HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Street and parking space closures for the Octagon Art Festival RESOLUTION NO. 03-359
RESOLUTION APPROVING STREET AND PARKING SPACE CLOSURES
FOR THE OCTAGON ART FESTIVAL
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS, The Octagon Center for the Arts plans to host an art festival in the Central
Business District(CBD)on September 28,2003,to begin at 10:00 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m.;
and,
WHEREAS,booths selling art and craft items,as well as food vending,will be in operation
during the day; and,
WHEREAS,to facilitate this event,the following items are being requested by the Octagon
Center: 1) closure of Main Street from a point east of the Wells Fargo driveway to the east side of
the intersection of Main and Douglas; 2) closure of Burnett Avenue from a point just north of the
downtown alley to Tom Evans Plaza; 3) closure of Kellogg Avenue from a point just north of the
downtown alley to the south edge of the Main and Kellogg intersection; 4) closure of Douglas
Avenue from the Fifth Street intersection south to Main Street; and, 5) closure of parking spaces
within the closed street areas as well as the first two parking spaces on the north and south sides of
Main Street just to the east of the barricade at Douglas Avenue; and,
WHEREAS,streets and parking spaces will be closed at 6:00 a.m.on September 28 and will
reopen at approximately 9:00 p.m; and,
WHEREAS,the Ames Main Street District has been informed of the event and is in support
of it.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the street and parking space closures as previously stipulated for The Octagon Center for the
Arts Art Festival to be held on September 28, 2003, in the Central Business District are hereby
approved.
ADOPTED THIS 9'day of September, 2003.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodhue
Seconded by: Wirth
Voting aye: Cross, Goodhue, Hoffinan, Mahayni, Vegge, Wirth
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9'of September, 2003.