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STAFF ORIGINATOR Marilyn Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer <br />DATE <br />TOPIC <br />BACKGRO <br />May 23,1996 <br />Consideration of a Block Party Request -for <br />White Owl Drive for Sunday <br />Attached you will find an application for a block party for the Birch Wood Acres <br />subdivision and a map showing the location of the party. The application includes a <br />petition signed by all of the homeowners on White Owl Drive. <br />This application has been reviewed by the Police Department and the Public Wo <br />Department. Comments from each department are attached. I would recommend that the <br />City Council approve this block party. <br />Block parties provide a means of introducing residents of neighborhoods to each other. <br />The block parties often include preliminary steps in setting up neighborhood watch <br />groups. Often the Police Officer assigned to that precinct stops in to its <br />himself/herself. Of course, block parties are an excellent social event. <br />Earlier this year, I discussed some block party concerns with the City Council at a work <br />session. I was directed to meet with reptesendnives from the Police Department and the <br />Public Works Department and to draft a black party recommendation for the City Council <br />to consider. I will be meeting with Officer Sal Costa, Tom DeWolfe and CSO Jeannie <br />Kenow to discuss block party concerns. Officer Costa has been on medical leave from the <br />Police Department and has only recently returned to full duty. I have contacted him and <br />we will be meeting. probably next week and will draft recommendations regarding block <br />party regulations, where block parties should be held, and whether or not to charge a fee <br />to cover City costs for each party. <br />OPTIONS <br />1, Adopt a motion approving the block party. <br />2 Return to staff for further informati <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Option No. 1 <br />