HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRPS-09-015 - Sell Refreshments in Victoria Park - World Partnership WalkREPORT
Report To: Councillor B. Vrbanovic, Chair and Members of the Finance
and Corporate Services Committee
Date of Meeting: March 2, 2009
Submitted By: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk
Prepared By: Patricia Harris, Manager of Licensing
Ward(s) Involved: 6
Date of Report: February 13, 2009
Report No.: CRPS-09-015
Subject: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SELL REFRESHMENTS
IN VICTORIA PARK -MAY 31, 2009 -WORLD
PARTNERSHIP WALK
RECOMMENDATION:
That the request of the World Partnership Walk to sell refreshments in Victoria Park on May 31,
2009, be approved, provided the necessary licence is obtained, including Health and Fire
approvals; and
That the World Partnership Walk be granted an exemption from Chapter 450 (Noise) of the City
of Kitchener Municipal Code in conjunction with an event in Victoria Park on May 31, 2009 from
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
BACKGROUND:
Council policy requires Council approval prior to a licence being issued to allow sales of
refreshments to take place on City property.
REPORT:
Attached is a letter from Rahim Bhatia, in charge of Logistics for the World Partnership Walk
2009, requesting permission to sell refreshments during the walk. The proceeds from the sale
of refreshments will be used to offset the expenses related to the walk. They are also
requesting an exemption to Chapter 450 Noise) of the City of Kitchener Municipal Code from
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on May 31, 2009.
This will be the 25th Anniversary of the walk and the money raised through the walk will be used
to support projects aimed at self-sustainability in some of the most isolated and poorest regions
in the world.
Similar requests have been approved the past several years.
(MRS) PATRICIA HARRIS
MANAGER OF LICENSING