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Turkish Cultural Center, application to hold a street festival on 41st Street, between 6th and Broadway, on Sunday, October 4th, 2009

WHEREAS, The applicant, the Turkish Cultural Center, has applied for a permit to hold a street festival on 41st Street between 6th and Broadway on Sunday, October 4th, 2009; and

WHEREAS, the street festival will be a Turkish cultural event, presenting various aspects of Turkish culture; and

WHEREAS, There will be 15 food vendors, 15 arts and crafts vendors, 15 merchandise vendors, and 5 miscellaneous vendors; and

WHEREAS, The event is to be held from 9am to 6pm, with set up beginning no earlier than 8am and breakdown completed no later than 7pm; and

WHEREAS, There will be no stage or amplified music and the street on which the event will take place is commercial, with no residential buildings to impact; and

WHEREAS, The applicant has made arrangements for private security and sanitation staff and will be contacting both the NYPD precinct and the Department of Sanitation; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends approval of the Turkish Cultural Center, application to hold a street festival on 41st Street, between 6th and Broadway, on Sunday, October 4th, 2009.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 35 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.

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