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Consents & Variances
SGI-USA on East 15 Street, between Union Square West and Fifth Avenue, on Sunday, September 7, 2008
Whereas, The applicant, SGI, is a non for profit organization located at 7 East 15th Street between Union Square West and 5th Avenue, and
WHEREAS, The applicant wants to organize a block party on Sunday September 7th 2008, and
WHEREAS, The applicant has agreed the following:
- set up no sooner than 9 am,
- Event start at 11am
- No use of amplified sound before 1pm, and for a maximum of two hours
- End of event at 4pm
- Clean-up to be completed and street reopened by 7pm
WHEREAS, The applicant will have 30 volunteers for sanitation and has agreed to bag the garbage during the event to avoid garbage receptacles overflow, and
WHEREAS, The applicant will receive assistance from the 13th Precinct to handle security, and
WHEREAS, The event will have 2000 expected visitors throughout the day, and
WHEREAS, The applicant recognizes that the building
located on 15th St. at the corner with 5th Avenue is a mixed use building and as such, the applicant will not locate any food vendor in front, nor its amplified sound equipment, and
WHEREAS, The event will have no more than 2 food vendors, and a variety of vendors but none of the generic "street fair vendors," and
WHEREAS, East 15th Street between Union Square West and 5th Avenue is not a main vehicular thoroughfare, and
WHEREAS, The Consents & Variances Committee recognizes the indigenous relationship between the applicant and the block, where it had its office for over 20 years; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends approval of the block party for SGI-USA, on East 15th Street between Union Square West and 5th Avenue, on Sunday, September 7th 2008.
The above resolution passed by a vote of 25 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.