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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Sara Townsend, Deputy City Clerk
DATE: July 5, 2016
SUBJECT:
Requesting approval for St. Mary's Church to have a Music Festival as part of their 2016 Summer Festival event to be held on the parish grounds on August 20th and 21st, 2016.
PURPOSE:
St. Mary's Church, located at 430 E. Downer Pl., will be holding their Summer Festival event on Saturday, August 20th and Sunday, August 21st, 2016. As part of this event, St. Mary's Church would like to have live musical entertainment, which requires City Council approval prior to the issuance of a permit. The proposed entertainment includes the Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl, and live bands.
BACKGROUND:
St. Mary's Church has been hosting summer festival events for a number of years. As part of their celebration, and similar to previous years, they will be offering live entertainment. If approved, this would be the fifth consecutive year a music festival permit would be issued for their summer event. To our knowledge, no police incidents have been reported at this event in the past.
DISCUSSION:
Our office has received a completed application for this event, including event layout, performance bond, Assembly Operational Permit, Diagram, Emergency Evacuation and Fire Safety Plan and certificates of completion of Crowd Management training courses. St. Mary has also submitted an application for an assembly operational permit, and an inspection of the site will be conducted prior to the event.
As in previous years, the event will take place on parish grounds, at 430 E. Downer Pl. The proposed hours of operation for the Festival are from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the proposed hours for music and live entertainment being from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 20th and 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 21st, 2016
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is my recommendation that this item be referred to the Government Operations Committee for their next meeting on July 26, 2016. This ...
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