City of Coral Gables

File #: 17-5820    Version: 1 Name: Waiver of parking fees for Coral Gables Walk MS
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 2/14/2017 In control: Parking Advisory Board
On agenda: 2/28/2017 Final action: 2/28/2017
Enactment date: 2/28/2017 Enactment #: 2017-42
Title: A Resolution authorizing free parking for Participants (in Garage Four) and a waiver for the $590 cost of renting fifty-nine (59) parking spaces along Biltmore Way for the "2017 Coral Gables Walk MS" Scheduled for April 1, 2017.
Attachments: 1. Signed Resolution 2017-42, 2. COVER - 2017 CG Walk MS, 3. RESOLUTION 2017 CG Walk MS, 4. Letter from MS Society 2017 Walk MS

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A Resolution authorizing free parking for Participants (in Garage Four) and a waiver for the $590 cost of renting fifty-nine (59) parking spaces along Biltmore Way for the "2017 Coral Gables Walk MS" Scheduled for April 1, 2017.

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The Coral Gables Walk MS has taken place in Coral Gables for more than twenty seven (27) years. This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, April, 1, 2017 from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and is expected to draw more than 1,200 participants.

 

A letter from Gabriella Maenza, Coordinator of Walk MS for the South Florida Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society requesting free parking for participants in Garage four (4) and a waiver for any payment of parking meters is attached. The requested waiver is for fifty-nine (59) metered spaces. The standard fee for fifty-nine (59) meter spaces for one (1) day is $590 and the parking rate in Garage four (4) is $1 per hour.