R-92-1696 - 2/27/1992WHEREAS, El Amistad has requested that Main Street from Mays to
Sheppard and Lampasas from Liberty to Bagdad be closed from 5:00
o'clock p.m. on May 23, 1992 until 1:00 o'clock a.m. on May 24, 1992
and from 12:00 o'clock noon on May 24, 1992 until 12:00 o'clock
midnight on May 25, 1992 for the organization's annual event known as
Fiesta, and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to grant such request, Now
Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
That Main Street from Mays to Sheppard and Lampasas from Liberty
to Bagdad be closed as set forth above.
RESOLVED this 27th day of February, 1992.
ATTEST:
NE LAND, City Secretary
RS02272B
RESOLUTION NO. / 6942 / 6
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
EL AMISTAD CLUB
P.O. BOX 853
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS 78664
Honorable members of the city council;
February 02,1992
It is again time for our club to request the use of the
downtown area for our annual Fiesta Amistad. The fiesta
this year will be on Saturday, 5/23/92, and Sunday, 5/24/92.
We are again asking the council to approve the request to
use the downtown area and to close the streets at the
appropriate times.
Since 1988 that you requested we move our Fiesta
downtown, we have conducted our Fiesta in downtown Round
Rock. The Hispanic community of Round Rock received this
move very positively, because it demonstrated this city's
pride in the cultural diversity of Round Rock. The fiesta
has remained a "Hispanic Community" fiesta in the hispanic
tradition. Historically, our fiesta's are held close to or
in the community. We Consider the "flats" subdivision the
heart of the hispanic community in Round Rock, and we wish
to keep our fiesta close to the community.
Since our fiesta is on Saturday afternoon and Sunday,
it is of minimal impact to downtown merchants. We are again
making adjustments this year to cut the impact on Saturday
even more by moving the closing of the streets back to 5:00
PM on Saturday, moving the opening of our gates to 6 PM, and
by again eliminating our parade. We believe these
adjustments are in the spirit of showing that we want to
cooperate and to have good relations with our downtown
merchants.
We have extended an invitation to our downtown
merchants to join us in celebrating our hispanic heritage
and to participate in our celebration. The hispanic
community is a major business customer in Round Rock, and we
see this as an opportunity for our merchants to gain some
valuable positive exposure to their hispanic customers.
Your friends from
El Amistad Club of Round Rock,
Val Noe Ruben Ted
Velasquez Hinojosa Carlin Perez
President Vice - president Treasurer Secretary
1992 FIESTA AMISTAD
SATURDAY - MAY 23. 1991
5:OOPM CLOSING OF STREETS TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
5:OOPM - 6:30PM BOOTH SETUP
6:30PM OPENING OF GATES (START CHARGING)
7:OOPM - 7:30PM OPENING CEREMONIES
7:30PM - 8:30PM ENTERTAINMENT: MARIACHI GUADALUPANO
9:OOPM - 1:OOAM STREET DANCE: ELSA GARCIA AND COMPANY
SUNDAY - MAY 24, 1991
12:OOPM CLOSING OF STREETS TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
2:OOPM OPENING OF GATES
2:OOPM - 3:30PM MUSIC: GROUP 1
3:OOPM - 4:OOPM CONTESTS:BEER DRINKING
TORTILLA SPREADING
TAMALE EATING
MENUDO COOKOFF
4:OOPM - 6:OOPM MUSIC: GROUP 2
6:00PM - 7:OOPM ENTERTAINMENT: ROUND ROCK
BALLET FOLKLORICO
7:OOPM - 8:OOPM
CROWNING OF FIESTA AMISTAD QUEEN
A PROJECT OF
THE AMISTAD WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION
02/01/92
8:OOPM - 12:OOAM STREET DANCE: DAVID MARES, EL MUSICANO,
AND PEOPLE
ADMISSION: ADULTS $4.00 BEFORE 7:00 PM
$5.00 AFTER 7:00 PM
CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE
DATE: February 25, 1992
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting; February 27, 1992
ITEM: 9.B. Consider a resolution authorizing street closing for El
Amistad Fiesta.
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Joanne Land
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
El Amistad is requesting permission to close Main Street from Mays Street to
Sheppard Street from 5:00 P.M. Saturday, May 23, 1992 to 1:00 A.M. Sunday,
May 24, 1992 and from 12:00 P.M. to 12:00 A.M. Sunday, May 24, 1992. Val
Velasquez will be present to make the request.