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RESOLUTION APPROVING WAIVER OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN CBD LOTS
FOR AMES MAIN STREET FARMERS' MARKET
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS, the Ames Chamber of Commerce is planning to host the sixth annual Main
Street Farmers'Market this summer,which will take place on the 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street
and on Burnett Avenue from Main Street to the U.S. Bank drive-through; and,
WHEREAS,the Market will operate on 24 Saturdays from May 7 through October 15 from
8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and,
WHEREAS,to facilitate set-up and tear-down, streets and parking spaces need to be closed
from 5:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day; and,
WHEREAS,to facilitate the Market,organizers have also requested that the two-and four-
hour limits on parking in CBD Lots X and Y be waived during Market hours, which City staff
supports; and,
WHEREAS, additionally, 75 metered parking spaces will be closed for 4.5 metered hours
each day that the Market operates.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that waiver of parking enforcement in Central Business District Parking Lots X and Y and in the 300
and 400 blocks of Main Street and a portion of Burnett Avenue during the 2016 Ames Main Street
Farmers' Market is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS Pt day of March, 2016.
C-1, A.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Gartin
Seconded by: Corrieri
Voting aye: Betcher, Beatty-Hansen, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this Pt day of March, 2016.