CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: September 16, 2021
Agenda Date: September 28, 2021
Prepared By: Samantha Senger, Assistant to the CM/Public Information Officer
Through: Stockton Whitten, City Manager
Requested Action:
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Staff recommends the approval on Second Reading of Ordinance 13-2021 regarding updates to the Special Events Ordinance.
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BACKGROUND:
City staff recently reviewed City application and agreement forms relating to City Facility rentals and Special Events. During such process, City staff identified a need to further update the Special Events Ordinance previously revised and adopted by City Council in 2018. Those changes to the ordinance include:
* Removal/addition of certain definitions as appropriate (e.g., removal of sanitation fee definition; removal of application fee definition; addition of Special event fee definition).
* City sponsored event definition revised to include the annual Wednesday Friendsday Chamber event and to remove Fiesta Brevard which no longer occurs and Cocoa Mardi Gras which is produced by an outside promoter.
* Removal of City organized events from the requirement of filling out and submitting an application.
* Removal of duplicate language about cleaning of the facilities under the Sanitation section.
* Revise provisions regarding special event permit and classification to reflect the tiered rate structure for special event permits and classification approved in 2018.
* Authorizing the City Manager to approve the waiver of special event fees associated with fundraising events put on by 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
* Such special event fee waiver requests will be treated as requests for City sponsorship of such special event.
STRATEGIC PLAN CONNECTION:
Image - Host special events to attract visitors to the Cocoa community.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
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PREVIOUS ACTION:
City Council approved Ordinance 13-2021 on First Reading at the September 14, 2021 Cocoa City Council meeting.
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