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City-supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2024 - For the purpose of identifying City-supported events in Fiscal Year 2024, where the City becomes a co-sponsor and waives certain related City fees for those events.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution 11-23
Introduced by: Alderwoman Tierney
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to
Finance Committee
A RESOLUTION concerning
City-supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2024
FOR the purpose of identifying City-supported events in Fiscal Year 2024, where the City becomes a co-sponsor and waives certain related City fees for those events.
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 Section 14.18.110; or
2. Agrees to provide financial or in-kind support and be identified as a sponsor; however
3. Shall not be the applicant or an event organizer; and
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 the following Special Events are designated City Sponsored Special Events during Fiscal Year 2024 in recognition of their significance to our heritage and public service to our City:
• Independence Day Parade (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: St. Patrick's Day Parade, Hooley and Shamrock the Dock (March)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade and Diaspora Concert and Festival (April)
• 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 there shall be a waiver of certain fees for the designated City Sponsored Special Events 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.