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Application from 34th Street Partnership, in association with XL Event Lab, for “Pop In The City”, an inflatable bounce house in Greeley Square Park for a session starting June 30th and ending September 3rd.
At the regularly scheduled monthly Community Board Five meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2023, the following resolution passed with a vote of 28 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining; 1 present not entitled to vote:
WHEREAS, 34th Street Partnership, in association with XL Event Lab (the Applicant), is proposing to install an inflatable bounce house in Greeley Square Park from June 30 to September 3 with hours based on demand; and
WHEREAS, 34th Street Partnership has a continued goal of trying to make the neighborhood safer and full of people; and
WHEREAS, The XL Event Lab, specializing in family friendly experiences, has established a nationwide tour (“The Big Bounce America”) of large, inflatable bounce houses; and
WHEREAS, The inflatable bounce house will take approximately 25 minutes to get through with features like a ball pit and interior walls with nods to New York City; and
WHEREAS, The same event with the same bounce house was run last year and 34th Street Partnership reported no complaints from users of the park; and
WHEREAS, Ticket holders will enter the bounce house on 32nd Street and Broadway and exit the bounce house on 33rd Street and Broadway; and
WHEREAS, The bounce house will not be open until 10AM; and
WHEREAS, The bounce house will not be open past 9PM; and
WHEREAS, The bounce house will be half deflated every night and re-inflated every morning before opening; and
WHEREAS, The bounce house will feature dedicated sensory sessions with limited outdoor sound for attendees with specific requirements; and
WHEREAS, There will be sound provided by a DJ inside the bounce house to provide music to the guests as well as some sound outside the bounce house specifically focused for the sensory sessions, which will be similar to white noise; and
WHEREAS, The inflatable bounce house will be a ticketed event with free ticket codes distributed for local community members; and
WHEREAS, There will be a non-ticketed area on the outside of the bounce house that visitors can interact with; and
WHEREAS, The bounce house will be monitored by 24 hour security as well as staff that will guide guests throughout the experience; and
WHEREAS, Cleaning will be done at regular intervals throughout the day and disinfection will be done daily; and
WHEREAS, 34th Street Partnership will relocate every chair and umbrella to other parts of the park and Herald Square, resulting in no net loss of seating for park goers; and
WHEREAS, XL Event Lab agreed to work with Community Board Five as well as other community groups to provide free tickets to local youth who might not otherwise be able to afford the ticket prices and hence experience the bounce house, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of the application from 34th Street Partnership, in association with XL Event Lab, for “Pop in the City”, an inflatable bounce house in Greeley Square Park starting June 30th and ending September 3rd.