City of Coral Gables

File #: 16-4892    Version: 1 Name: 2016 Coral Gables Walk MS Waiver of Parking Fees
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/14/2016 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 3/29/2016 Final action: 3/29/2016
Enactment date: 3/29/2016 Enactment #: 2016-78
Title: A Resolution authorizing free parking for Participants (in Garage Four) and a waiver in the amount of $590, the cost of renting fifty-nine (59) parking spaces along Biltmore Way, for the "2016 Coral Gables Walk MS," scheduled for April 16, 2016.
Attachments: 1. Signed Resolution 2016-78, 2. 03.29.2016 - Signed CM - 2016 CG Walk MS, 3. RESOLUTION 2016 CG Walk MS, 4. MS WALK 2016 Letter

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A Resolution authorizing free parking for Participants (in Garage Four) and a waiver in the amount of $590, the cost of renting fifty-nine (59) parking spaces along Biltmore Way, for the "2016 Coral Gables Walk MS," scheduled for April 16, 2016.

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The Coral Gables Walk MS has taken place in Coral Gables for more than twenty six (26) years. This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, April, 16, 2016 from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and is expected to draw more than 1,200 participants.

A letter from Denise Dixon, Development Manager 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.