On Monday, April 28, during the regularly scheduled City Commission meeting, City Manager David Birchim announced a series of public engagement meetings to discuss large-scale events, scheduled in The Alcazar Room of City Hall, during the last two weeks in May, as follows:
- Resident Discussion: Tuesday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 27 from 9:00am to 11:00am
- Business Discussion: Thursday, May 22 and Thursday May 29 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
This outreach effort is intended to obtain feedback and ideas from community stakeholders regarding large-scale event management, in particular addressing concerns over the City’s annual holiday lighting season, Nights of Lights. The public engagement meetings will focus on mobility issues including traffic circulation, pedestrian safety and parking.
Stakeholders will not be limited to discussing only these topics and are encouraged to present suggestions and share concerns about any aspects of large-scale events.
The two sets of meetings have been scheduled during the day, with one additional meeting scheduled for all residential and business stakeholders on Tuesday, June 10, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, for anyone who is unable to attend the May daytime meetings.
All meetings will be held in a town hall format with easels and paper note boards to record people’s input. The information and data collected at all five meetings will be gathered, collated and summarized to provide recommendations for the City Commission.
This is an open forum for sharing ideas and having discussions, and all are welcome to attend and participate. All meetings will be held in The Alcazar Room of City Hall, located at 75 King Street.
Media inquiries may be directed to Melissa Wissel, Communications Director, at 904.293.3307.