An event sponsor identified below is requesting Council approval to close the indicated streets for a fundraising event. 

Who: Alberta Bair Theater
Event:  Wild West Soiree (Annual Fundraiser and Western Street Dance)
Date: Saturday, June 25 from 6:00 am until 12:00 midnight
Where: Skypoint (2nd Ave N. between the alley west of N.27th to N. 29th; N. Broadway from 1 Ave N. to 3rd Ave N.)

Recommended conditions of approval include Alberta Bair Theater:

1. Provide approved certificate of insurance naming City of Billings as additional insured
2. Provide and install adequate traffic barricades and signs directing motorists around closure
3. Please insure that a clear unobstructed 10’ wide access lane is provided on the closed street to allow access for emergency vehicles
4. Obtain the proper open container from the Police Department if alcohol will be consumed in the public right of way
5. Contacting all businesses and making them aware of the event
6. Notifying all emergency facilities, bus lines and media of the event

The Council may:
• Approve the request to close streets for the event; or
• Deny the street closures

Administrative time to process the permit is offset by the application fee. Police and traffic control are to be paid for by Alberta Bair Theater.

Staff recommends that Council approve the closures named above for the Alberta Bair Theater's Wild West Soiree fundraiser.