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Application from the Madison Square Park Conservancy, in association with The Salvation Army, for a charitable and commercial installation to take place from December 11--15, 2020 in Madison Square Park
At the regularly scheduled monthly Community Board Five meeting on Thursday, December 10, 2020, the following resolution passed with a vote of 41 in favor; 0 opposed; 4 abstaining:
WHEREAS, The Madison Square Park Conservancy (MSPC) (“Applicant”), in association with The Salvation Army, has submitted an application to install an “artistic, larger-than life” iconic kettle sculpture in Madison Square Park from December 11, 2020 through December 15, 2020; and
WHEREAS, The load-in and assembly of the materials for the event will take place from midnight to 6 AM on December 11 and disassembly and load-out will take place between 8 PM and 11:30 PM on December 15; and
WHEREAS, The actual installation will be ‘activated’ between the hours of load in and load out, with a representative from the Salvation Army present during park hours and an on-site security guard present 24/7; and
WHEREAS, The installation will be located in the southwest gravel area of the park, and will include (1) 10’-0” x 10’-0” pop-up tent and a 5’-6” tall sculpture of the iconic Salvation Army kettle, suspended from an A-frame structure measuring 32’-0” tall, and supported on a triangular-shaped plan of 16’-0” x 16’-0” x 16’-0”; and
WHEREAS, There will be a quiet-running 1800-watt generator to power lights to illuminate the sculpture; and
WHEREAS, There is no sound component to the event, amplified, bell ringing, or otherwise; and
WHEREAS, The event will be passively filmed by a fixed camera that will live-stream a view of the kettle installation on the internet and that will be viewable by the public, live, but there shall be no commercial use for this footage aside from use in the live feed; and
WHEREAS, There will not be any signage as part of this event and nothing shall be distributed or sold as part of the event; and
WHEREAS, Applicant does not expect any trash to be generated as part of this event; and
WHEREAS, In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, this is the only event out of four contractually allowed marketing events that the Applicant will be able to host in 2020, providing critical funding for maintenance of the Park, which is such a respite for the community; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of the application from the Madison Square Park Conservancy, in association with The Salvation Army, for a charitable and commercial installation to take place from December 11--15, 2020 in Madison Square Park.