File #: R-13-20    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 2/12/2020 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 3/9/2020 Final action: 3/9/2020
Title: Sailing Vessel Maiden - Docking Fee Waiver - For the purpose of waiving the fees for docking the Maiden at the Annapolis City Dock on certain dates during the month of April, 2020.
Sponsors: Gavin Buckley
Indexes: Finance Committee
Attachments: 1. R-13-20 Sailing VesseI Maiden - Docking Fee Waiver First Reader.pdf, 2. R-13-20 Staff Report.pdf, 3. R-13-20 Staff Report 3-3-20.pdf, 4. R-13-20 Fiscal Impact Note.pdf, 5. R-13-30 SIGNED.pdf

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Sailing Vessel Maiden - Docking Fee Waiver - For the purpose of waiving the fees for docking the Maiden at the Annapolis City Dock on certain dates during the month of April, 2020.

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CITY COUNCIL OF THE

City of Annapolis

 

Resolution 13-20

 

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley

Co-sponsored by:

 

Referred to

Finance Committee

 

A RESOLUTION concerning

 

Sailing Vessel Maiden - Docking Fee Waiver

 

FOR                     the purpose of waiving the fees for docking the Maiden at the Annapolis City Dock on certain dates during the month of April, 2020.

 

WHEREAS,                     the organizing committee, comprised of Annapolis constituents, is requesting a docking fee waiver for the British sailing vessel Maiden, owned by the nonprofit foundation The Maiden Factor, which is scheduled to visit the Annapolis City Dock during the period of April 8-12, 2020, and again on April 17, 2020; and

 

WHEREAS,                     the Maiden is currently on a world tour and she will be open for public tours while docked in downtown Annapolis; and

 

WHEREAS,                     the Maiden was designed by Annapolis's own Bruce Farr and built in 1979 and  competed in two races around the world before being purchased by Tracy Edwards, the British Skipper of a campaign that entered the first all-female crewed boat in the 1989/90 Whitbread Around the World Race; and

 

WHEREAS,                      the Maiden is being sailed around the world again with a rotating roster of all-female Skippers and crew, to raise awareness and funds for girls education, and empower women and girls worldwide; and

 

WHEREAS,                     the story of the Maiden, crew and race were featured in a 2019 documentary called Maiden, that was selected for best documentary on the shortlist of Oscar nominees and will be shown during the Annapolis Film Festival on March 29, 2020; and

 

WHEREAS,                     Annapolis is one of only five East Coast visits for this world tour and will be reaching out to local area schools and community groups including the Severn Sailing Association, Eastport Yacht Club and other regional clubs to coordinate with their junior sailing and high school sailing programs; and 

 

WHEREAS,                      The Maiden Factor organization is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) involved with promoting the important message of improving the world through education; and

 

WHEREAS,                      the City of Annapolis, in recognition of the Maiden’s mission to promote the education of girls, empower women and girls worldwide, and foster economic development and tourism, wishes to waive the fees for her to dock while visiting Annapolis during April 8-12, 2020, and again on April 17, 2020.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the fees for docking the Maiden at the Annapolis City during April 8-12, 2020, and again on April 17, 2020, are hereby waived.

 

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this resolution shall take effect from the date of its passage.

 

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