HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 069-26 - Resolution - Rochester Public Music - FORWARD Park Concerts Community Festival
RESOLUTION
Approving a Special Event Permit for the FORWARD Park Concert Series
Community Festival with Amplified Sound Waiver
WHEREAS, Sec. 5-19-5(b) of the Rochester Code of Ordinances (“R.C.O.”) states that
specified on-sale intoxicating liquor licensees may dispense intoxicating liquor off-premises
at a Community Festival held with the City of Rochester; and
WHEREAS, R.C.O. Sec. 5-19-5(b) defines a “Community Festival” to mean a community
event celebrating the people, history, food, culture, music, or events of the City of Rochester
as declared by resolution of the Common Council; and
WHEREAS, R.C.O. Sec. 8-11-6(c) does empower the City Council to “waive the maximum
allowable sound pressure level provided in subsection (b) of this section and replace it with
a restriction requiring the amplified sound to terminate no later than 8:00 p.m. on the day of
each event covered by the permit.”; and
WHEREAS, the FORWARD Park Concert (“The Event”) organized by the Rochester Public
Music Department is a community event celebrating the people, history, food, culture, music,
or events of the City of Rochester; and
WHEREAS, The Event occurs on six different dates at six different locations:
June 3, 2026, at Mayo Park located at 40 Civic Center Dr SE; and
June 10, 2026, at Cascade Park located at 88 23rd Ave SW; and
June 17, 2026, at Allendale Park located at 1895 Allendale Park Ln NW; and
August 12, 2026, at John Withers Sports Complex located at 2021 Mayowood Rd
SW; and
August 19, 2026, at White Oaks Park located at 4597 55th St NW; and
August 26, 2026, at Cook Park located at 722 7th St NW; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester Common Council wishes to declare these FORWARD
Park Concerts as Community Festivals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
MN that the Council, pursuant to R.C.O. Sec. 5-19-5(b), does hereby declare the
FORWARD Park Concerts as Community Festivals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council, pursuant to R.C.O. Sec. 8-11-6(c), does
hereby waive the maximum allowable sound pressure for the FORWARD Park Concerts
and replace it with a restriction requiring the amplified sound to terminate no later than 8:00
p.m. on the dates of The Event.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2026.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2026.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)