Submitted By: Michelle Main
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Presentation By: Jeff Shrum
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Resolution 2025-4 for the downtown event zone to allow alcoholic beverage sales (beer, wine, and liquor) as part of the 2024 Ocala Art Festival Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27, 2024 (Quasi-Judicial)
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND: The Ocala Art Festival will occur in the downtown event zone on Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27, 2024. Fine Arts for Ocala, Inc. (FAFO) is proposing that on-premise licensed vendors within the event zone be allowed to sell beer, wine, and liquor as part of the art festival Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The following vendors will be participating:
• Bank Street Patio Bar
• Big Hammock Brewery
• Brick City Southern Kitchen
• District Bar & Kitchen
• Harry’s Seafood
• Hilton Garden Inn
• Sushi Bistro
• Tipsy Skipper/Mutiny Ocala
• Ivy on the Square
• Marion Theater
• Agapanthus
• The Lodge
• O’Malley’s Alley
• Downtown Billiards
• Soleil Bakery
• Stella’s Modern Pantry
• La Cuisine
• Cantina
• Mark’s Prime
• Marion Cultural Alliance
• Black Sheep on Broadway
The following vendors will not be participating or outside the FAFO event zone:
• Sipping Grounds
• 18 South
• Symmetry Coffee
• Sayulita Taqueria
• Katya Vineyards
FAFO shall provide a Certificate of Liability insuring the City of Ocala. FAFO is working with the Ocala Police Department and other city departments regarding the event layout and process for selling beer and wine during the event.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Section 6-9 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Ocala, Florida, provides an exception to allow for possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages on streets, sidewalks, and public parking facilities, inside the downtown event zone during the event times. This shall only include alcohol sales by on-premises licensed vendors in the downtown event zone. Section 6-9 states that such special events must be recognized and approved by resolution of the City Council at a public hearing.
FISCAL IMPACT: The 2024 Ocala Art Festival will bring entertainment to downtown Ocala and promote the entire community.
PROCUREMENT REVIEW: N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: This resolution will be reviewed and approved for form and legality by City Attorney, William E. Sexton.
ALTERNATIVE:
• Approve with changes
• Deny
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RESOLUTION 2025-4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR APPROVAL BY THE OCALA CITY COUNCIL FOR THE POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR) FOR A DOWNTOWN EVENT ZONE TWO-DAY SPECIAL EVENT (2024 OCALA ART FESTIVAL) ON SATURDAY/SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 & 27, 2024 HELD IN DOWNTOWN OCALA
WHEREAS, Section 6-9 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Ocala, Florida, provides an exception to allow for the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages on streets, sidewalks, and public parking facilities for special events in the downtown event zone; and
WHEREAS, Section 6-9 states that such special events must be recognized and approved by resolution of the City Council at a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the Ocala Art Festival will take place in the approved downtown event zone on Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Fine Arts for Ocala, Inc. (FAFO) has provided a list, shown below, of all licensed vendors within the event zone who will be participating and who will not be participating; and
WHEREAS, Fine Arts for Ocala, Inc. (FAFO) has provided a description of the type and color of open containers being used during this special event; and
WHEREAS, the Ocala Art Festival is the fourth of 12 permitted downtown events allowed by Section 6-9(c)(4) in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Ocala Police Department has reviewed this request for alcoholic beverages and has determined that officers will be on-site to provide security throughout the event.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, in regular session as follows:
The on-premise licensed vendors that will sell beer, wine, and liquor for consumption in the event zone (see Exhibit “A”) as part of the art festival on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm are: Bank Street Patio Bar, Big Hammock Brewery, Brick City Southern Kitchen, District Bar & Kitchen, Harry’s Seafood, Hilton Garden Inn, Sushi Bistro, Tipsy Skipper/Mutiny Ocala, Ivy’s on the Square, Marion Theater, Agapanthus, The Lodge, O’Malley’s Alley, Downtown Billiards, Soleil Bakery, Stella’s Modern Pantry, La Cuisine, Cantina, Mark’s Prime Steakhouse, Marion Cultural Alliance, and Black Sheep on Broadway
The following vendors will not be participating or outside the FAFO event zone: Sipping Grounds, 18 South, Symmetry Coffee, Sayulita Taqueria, and Katya Vineyards
This resolution adopted this ______ day of ______________________, 2024.
ATTEST: CITY OF OCALA
By: By:
Angel B. Jacobs Barry Mansfield
City Clerk President, Ocala City Council
Approved as to form and legality:
By: _________________________________
William E. Sexton
City Attorney