Report Prepared by: Maria Mendoza, Development Associate, Office of Economic Development
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SUBJECT: Street Closure Request for 2016 Cap and Town Festival
REPORT IN BRIEF
Request the use of City Streets and Bob Hart Square.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion approving the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on a City street, subject to the conditions for alcohol sales listed in the administrative report; the use of Bob Hart Square; and the closure of West Main Street from "M" Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Way, "K" Street from the alley north of West 16th Street to the alley south of West 18th Street, and Canal Street from West Main Street to West 18th Street on Saturday, September 10, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. until Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 12:00 a.m. for the 2016 Cap and Town Festival.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff; or,
2. Approve, subject to other than recommended by staff; or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items as requested by Council; or,
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in Council motion).
AUTHORITY
City of Merced Charter Section 200; California Vehicle Code (CVC) Sections 21100(a) and 21101(e), the latter as follows:
"21101. Local authorities, for those highways under their jurisdiction, may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution on the following matters:
"(e) Temporarily closing a portion of any street for celebrations, parades, local special events, and other purposes when, in the opinion of local authorities having jurisdiction or a public officer or employee that the local authority designates by resolution, the closing is necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the street during the temporary closing."
For the request for an alcohol beverage sales area/beer garden, authority is provided under: Section 200 of the City of Merced Charter; Merced Municipal Code Sec...
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