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Request approval of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Town of Vienna and Rotary Club of Vienna for 2025 Viva! Vienna! Festival and Brewfest
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DATE(S) OF PRIOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THIS ISSUE: None
EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
Each year a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is required between the Town and the Rotary Club of Vienna for the annual Viva! Vienna! Festival and Brewfest. The Town of Vienna and Rotary are continuing this very popular, 41st Annual ViVa! Vienna Festival & 4th Annual Brewfest scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, 2025.
The Viva! Vienna! Festival will be held in downtown Vienna on Church Street between Lawyers Road and Mill Street, Dominion Road, NE, between Ayr Hill Avenue, NE, and Church Street, Mill Street between Church Street and Maple Avenue and the Vienna Town Green.
Brewfest will be held on Mill Street between Church Street and Maple Avenue and a small section of grass on the Town Green adjacent to the restrooms. Brewfest will operate Saturday and Sunday, 12-10 p.m. and on Monday from 2-6 p.m. (after the Memorial Day Ceremony on the Town Green stage).
13. Local Taxes: The Rotary is responsible for ensuring that all food and beverage vendors understand the new process and deadlines for paying the flat Town event meals tax. In addition, the Rotary will provide the Town with a list of all food and beverage vendors, including business name, contact, address, phone number, and email. Businesses with outstanding meal taxes owed to the Town will not be permitted to participate in the festival. The Town is responsible for collecting the meals tax and will make every effort to collect outstanding taxes.
20. Impacted businesses: Rotary will offer either a complimentary vendor space or charge a nominal administrative fee (no more than $50 per event) to businesses directly impacted by the closures ("impacted businesses", which are hereby defined as businesses located inside event related st...
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