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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Parade route for AHS Homecoming RESOLUTION NO.02-491 RESOLUTION APPROVING PARADE ROUTE FOR AMES HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS,Ames High School has requested it be allowed to hold a homecoming parade on September 23, 2002,(with a rain date of September 25 at 6:00 p.m.)with the proposed route along the streets in the Central Business District;and, WHEREAS,the parade will begin at Bandshell Park,proceed west on Fifth Street, south on Clark Avenue, back east on Main Street,and concluding at the Bandshell Park; and, WHEREAS,the parade will last approximately one hour and will begin at 6:30 p.m.; and, WHEREAS,barricades will be placed on streets along the route for traffic control purposes and will be staffed by Ames High School officials and adult volunteers; and, WHEREAS,the staging area for the parade will be east of Duff Avenue on Sixth Street,Carroll Avenue,and Fifth Street adjacent to Bandshell Park; and, WHEREAS,to accommodate activities in this staging area,parking will be prohibited from 5:00 p.m.to 10:30 p.m.to ensure that conflicts are minimized, and temporary no parking signs alerting parking users will be posted on the Sunday prior to the event; and, WHEREAS, the homecoming parade organizers have requested that on-street parking along the route be prohibited, however, the Main Street District has indicated opposition to this request and wishes that the metered spaces on Main Street be left available for parking as has occurred in past years. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa, that the requests from the Ames High School Homecoming Parade Committee are approved as follows: 1)the parade route will begin at Bandshell Park,proceed west on Fifth Street,south on Clark Avenue,back east on Main Street,and conclude at the Bandshell Park on September 23,2002,at 6:30 p.m. (with a rain date of September 25,2002, at 6:00 p.m.); and,2) parking is prohibited from 5:00 p.m.to 10:30 p.m.east of DuffAvenue and adjacent to Bandshell Park on Sixth Street, Carroll Avenue, and Fifth Street on September 23 (with a rain date of September 25). ADOPTED THIS 10"'day of September,2002. CA4�)?. LIM& -- Diane R. Voss,City Clerk Ted Tedesco,Mayor Introduced by: Hoffinan Seconded by: Goodhue Voting aye: Goodhue,Hoffinan,Quirmbach,Vegge,Wirth Voting nay: None Absent: None Abstaining: Cross Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 10`h of September,2002.