shop.
Lot D, at the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard and Conant Street, serves as an ideal location for this event due to its size and accessibility. The Long Beach Airport (Airport) previously leased Lot 0 from the Boeing Company (Boeing) for use...
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