10-14-2025 (To City Council, Mayor, Parks Board, Environmental Commission)
Thank you for replying to confirm receipt of my earlier email.
You have probably been told by the Parks Department that the 10 pages of reduced content in the 2025 ACL contract is simply the relocation of content to external CoA sources. The fee schedule for the ACL rental of Zilker Park -- located now in the new ACL SCOPE OF WORK -- required an additional Public Information Request. It took me several more days to collect the SCOPE OF WORK documents located in CoA Municipal Code, Austin Center for Events policies and procedures, Park Rules, etc.
I have compiled an ACL SCOPE OF WORK LIBRARY: 15 documents, located outside of the ACL Contract.
I wonder how the ACL Organizer manages to comply with such wide-ranging materials, some of which appear to be contradictory to the very nature of the ACL Event.
For example, Special Event Property List (https://drive.google.com/
Thanks for your interest in the 2025 ACL Contract.
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10-02-2025
Dear Public Reader,
The Parks Department has since sent me the 2025 ACL Contract Addendum (2 pages).
The Addendum provides the details about the rental fees. However, ACL in 2025 continues to have minimal regulations (such as "maximum capacity of attendees"):
• no Tiered Special Event maintenance fees (the fee-per-ticket for general park maintenance);
• no EMS regulations,
• no Fencing regulations,
• no Maximum Capacity of Attendees,
• missing Portable Toilet details,
• missing Transportation details,
• missing Waste Management details and
• missing the impact of "free samples" on waste management.
The 2025 ACL Contract Addendum:
Dear Ms. Johnston and Environmental Commissioners,
The Parks Department (APR) has chosen to use a new minimalist contract template for ACL in 2025. The event is right around the corner (although you won't find the event dates in the new 2025 contract -- one of many omissions, I believe).
The EC discusses various topics that impact the environment, health and safety of people. ACL Festival has impacts on environmental topics: Waste Management, EMS/public safety, Transportation (sustainable and mass transit), to name a few.
I have taken screenshots to show you the missing Contract oversight for ACL in 2025.
The first few screenshots are the top and bottom of the 2024 vs 2025 ACL Contracts. They show: No rent due, no deposit due, no mention of "25% non-refundable." Page 12 verifies that this is in fact the 2025 ACL Contract, signed by Dir. Aguirre and the Organizer Emmett Beliveau.
The 2024 ACL Contract was 22 pages. The current 2025 ACL Contract is 12 pages. That means 10 pages of regulations, reporting requirements, and site-plan requirements -- for example -- are simply missing in 2025.
With my file names and annotation, I tried to make each screenshot clear. Always, the 2024 ACL Contract is on the LEFT and the 2025 Contract is on the RIGHT.
Many issues in the 2025 contract might be of interest to the EC:
• no event rental fees,• no Tiered Special Event maintenance fees (the fee-per-ticket for general park maintenance);• no EMS regulations,• no Fencing regulations,• no Maximum Capacity of Attendees,• missing Portable Toilet details,• missing Transportation details,• missing Waste Management details and• missing the impact of "free samples" on waste management.
There are more.
Perhaps you will find something of interest specific to the EC?
My best wishes -- and with gratitude for your volunteer service to the City,
Diana Prechter
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The full contracts are at the links below:
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Comparing various sections by subject:
