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File #: 18722    Version: 1 Name: To authorize the closure of Warner Park lagoon and its connecting waterway to Lake Mendota during 2010 Rhythm and Booms celebration.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/2/2010 In control: BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
On agenda: 6/15/2010 Final action: 6/15/2010
Enactment date: 6/16/2010 Enactment #: RES-10-00553
Title: To extend the closing hours at Warner Park to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 3, 2010 for the 18th annual Rhythm & Booms Independence Day fireworks event. (12th AD)
Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Michael Schumacher, Joseph R. Clausius, Paul E. Skidmore
Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
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To extend the closing hours at Warner Park to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 3, 2010 for the 18th annual Rhythm & Booms Independence Day fireworks event.  (12th AD)
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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 approved 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.
 
Madison Fireworks, Inc. is hosting its 18th annual Rhythm & Booms Independence Day fireworks event to provide an evening of musically choreographed fireworks, carnival, concessions, music stages and beer garden to benefit the citizens of Madison and local charities on Saturday, July 3, 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 Warner Park from 10:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. on July 3, 2010 to allow the 18th annual "Rhythm & Booms " Independence Day fireworks event of musically choreographed fireworks, carnival, concessions, musical stages and beer garden for the enjoyment of citizens of Madison and to raise funds to benefit local charities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council hereby extends the closing hours for Warner Park from 10:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. on July 3, 2010 to allow the 18th annual "Rhythm & Booms " Independence Day event of musically choreographed fireworks, carnival, concessions, musical stages and beer garden for the enjoyment of citizens of Madison and to raise funds to benefit local charities.