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Application from Tony Liu of New Tang Dynasty Television for “Experiencing South Asia,” a commercial event in the North Plaza of Union Square Park on Saturday, August 9, 2014
At the regularly scheduled monthly Community Board Five meeting on Thursday, July 10, 2014, the following resolution passed with a vote of 39 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining:
WHEREAS, Tony Liu of New Tang Dynasty Television ("Applicant") has submitted an application to hold "Experiencing South Asia," a commercial event in the North Plaza of Union Square Park on Saturday, August 9, 2014; and
WHEREAS, Applicant failed to adequately submit information about the event, and was requested to appear at CB5's Parks Committee meeting on June 30, 2014 to present their application for review, yet failed to attend; and
WHEREAS, Applicant failed to respond to inquiries via phone and email messages about the nature of the event in advance of the CB5 Parks Committee meeting; and
WHEREAS, The initial information submitted by the Applicant suggests that the proposed event would be loud and large, and would significantly interfere with regular use of the park; and
WHEREAS, CB5 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 the Applicant failed to adequately participate in this review process, CB5 and the public in general was denied the opportunity to learn about this event, ask questions, and provide input, resulting in the Committee's automatic denial pursuant to CB5 policy; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends denial of the application from Tony Liu of New Tang Dynasty Television to hold "Experiencing South Asia," a commercial event in the North Plaza of Union Square Park on Saturday, August 9, 2014.