File #: R-9-24    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 1/29/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/11/2024 Final action: 3/11/2024
Title: City-supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2025 - For the purpose of identifying annual City events and City-supported events in Fiscal Year 2025; and waiving certain fees for City-supported events.
Attachments: 1. R-9-24 First Reader, 2. R-9-24 Staff Report, 3. R-9-24 Fiscal Impact Note, 4. R-9-24 Signed (color), 5. R-9-24 Signed (b&w)

Title

City-supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2025 - For the purpose of identifying annual City events and City-supported events in Fiscal Year 2025; and waiving certain fees for City-supported events.

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CITY COUNCIL OF THE

City of Annapolis

 

Resolution 9-24

 

Introduced by: Alderwoman Tierney

Co-supported by:

 

Referred to:

Finance Committee

 

A RESOLUTION concerning

 

City-supported Special Events in Fiscal Year 2025

 

FOR                     the purpose of identifying City-supported events; and waiving certain related City fees during fiscal year 2024.

 

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 the following Special Events are designated City-supported Special Events during Fiscal Year 2025, 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; 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 there shall be a waiver of certain fees for the designated City-supported Special Events that are 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.