Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
To extend the closing hours at Olbrich Botanical Gardens to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, 2008 for the 21st annual Rhapsody in Bloom benefit dinner and dance.
Body
PREAMBLE
Section 8.21 of the Madison General Ordinances, "Public Parks to Be Closed During Certain Hours", provides that parks shall be closed at 10 p.m. except where closing hours may be extended by the Superintendent of Parks to 11 p.m. due to scheduled recreational events. It further provides that the Common Council may by Resolution permit specific parks to be open after 11 p.m. for designated events approved by the Common Council.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens is hosting its 21st annual special fundraising event "Rhapsody in Bloom" to provide an evening dinner and dance to benefit Olbrich Botanical Gardens on Saturday, June 21, 2008 and desires to remain open until 11:30 p.m.
The Park Commission recommends that the Common Council approve the extension of the closing hours of Olbrich Botanical Gardens from 10:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. on June 21, 2008 to allow the 21st annual "Rhapsody in Bloom" evening dinner and dance to raise funds to benefit Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council hereby extends the closing hours for Olbrich Botanical Gardens from 10:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. on June 21, 2008 to allow the 21st annual "Rhapsody in Bloom" evening dinner and dance to raise funds to benefit Olbrich Botanical Gardens.