Consent 1.F.4.
Regular City Council Meeting
- Meeting Date:
- 08/22/2011
- TITLE
- Honoring our History and Western Heritage Center Street Closure
- PRESENTED BY:
- David Mumford
- Department:
- Public Works
Presentation:
PROBLEM/ISSUE STATEMENT
A street closure has been requested for the following event:
Who: Waddell & Reed and the Western Heritage Center
Event: Honoring our History Traveling Exhibit
Date and Time: Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:00 am until Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Where: South of Montana Avenue on North 29th Street.
Recommended conditions of approval include Waddell & Reed and Western Heritage Center:
1. Provide a certificate of insurance with required liability amounts naming the City of Billings as additional insured.
2. Provide and install adequate traffic barricades directing motorists around closure.
3. Provide a ten foot wide unobstructed lane on the closed streets to provide access for emergency vehicles.
4. Contact all businesses/residents affected and make them aware of the event.
5. Clean the area to be used after the event and provide and empty waste cans.
Who: Waddell & Reed and the Western Heritage Center
Event: Honoring our History Traveling Exhibit
Date and Time: Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:00 am until Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Where: South of Montana Avenue on North 29th Street.
Recommended conditions of approval include Waddell & Reed and Western Heritage Center:
1. Provide a certificate of insurance with required liability amounts naming the City of Billings as additional insured.
2. Provide and install adequate traffic barricades directing motorists around closure.
3. Provide a ten foot wide unobstructed lane on the closed streets to provide access for emergency vehicles.
4. Contact all businesses/residents affected and make them aware of the event.
5. Clean the area to be used after the event and provide and empty waste cans.
ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED
The Council may:
• Approve the request to close a portion of the street for the event; or
• Deny the street closure
• Approve the request to close a portion of the street for the event; or
• Deny the street closure
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Administrative time to process the permit is offset by the application fee. Any Police assistance, traffic control, and litter removal are the responsibility of Waddell & Reed and the Western Heritage Center.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council approve the street closure named above for the Honoring our History and the Western Heritage Center event.