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File #: 17658    Version: 1 Name: To extend the closing hours at Olbrich Botanical Gardens to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2010 for the 23rd annual Rhapsody in Bloom benefit dinner and dance.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/1/2010 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: 3/16/2010 Final action: 3/16/2010
Enactment date: 3/17/2010 Enactment #: RES-10-00239
Title: To extend the closing hours at Olbrich Botanical Gardens to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2010 for the 23rd annual Rhapsody in Bloom benefit dinner and dance.
Sponsors: Joseph R. Clausius, Larry Palm, Marsha A. Rummel, Paul E. Skidmore
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsWatch
3/16/20101 COMMON COUNCIL AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
3/10/20101 BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/1/20101 Parks Division RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - REPORT OF OFFICER  Action details Meeting details Not available
Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
To extend the closing hours at Olbrich Botanical Gardens to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2010 for the 23rd annual Rhapsody in Bloom benefit dinner and dance.
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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 23rd annual special fundraising event "Rhapsody in Bloom" to provide an evening dinner and dance to benefit Olbrich Botanical Gardens on Saturday, June 19, 2010 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 19, 2010 to allow the 23rd 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 19, 2010 to allow the 23rd annual "Rhapsody in Bloom" evening dinner and dance to raise funds to benefit Olbrich Botanical Gardens.