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RESOLUTION NO. 2012 - 12 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AMENDING THE POLICY FOR THE USE OF FRIENDSHIP SQUARE ON MARKET DAYS DURING THE FARMERS MARKET SEASON; PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE EFFECTIVE UPON ITS PASSAGE, APPROVAL, AND PUBLICATION ACCORDING TO LAW. WHEREAS, Friendship Square is City property owned, operated, and controlled by the City; and WHEREAS, Friendship Square functions, in part, as a downtown meeting place, a place for arts perfonnances, playground and visiting uses, protests and demonstrations, and the presentation to the public of various messages, ideas, and public expressions; and WHEREAS, Moscow's Fanners Market (hereinafter "the Market") has been in existence for many years; and WHEREAS, the Market is an integral part of various downtown Saturday activities during the months of May through October annually; and WHEREAS, multiple individuals and groups (in increasing numbers) seek to access the Fanners Market audience and participants (also increasing in number) by utilizing a portion of Friendship Square on Market days; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to make space in Friendship Square available to individuals and groups to allow them to present their messages, ideas, opportunities, and information on Market days (Saturdays) during the Fanners Market Season; and WHEREAS, the Council believes that these Friendship Square regulations comprise Constitutionally reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions and coordination of uses in Friendship Square during Market days; and WHEREAS, the City also wishes to coordinate Friendship Square uses by reserving portions of Friendship Square for pedestrian, music, arts and other performances, visiting, emergency access, playground uses, recreation, and other uses and access to the Market and Main Street; and WHEREAS, coordination and accommodation of such multiple uses in Friendship Square on Market days are consistent with the law, City goals and values, and will support Market activities without undue interference with the Market; and WHEREAS, a recent decision to change the location of Fanners Market suggests that slight modifications to the Friendship Square Policy (contained herein) are in order; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Moscow as follows: The attached Friendship Square Use Policy During Farmers Market Season is hereby adopted and shall be effective upon publication according to law. PASSED AND APPROVED by the Council and Mayor of the City of Moscow, Idaho, this 20111 day of August, 2012. RESOLUTION 2012-12 PAGE 1 OF4 ---PAGE BREAK--- FRIENDSHIP SQUARE USE POLICY DURING FARMERS MARKET SEASON A Definitions. For purposes of this Friendship Square Use Policy During Fanners Market Season ("Policy"), certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows: City of Moscow Farmers Market, Farmers Market, Market. City-sponsored selling and associated activities which take place every Saturday from May through October in the downtown area which focuses on the sale of locally grown and/or value added produce and goods and which has traditionally occurred in 41H-Street and South Jackson Street parking lot Moscow's downtown (and as shown on Attachment incorporated into this Policy). Friendship Square. The public pedestrian mall area in downtown Moscow immediately :;outh of the Moscow IloteL imml:!diately north of the Skattaboe Building. east of the 41" Street and South Jackson Street parking lot and we:;t of Main Street. as designated on the Attachment incorporated into this Policy. Market day. Every Saturday during the Fam1ers Market Season (from May through October) during which the Market is in operation, 8:00a.m. to 1:00 p.m. local time). Speaker(s). A person or entity whose presence in Friendship Square on a Market day is primarily for the purpose of presenting a message, activity or opportunity to the Market audience, participants, and/or members of the public and which message or activity does not compete directly with Market Vendors. This includes individuals or groups who wish to utilize Speakers Space for local arts, philanthropic, charitable, non-profit, social, and other similar purposes governed by this Policy. Speakers Space. The area generally south of the current emergency access lane, playground and permanent benches in Friendship Square and north of the north wall of the Skattaboe building currently occupied by New Saint Andrews College and Bloom Restaurant (minus the spaces in front of the-its ingress/egress features) that is cuiTently available for continuing use by Speakers, as described in this Policy and as shown on Attachment B . Background. Since the establishment of the Fanners Market in the early 1970's, a pmtion of Friendship Square (adjacent to the Market) has been used during Market hours of operation for local arts, philanthropic, perfonnance, pedestrian, charitable, non-profit, social, and similar purposes. Individuals and groups in Friendship Square during Market days focus principally on getting their "message" or opportunity out to those participating in the adjacent Market (apprm • \ / Fnenaswp Square .PLAYGROUND · 'fil[. , ' ' !ill ' ( . j• ' c; ' / SPEAKERS SPACE Skattaboe Building RESOLUTION 2012-12 FRIENDSHIP SQUARE UsE DURING FARMERS MARKEl / " . . ( • 'I . J cd ) ( . 00 · ( / I ( / ' " PAGE 4 OF4