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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Allowing Ames High School Homecoming Parade on Fifth Street and Main Street RESOLUTION NO. 00-435 RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FROM AMES HIGH HOMECOMING COMMITTEE FOR A PARADE ALONG FIFTH STREET AND MAIN STREET ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2000 WHEREAS, a request has been received from Ames High School to hold its 2000 Homecoming Parade on September 18, 2000, commencing at 6:30 p.m.; and, WHEREAS, it is planned that this Parade will be routed along streets in the Downtown Business District and proceed west on Fifth Street,south on Clark Avenue,east on Main Street,and conclude at the Bandshell Park; and, WHEREAS,barricades will be placed on streets along this route for traffic-control purposes and will be manned by Ames High School officials; and, WHEREAS,police assistance will be needed at the two Duff Avenue intersections at Fifth Street and Main Street to direct traffic, the cost of which has been requested to be waived by the Parade organizers; and, WHEREAS,to accommodate activities in the staging area,it is necessary to prohibit parking for a period from 5:00 to 10:30 PM; and, WHEREAS,the Main Street Improvement District has been informed of the parade and supports the activity again this year; and, WHEREAS,the organizers will post notices on parking meters and in storefronts notifying patrons and business owners about the Parade. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the request from Ames High Homecoming Committee for a waiver of the costs for traffic control and police officers for the Homecoming Parade on September 18, 2000, is hereby approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Ames High Homecoming Parade route along Fifth Street and Main Street,to include parking prohibitions on streets surrounding Bandshell Park(but not along the metered areas in the Downtown District),is hereby approved subject to the stipulation that the Committee provide adults to man City-provided barricades at 13 locations along the route. ADOPTED THIS 12th day of September, 2000. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor Introduced by: Cross Seconded by: Wirth Voting aye: Campbell, Cross, Goodhue, Hoffman, Quirmbach, Wirth Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 12th of September, 2000.