HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/17/1999 - STAFF REPORTS (25) DATE: November 17,1999
TO: City Council
FROM: Director of Downtown Development Center
PALM SPHNGS 2000 NEW YEAR'S EVE Mll1EM%W CELEBRATION
RECOMMENDATIOR
That City Council designate the Palm Sp" 2000 New Year's Eve
Millennium Celebration as a City sponsored event and adopt a Res-
oludon suspending certain regulatory ordinances during this event.
BACKGROUND:
The Palm Springs 2000 New Yeas Eve Millennium Celebration Will
take place on December 31, 1999 in Downtown Palm Springs, with
Patin Canyon Drive to be dosed at 8:00 FM from Alejo Road to
Badsto Road. Festivites will include a Sheet Performers Festival
and a Midnight Fireworks celebration. This event is being Jointly
produced by Patin Springs Tourism, Mainstreet Palm Springs
and the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce in cooperation
with the City of Palm Springs. Forty five private sponsors, rep-
resenting Palm Springs businesses, and six media partners are
funding tie entertainment and advertising aspects of this festival.
Cry staff is to provide similar services to those provided to the
weekly VillageFest event in Downtown. The cost of these City sere
ices is projected to be $33,600.00. As indicated during the first
quarter budget review, funding for City services is available through.
a redirection of funding that was appropriated for the softball tour-
nament.
Designating this event a City sponsored event will allow producers
to hang event banners Downtown, display posters, produce the
fireworks show and otherwise promote tie event. The producers
will plan, organize and stage the festival in cooperation with the
City's Special Events Planning Team (SEPT).
On October 5, 1988, Cty Council adopted Ordinance #1310 which
autihorizes temporary suspension of regulatory ordinances to fhdll-
tate sponsored or sanctioned events. Atac tied Minute Order desig-
nates this event festival become,,a Cry sponsored event and a
Resolution for City Council consideration that temporarily sus-
pends the Noise Ordinance, Sign Ordinance, and zoning Ordi-
nance for ;his festival.
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APPROVED:
Interim City Manager /
ATCACHMENTS:
I. Minute Order
2. Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. LU22
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CA[FORNIA, IFAN40RAPLY SUSPENDM
CERTAIN REGULATORY ORDINANCES TO FACLfI'ATE
THE PALM SPRINGS 2000 NEW YEARS EVE MLLENNIL M
CELEBRATION TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 31, 1999.
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs designated die Palm Springs 2000 New
Years Eve Millennium Celebration as a City-sponsored event, and
WHEREAS the City Council desires to facilitate the staging of the Cft -sponsored
event in order to nwdmize resident and visitor participation in and enjoyment
of this event; and
V41EREAS die City Council finds that certain regulatory ordinances are generaDy
deemed desh"able and necessary may, nonetheless, Impede the conduct of
special events; and
WHEREAS the City Council finds dial in holding special events, the public
Interest and flee benefits derived therekorn outweigh the temporary public
Inconvenience; and
WHEREAS the City Council has enacted Ordinance # 1310 authorizing
temporary suspension of regulatory ordinances.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Coomcil of the City of Palm
Springs, California as follows:
Section 1. A. That the Patin Springs 2000 New Years Eve
Mfilennium Celebration is a special event beneficial to
the community and its visitor-oriented economy.
B. That the date of the event IS January 31, 1999.
C. That tine event Is being produced by the Palm Springs
Tourism Division, Mainsheet-Palm Springs and the Palm
Springs Chamber of Commerce.
D. That the event venue Is Downtown Palm Springs,
between Alejo on the north to Barlsto on the south
and from Belardo Road on the west to Indian Canyon
Drive on the east
Section 2. That the following ordinances are hereby temporarily
suspended for the special event designated in Section 1
above: Sign Ordinance, zoning Ordinance and Noise
Ordinance.
Section 3. That the regulatory offices designated In Section 2 above
shall remain In full force and effect except as to the event
dates and organizations as designated In Section 1 above.
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ADOPIFD THE 171h day Of November, 1999. c�
AYES Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindtenst
NOES: None
ABSENT None
ATTEST: CRY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALJFOIV"
W.
cwcleik —InIFrWW Manager
REVEWE D AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
J
MINUTE ORDER NO. �
DES[GNAMNG THE PALM SPRINGS 2000 NEW YEAR'S
EVE MdiE1Vl"CELEBRATION A CITY SPONSORED
EVENT.
I HEREBY CERTIFY diet dits Minute Order, designating
file Palm Springs 2000 New Year's Eve Millennium
Webradon a City sponsored event, was adopted by
file City Co u►dl of the City of Patin Springs in a meet
ing thereof held on the 171h day of November, 1999.
BY: TRICIA SANDERS
City Clerk