HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Parking space closures for Octagon Art Festival RESOLUTION NO. 05-376
RESOLUTION APPROVING PARKING SPACE CLOSURES FOR
THE OCTAGON ART FESTIVAL
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, The Octagon Center for the Arts plans to host an art festival in the Ames Main
Street Cultural District(MSCD)on Sunday, September 25,2005, and this event is scheduled to begin
at 10:00 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m.; and,
WHEREAS,booths selling arts and crafts, as well as food items,will be in operation that day;
and,
WHEREAS,in addition,there will be two entertainment stages,one located orth of Tom Evans
Plaza and the second near the Douglas Avenue and Main Street intersection; and,
WHEREAS,to facilitate this event,the organizers for the art festival are requesting the following
street closures beginning at 3:00 a.m.on September 25:Main Street from a point east of the Wells Fargo
Driveway to the entrance of the CBD lot east of the intersection of Main Street and Douglas Avenue;
Burnett Avenue from a point just north of the downtown alley south to Tom Evans Plaza; Kellogg
Avenue from a point just north of the downtown alley south to the south edge of the Main Street and
Kellogg Avenue intersection;Douglas Avenue from the 51}i Street intersection south to Main Street;and,
WHEREAS,the organizers are further requesting the closure of the parking spaces within the
closed street areas; and,
WHEREAS, streets and parking spaces will be closed at 3:00 a.m. on September 25 and will
reopen at about 9:00 p.m.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that
he parking space closures in the Downtown area for The Octagon Art Festival to be held on
September 25,2005, are hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 13th day of September, 2005.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
Introduced by: Cross
Seconded by: Goodhue
Voting aye: Cross, Goodhue, Goodman,Mahayni,Vegge,Wirth
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 13th day of September, 2005.