Billings Central High School requests permission to hold its annual Homecoming parade/carcade on Saturday, October 3, 2009, from 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm (including set up and disbanding time). The parade will be assembling at the school on 3rd Street West and Broadwater Avenue and will travel from Wyoming Avenue to Division Street, then proceed west on Broadwater Avenue to 5th Street West; turn right and proceed north through the intersection at 5th Street West and Grand Avenue to the parking lot entrance behind Senior High School and disband.

Recommended conditions of approval include that Billings Central High School:
1. Clean the area to be used after the event and provide and empty waste cans
2. Contact all businesses and make them aware of the event as soon as possible
3. Notify all emergency facilities, bus lines and media as soon as possible
4. Provide a certificate of insurance with required liability amounts naming the City of Billings as additional insured
5. Instruct parade participants to obey the traffic signals at intersections 5th/Broadwater and at 5th/Grand

The Council may:

• Approve request to close street for the event;or
• Deny the street closure

There are no costs to the City of Billings other than administrative time to process permit. Police, traffic control and litter removal are to be paid for by Billings Central High School.

Staff recommends that Council approve the closure named above on October 3, 2009, for Billings Central High School’s Homecoming Parade.