TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Allie Behrman, CPRP, Special Event Manager
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM, City Manager
DATE: June 3, 2025
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RESOLUTION 100-25: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN ANNUAL SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR A SERIES OF IMPACT EVENTS KNOWN AS “ART & JAZZ ON THE AVENUE 2025” TO BE HELD ON JULY 23, 2025, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 AND OCTOBER 22, 2025; AUTHORIZING THE CLOSURE OF CERTAIN CITY RIGHT OF WAYS AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Recommended Action:
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Consider Resolution 100-25 approving an Annual Special Event Permit for a series of impact events known as Art & Jazz on the Avenue 2025 to be held on July 23, 2025, September 10, 2025, and October 22, 2025 and authorizing the closure of certain rights-of-way for the events; and authorizing the City Manager to take all actions necessary to effectuate the intent of the resolution.
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Background:
The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) submitted a Special Event Permit Application on February 14, 2025 for an Annual Permit for three different events. The City Special Event Policy allows for an entity that regularly hosts events on City Property to apply for such a onetime permit for multiple events. Of the three events, two of them, one on September 10, 2025 and the second on October 22, 2025, require the closure of a major roadways. Under the Special Event Policy this renders the entire Annual Permit as an Impact Event that requires City Commission approval.
Through the requested approval, the City Commission is considering a single Annual Special Event Permit for an Impact Event consisting of three individual "Art & Jazz on the Avenue" events as follows:
July 23, 2025 - to be held on NE 2nd Avenue from East Atlantic Avenue t...
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