DATE:
March 26, 2024
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Community Development
TITLE: Temporary Closure of Parking Lot No. 11
on May 19, 2024 for Use by the
Mountain View Fire Department for the
150th Year Parade and Celebration
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View A uthorizing the Temporary Closure of Parking Lot No. 11 from 7:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2024, for Use by the City of Mountain View Fire Department to Support the 150th Year Parade and Celebration, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Mountain View Fire Department was established on April 1, 1874 and will be celebrating 150 years of service in 2024. To celebrate the sesquicentennial, the Mountain View Fire Department is collaborating with neighboring fire and p olice departments to celebrate the milestone with a planned parade down Castro Street, a recruitment fair, and celebration occurring at the Mountain View Civic Center Plaza on Sunday, May 19, 2024. A parade of vintage and modern fire and police vehicles will travel a parade route that begins at the Police/Fire Administration Building at Franklin and Villa Streets down Castro Street towards the Mountain View City Hall. The parade will start at 12:30 p.m. and conclude at approximately 1:30 p.m. The celebration at Civic Center Plaza will have a variety of public safety booths, vehicle exhibits, and family activities concluding at 3:00 p.m.
To accommodate visiting fire apparatus, Parking Lot 11 (Figure 1) will be used to stage parade vehicles before and after the parade.
Temporary Closure of Parking Lot No. 11 on May 19, 2024 for Use by the Mountain View Fire Department
for the 150th Year Parade and Celebration
March 26, 2024
Figure 1: Parking Lot No. 11—Franklin and Villa Streets
FISCAL IMPACT
The only cost associated with this use of Parking Lot No. 11 is a minimal amount of staff time to post no parking signs.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Deny the request to use Lot No. 11 and direct staff to identify an alternative parking lot for the staging of parade vehicles for 150th Year Celebration on May 19, 2024.
2. Provide other direction.
Lot 11
Temporary Closure of Parking Lot No. 11 on May 19, 2024 for Use by the Mountain View Fire Department
for the 150th Year Parade and Celebration
March 26, 2024
PUBLIC NOTICING
Agenda posting and a copy of the Council report was sent to the Downtown Business Association and Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association.
Prepared by:
John Lang
Economic Vitality Manager
Approved by:
Dawn S. Cameron
Acting Assistant City Manager/
Community Development Director
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager
JL/4/CAM
819-03-26-24CR
203880
Attachment: 1. Resolution