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Application from Impre Media for “The Armani Front Row Experience,” a special event in Herald Square on Saturday, November 22, 2014
WHEREAS, Impre Media (the "Applicant") has submitted a permit application to hold "The Armani Front Row Experience," a special event in Herald Square; and
WHEREAS, The event will be attempt to create a "lounge" setting where there will be a sampling of Armani Cologne and fashion products; and
WHEREAS, There will be distribution of coupons to purchase Armani products at a discount as well as distribution of materials about Armani products; and
WHEREAS, Applicant did not submit the Community Board Five Questionnaire and associated documentation; and
WHEREAS, Applicant was requested to appear at a public hearing on November 3, 2014 to present their application for review, yet failed to attend; and
WHEREAS, Community Board Five takes its role in the review of applications for special events in our parks seriously and substantively reviews the applications in order to provide input to the Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, Because of the failure by the Applicant to participate in this review process, Community Board Five and the public in general were denied the opportunity to learn about this event, ask questions, and provide input, resulting in an automatic denial pursuant to Community Board Five policy; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends denial of the application from Impre Media for "The Armani Front Row Experience," a special event in Herald Square on Saturday, November 22, 2014.