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City-supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2025 - For the purpose of adding the Annapolis Family Day Festival to annual City events and City-supported events; and waiving certain fees for the Annapolis Family Day Festival in in Fiscal Year 2025.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution 28-24
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Referred to:
Finance Committee
A RESOLUTION concerning
Fiscal Year 2025 Annapolis Family Festival
FOR the purpose of adding the Annapolis Family Day Festival to annual City events and City-supported events and waiving certain fees for the Annapolis Family Day Festival in Fiscal Year 2025.
WHEREAS, Section 14.18.020 of the City Code defines a “City-supported event” as a special event for which the City:
1. Waives some or all of the fees pursuant to §14.18.110; or
2. Agrees to provide financial or in-kind support and be identified as a sponsor; and
3. Shall not be the applicant or an event organizer.
WHEREAS, Section 6.04.210 of the City Code states that “whenever a person leases, uses or occupies a City facility, the person shall be charged and pay a minimum of full fees for the use of the facility.”; and
WHEREAS, Full fees “means the value of the right to lease, use or occupy the City facility as determined by the Finance Director in a Fiscal Impact Note, plus all costs incurred by the City of Annapolis including, but not limited to, utility costs and costs associated with municipal services (public safety, public works, custodial, renovations, repairs, maintenance, transportation and parking)”; and
WHEREAS, Examples of City facilities include public spaces, grounds, parks, athletic facilities, fields, docks, piers, wet slips, moorings, developable waters, buildings, motor vehicles, equipment, structures, rooms or other parts of public buildings; and
WHEREAS, Examples of City services include traffic control, crowd control, public safety support (police or fire), trash removal, sanitary services, recycling, bulk pick-up, the provision of water, sewer, electricity, communications or other utilities, transportation, and labor; and
WHEREAS, Section 6.04.210 of the City Code further states that the fees for City services may be waived “by resolution of the City Council pursuant to guidelines approved by the City Council.”
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that Special Events that are designated City-supported Special Events during Fiscal Year 2025 is amended to include the Annapolis Family Day Festival:
• Independence Day Parade (July)
• Annapolis Family Day Festival (July)
• Elk’s Pre-Labor Day Parade (September)
• Kunta Kinte Festival (September)
• Tug of War (November)
• Veterans Day Ceremony (November)
• Grand Illumination (November)
• Annapolis Holiday Market (December)
• Lights Parade (December)
• New Year’s Eve Celebration (December)
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade Weekend Events; Hooley and Shamrock the Dock (March)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade (April)
• African Diaspora Concert and Festival (April/May)
• Memorial Day Parade (May)
• Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival (June)
• Juneteenth Parade and Festival (June)
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that certain fees will be waived for the designated City-supported Special Events, including the Annapolis Family Day Festival on July 27, 2024, identified in the Staff Report attached to this Resolution and incorporated by reference.
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this resolution shall take effect from the date of its passage.