Fiscal Note
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To SUSPEND the handcrafted goods and personally prepared food vending restrictions on June 2, 2012 during COWS ON THE CONCOURSE and authorizing the Dane County Dairy Promotion Committee, as sponsor of the special event, to select vendors, vending sites and performers for the duration of the event on the 10 blocks of E. Main St., N. & S. Pinckney, the 100 block of E. Washington Ave. and the 200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
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WHEREAS, Section 9.13 (6) of the Madison General Ordinances and the regulations adopted therein control street vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse area; and
WHEREAS, Section 9.13 (6)(k)1. allows the Common Council to suspend specifically enumerated vending ordinances or regulations and establish alternate rules and procedures during a special event; and
WHEREAS, COWS ON THE CONCOURSE is such a special event; and
WHEREAS, the sponsor of the event, the Dane County Dairy Promotion Committee, wishes to suspend MGO Sec. 9.13(6)(b) regarding handcrafted, homemade goods and personally prepared foods; and
WHEREAS, no vending licenses or sidewalk cafe licenses will be invalidated and
WHEREAS, all licensed vendors holding Mall/Concourse licenses and assigned sites at the corners of E. Main and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and E. Washington Ave. and N. & S. Pinckney, within the perimeter of the event, will be relocated to a location on the State Street Mall/Concourse Area outside the perimeter of the event pursuant to the authority in Sec. 9.13(6)(k)5; and
WHEREAS, the event sponsor wishes to select additional vendors, salespersons and vending sites to sell products during the special event; and
WHEREAS, Dane County Dairy Promotion Committee agrees to limit any vendors selected by its event to selling food and beverages and promotional materials specifically related to the event; such as T-shirts, posters, souvenirs or other related items; and
WHEREAS, the event sponsor...
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