CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the Ordinance to establish Temporary Traffic Controls and issue a Special Event and Amplifier Permit for the Hometown Holidays/Friends of Little Friends Electric Parade on Saturday, December 2, 2017, consider the Change of Scope, approve the use of SY17 SECA Grant fund underspend to cover City services, and charge the event organizer for any remaining shortfall.
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DEPARTMENT: City Clerk's Office
SUBMITTED BY: Dawn Portner, Special Events Coordinator
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
Sponsored by the Downtown Naperville Alliance (DNA) and Little Friends, the annual Hometown Holidays/Friends of Little Friends Electric Parade will take place in Downtown Naperville at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 2, 2017.
DISCUSSION:
The route and associated No Parking/Tow Zones are shown on the attached map.
The parade is scheduled from 7:00 p.m. to approximately 8:00 p.m.
The streets of the route will be closed at approximately 2:00 p.m. to allow time to clear parked cars and install fencing prior to the start of the parade. The streets will be open to vehicular traffic and the No Parking/Tow Zone signs will be removed at approximately 8:30 p.m. or as soon as the Naperville Police Department determines it appropriate based on public safety.
Staff will post informational signs along the route beginning Monday, November 27, 2017, the DNA will notify all affected businesses and residents no less than two weeks prior to the event, and all insurance requirements will be fulfilled prior to the issuance of the permit.
Change of Scope Request
The 2017 Friends of Little Friends Electric Parade was originally planned to be held at Calamos. Little Friends did not apply for SY17 SECA Grant funding for any portion of the event. In light of that decision, the DNA proposed a new, small-scale, Downtown Holiday Festival and was awarded $2,296 in SECA Grant funds for City services.
After the SY17 SECA Grant fun...
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