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CITY OF SHAKOPEE
Memorandum
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TO: Mayor and City Council 1J'J'~~:~~ c
FROM: Mark McNeill, City Administrator
SUBJECT: Downtown Partnership Holiday Parade
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DATE: November 13, 2008
Comment:
Introduction:
The Council has been asked to authorize the closure of certain streets, and authorize
parking restrictions in the downtown area on Friday, December 5th, for a parade as part
of the Shakopee Downtown Partnership's Holiday Festival.
Background:
The Shakopee Downtown Partnership is sponsoring a Holiday Festival on December 5th
and 6th. As part of that, there will be a bicycle and wagon parade, with participants
anticipated to be mostly adults, with some older children. This would be held in the
downtown area sometime between 4 PM and 6 PM on Friday, December 5th,
The parade would stage in the parking lot of the building that was formerly occupied by
Beren's Market and El Burrito Mercado store. The parade route is proposed to be east
on the north side of Second Street east to Holmes; north on Holmes to First A venue, east
on First A venue to Sommerville, south on Sommerville to Second, and west on Second
back to the origination point. Some parking restrictions are anticipated to be needed, and
some street accesses would need to be blocked off for a brief period of time.
This will be coordinated with the Shakopee Police Department.
Recommendation:
We recommend that City Council authorize the temporary closure of portions of streets
named above, and authorize parking restrictions and street access closures (to be
determined).
Relationship to Visioning:
This supports Goal C "Great place for kids to grow up"
Action Required:
If the Council concurs, it should, by motion, authorize the temporary closure of portions
of Second Street, Holmes Street, First A venue and Sommerville Street, along with
parking restrictions to be determined, to accommodate a Holiday Festival parade on
December 5th, 2008.
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Mark McNeill
City Administrator
Cc: Lauri Glenn, Shakopee Downtown Partnership
Dan Hughes
Craig Robson
SHAKOPEE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
P.o. Box 6 Shakopee, MN 55379
November 14,2008
Shakopee City Council
129 S Holmes Street
Shakopee,MN 55379
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council,
The Shakopee Downtown Partnership, as part of the 5th Annual Holiday Festival, would
like to hold a parade on Friday, December 5th and Saturday, December 6th. We would like
the parade to be held just before the tree lighting on Friday evening. It would be a mixture
of bicycles and wagons with most of the participants being adults.
We would like to ask the City Council to authorize the closure of north 2nd Avenue
between Fuller and Sommerville, Holmes Street between 1 st A venue and 2nd A venue, 1st
A venue between Holmes Street and Sommerville Street, and Sommerville Street between
I st and 2nd A venue for the parade. Also, we would like to request restrict parking on those
streets from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm.
The parade itself would be held at 5:30 pm with staging taking place prior at the old
Beren's parking lot. With this being the first year and the weather possibly being a factor,
we anticipate the parade to last approximately half an hour.
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 612/598-5156. Thank
you for your consideration.
Kind Regards,
Lauri Glenn
Executive Director
Shakopee Downtown Partnership