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Jacqueline Boges From: Steve Spina Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:38 AM To: Steve Serneels Cc: Site Plan Committee; Cliff McDuffie Subject: site plan notes Attachments: sprc celtic festival notes.doc Steve, Attached is my memo to Site Plan regarding the issues we discussed with the Mayor. Below are our responses: 1. Fire Marshal issues: the fire marshals believe all issues have been resolved with the vendors /tents /etc. They do not anticipate any additional requirements and emphasized that requirements for 2010 will be the same. They did note that in 2008 there were 12 violations of fire codes and in 2009 there weren't any. Some issues addressed this year included any tent 10 by 10 or less do not need to be permitted (but cannot be cooked in) and those tents that do have cooking need to have certified fire extinguishers. The assistant fire marshal also said he did not charge the Festival committee for his time during the inspections (about five hours). 2. Parking — staff has no problem with the idea of shuttle buses to and from the event. There will need to be insurance on the buses and drivers have to have commercial driver's licenses (CDL). We also will work with you to find remote parking if necessary, such as at City Hall, Krusen Field, etc. 3. Electric power — we will work with you on this issue and coordinate through Parks (Shane). We don't want a situation where we are eliminating generators but relying on extension cords too heavily. 4. Fencing — Pasco County has 9,000 linear feet of barricades, we used 2,400 feet during the Founder's Day parade. We will work with you to obtain barricades if that will work. (We think we can help get them and keep them for the 2 events which are a week apart). 5. Community Support — not really our issue. We will advise /assist if possible. 6. Bleachers — we do not have bleachers that are transferable and we do not have plans to purchase any. Staff did advise that there are firms that lease bleachers (variety of styles too). That may be something to investigate. 7. Community event — we are happy to help market the event, including putting it on the city website. We also discussed the idea of creating a calendar of events for all events going on — Main Street's Car Shows, Music and Motorcycles, and the Celtic Festival. We also can provide a link to the Celtic Festival website from our site if you'd like. 8. We also will be happy to discuss fees /waiving of some fees and City Council participation. Please let me know if you'd like to discuss these items further. Steve