Jerry Garlick, organizer of the annual outdoor blues festival appeared before city commissioners at the July 7, meeting to request approval to either block off the road between Water Street and Commerce or use Riverfronts Park to host the Annual Blues in the Lot concert.
Garlick explained that the tragic fire that destroyed the Apalachicola Bank building almost a year ago has altered the downtown landscape. The lot where Garlick normally host the annual Blues Festival, which the bank owns, now serves as the temporary location for the bank.
With that, Garlick asked commissioners for permission to host the concert on the stated properties along with a waiver from the city ordinance that prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property. Garlick also offered to collaborate with the volunteer fire department to use the event as a possible fundraiser.
However, city official’s reluctance to depart from its ordinance due to increased liability exposure, prompted Garlick to withdraw his request to host the event on city owned property.
Garlick stated that he didn't want to take on the risk of liability either, should someone during the concert bring alcohol on site in violation of the ordinance prohibiting such.
He told commissioners that he would wait until next year before hosting the event, in hope that by then, the construction of the new bank is completed, and the lot once again cleared for use by the blues festival.
Garlick explained that the tragic fire that destroyed the Apalachicola Bank building almost a year ago has altered the downtown landscape. The lot where Garlick normally host the annual Blues Festival, which the bank owns, now serves as the temporary location for the bank.
With that, Garlick asked commissioners for permission to host the concert on the stated properties along with a waiver from the city ordinance that prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property. Garlick also offered to collaborate with the volunteer fire department to use the event as a possible fundraiser.
However, city official’s reluctance to depart from its ordinance due to increased liability exposure, prompted Garlick to withdraw his request to host the event on city owned property.
Garlick stated that he didn't want to take on the risk of liability either, should someone during the concert bring alcohol on site in violation of the ordinance prohibiting such.
He told commissioners that he would wait until next year before hosting the event, in hope that by then, the construction of the new bank is completed, and the lot once again cleared for use by the blues festival.
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