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COUNCIL PROPOSAL
Date: File Number. Subject: One Time Waiver of Park Use Fees for the 2nd Annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest
3120107 266
Proposed By: City Manager's Review: (Z _ Page:
Kathleen Hicks City Attorney's Review: PAGE 1 OF 2
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It is proposed that the City Council approve a one time waiver of the park use fee for the 2 Annual Fort
Worth Prairie Fest.
DISCUSSION:
The Friends of Tandy Hills Nature Area present the Prairie Fest outdoor festival to celebrate our
connection to the natural world through music, art, dance, environmental stewardship and wildflower
tours.
The 20d annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest is scheduled for Saturday,April 28, 2007, 11 am—7 pm at the
Tandy Hills Nature Area, 3400 View Street. Tandy Hills Nature Area is a 160 acre indigenous remnant
of Fort Worth prairie.Noted for its unusually complete collection of prairie flora,it contains a multitude
of species on a piece of untouched prairie that demonstrates how the Grand Prairie once appeared. This
area is deemed a Conservation District by the City of Fort Worth, and is the second largest such
conservation area in Texas. Each Spring the show of Wildflowers in the park is unsurpassed anywhere
in the Metroplex.
Parks and Community Services Department Policy require groups reserving a City of Fort Worth Park to
pay a fee. The Friends of the Tandy Hills Nature Area has reserved the use of Tandy Hills Nature Area
for the Prairie Fest and requested that the park use fee be waived.
Given that Prairie Fest brings benefit to the City of Fort Worth by raising awareness of the Tandy Hills
Nature Area,it is proposed that the park use fee be waived one time. It is anticipated that in the future
the Friends of Tandy Hills Nature Area will raise funds sufficient to cover all fees and contribute funds
back to the park.
LEGALITY:
The Department of Law finds that this proposal is legal and that it is within the authority of the City
Council.
FISCAL NOTE:
The Finance Director certifies that the approval of this Council Proposal will not require the
appropriation of additional funds at this time.
LEGALITY
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❑ CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS
❑ CITY POLICIES MANUAL
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COUNCIL PROPOSAL
Date: File Number. Subject:One Time Waiver of Park Use Fees for the 2nd Annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest
3120107 266
Proposed By: City Manager's Review: 2 Page:
Kathleen Hicks City Attorney's Review: a,,;d PAGE 2 OF 2
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENT:
The City Manager has no objection to the proposed one time waiver.
PROPOSED BY:
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APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
MAR 2007
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