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Resolution to Update the Approval for the Third Tuesday of July Annually as the Opening Day of the Ann Arbor Art Fair, to Approve Street Closings for the Annual Ann Arbor Art Fair, to Affirm the Requirements for Temporary Outdoor Sales, Service and Consumption of Alcohol and the Standards For Temporary Outdoor Sales on Private Property, and to Affirm the Allocation of Fees Among the Art Fair Organizations
Memorandum
The 2024 Ann Arbor Art Fair is scheduled for July 18-20, 2024. Four separate organizations, each covering separate but adjacent portions of downtown Ann Arbor, sponsor the annual event.
Historically, City Council has been presented with one or more resolutions in connection with the closure of streets, temporary outdoor sales and use of the public right-of-way in connection with temporary liquor licenses and regulations of quadricycles and other traffic issues during the designated dates for the Art Fair. For the 2022 Art Fair, the City Administration worked with a committee representing each of the four fair organizations to identify issues that impact the Art Fair as a whole thereby providing both the City and the respective Art Fair Directors with a uniform planning tool for identifying needed services and proper allocation of City fees between the organizations for 2022 and subsequent Art Fairs. That resolution was approved at R-22-022 and initially at R-18-132. Going forward, this Resolution will permit Art Fair events to begin every third Tuesday in July, allowing for pre-Art Fair events, such as the Townie Party, Dart for Art and Paint the Town. Tuesdays will also allow more time to prepare for the larger opening of Art Fair, which will occur on the following Thursday.
Additionally, this Resolution will serve to restrict the use of bicycles, electronic scooters and ebikes, such as the Spin, from being operated within the footprint of the Art Fair. The vendor has committed to creating a No Ride Zone geofence ensuring the units wil...
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