The settlement offer has four basic provisions. First, during the hours of 2:00 p.m. to midnight, the city will implement the same traffic pattern on Ocean Boulevard from 29th Avenue North to 17th Avenue South for three days of the Harley-Davidson Dealers Association Spring Rally and three days of the Atlantic Beach Memorial Day Bikefest. However, from midnight to 2:00 p.m., the city may, at its sole discretion, leave the traffic pattern in place or completely remove it during either weekend.

     Second, each side will pay its own attorneys’ fees and costs. The agreement has no other monetary provisions. Third, the city will continue to provide training for police officers, as it has for many years, during the Atlantic Beach Memorial Day Bikefest. Fourth, the city and the NAACP will meet before and after the Harley-Davidson Dealers Association Spring Rally and the Atlantic Beach Memorial Day Bikefest to discuss operational plans. The city will advise the NAACP in advance of any difference in traffic patterns and policing for the two events.

     The U.S. District Court must approve the agreement before it takes effect, but the settlement fully resolves and discharges all “claims, defenses and causes of action.” Terms of this agreement expire in five years, on July 31, 2010, when the parties will be relieved of any and all obligations under the agreement.

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Mark Kruea, Public Information Officer

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