Getting A Slice Of The Wedding Cake. Wedding Ceremonies at Conservatory Garden and photography sessions will now require permits from the Central Park Conservancy. The Conservancy will now be taking over from the city the management and scheduling of wedding ceremonies, photographic set-ups and profiting from these and other Parks Department approved uses at the Conservatory Garden located on 103rd street and Fifth Avenue. The City is entering into a sole source license agreement which would allow the Conservancy to keep the revenue and divert them from the City's general Fund.
The Conservancy will be collecting $ 400 to take wedding ceremony photos and $ 100 dollars for taking photos only.
For permits to take wedding photos elsewhere in Central Park, or any other park - (required only for parties of 20 people or more) - there is a fee of $25 available from the Parks Department.
Manahttan
By Geoffrey Croft
The Central Park Conservancy is getting into the wedding business.
Under an unusual licensing agreement the City is allowing the Central Park Conservancy (CPC) to manage and schedule wedding ceremonies, photographic set-ups and other Parks-approved uses, at the Conservatory Garden, and pocket the funds.
The picturesque 6-acre gardens, the only formal gardens located in park, are located at 103rd street and Fifth Avenue and are a popular location for wedding activities.
The Sole Source License Agreement allows the Conservancy to keep the revenue and divert the revenue from the City's general Fund over the twenty year term.
In exchange the CPC will use the revenue generated from the permit fees for additional maintenance and security of Conservatory Garden.
According to the agreement, any revenue received by CPC in excess of the amount attributable to the additional maintenance and security of Conservatory Garden shall be paid to Parks for the City's General Fund. Wink. Wink.
The Conservancy's annual budget has ballooned to $ 57 million dollars.
The FRANCHISE AND CONCESSION REVIEW COMMITTEE will approve it on April 10, 2013.
NOTICE
FRANCHISE AND CONCESSION REVIEW COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2013
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
No. 10: IN THE MATTER of the intent to seek Franchise and Concession Review Committee approval to utilize a different procedure, pursuant to Section 1-16 of the Concession Rules of the City of New York, to authorize the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks), to enter into a Sole Source License Agreement (License Agreement) with Central Park Conservancy, Inc. (CPC) for the management and scheduling of wedding ceremonies, photographic set-ups and other Parks-approved uses, at the North, South, and Central Gardens within the 6-acre footprint of Conservatory Garden in Central Park, Manhattan, for one (1) term of twenty (20) years to commence upon written Notice to Proceed. In lieu of a license fee, CPC shall use the revenue generated from the permit fees into additional maintenance and security of Conservatory Garden. Any revenue received by CPC in excess of the amount attributable to the additional maintenance and security of Conservatory Garden shall be paid to Parks for the City's General Fund.
A proposed resolution was submitted relative thereto. RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION.
No. 10: IN THE MATTER of the intent to seek Franchise and Concession Review Committee approval to utilize a different procedure, pursuant to Section 1-16 of the Concession Rules of the City of New York, to authorize the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks), to enter into a Sole Source License Agreement (License Agreement) with Central Park Conservancy, Inc. (CPC) for the management and scheduling of wedding ceremonies, photographic set-ups and other Parks-approved uses, at the North, South, and Central Gardens within the 6-acre footprint of Conservatory Garden in Central Park, Manhattan, for one (1) term of twenty (20) years to commence upon written Notice to Proceed. In lieu of a license fee, CPC shall use the revenue generated from the permit fees into additional maintenance and security of Conservatory Garden. Any revenue received by CPC in excess of the amount attributable to the additional maintenance and security of Conservatory Garden shall be paid to Parks for the City's General Fund.
A proposed resolution was submitted relative thereto. RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mocs/downloads/pdf/fcrc_agendas/fcrc_meeting_4_10_13.pdf
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