The City offers a wide variety of class opportunities to the community. Many of the classes offered require specialized instruction. The City contracts with qualified instructors to provide these classes for a split fee ratio ranging from 60/40% to 80/20%. For example, in a 70/30% split ratio, only 70% of the enrollment fees are paid to the instructor. The remaining 30% of the enrollment fees are kept by the City. The variance between percentages depends on a variety of factors, such as whether the class is being held at a City facility, at the instructor's facility, and/or longevity with the City. 

Municipal Code Section 3.18.060 states the City Manager is authorized to sign agreements up to and including $50,000 annually or per project. Most of the approximately 25 contract instructors agreements fall within the City Manager's signing authority except for Katherine Abrego Cortines and William Bush. They usually generate approximately $75,000 and $150,000, respectively, in annual payments. 

This proposed action is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA") and CEQA Guidelines (Title 14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.), because it does not involve any commitment to a specific project which could result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and, constitutes an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. Accordingly, this action does not constitute a "project" that requires environmental review (see specifically 14 CCR § 15378(b)(4-5))

There is sufficient funding in the Community Services Fund operating budget to cover the Fiscal Year 2024-25 cost of the agreements. Future agreement costs will be budgeted for in the appropriate fiscal year.