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MOUNDS <br />City of Mounds View Staff R <br />Item No: 3 <br />Meeting Date:03/06/2024 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Ben Zender, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Change Parade Route for the 2024 Festival in the Park <br />Introduction: <br />The Police Department was made aware that the Festival in the Park Committee <br />requested changing the Parade route for the 2024 Festival in the Park. <br />Discussion: <br />The police department spoke with Mounds View Public Works and SBM Fire concerning <br />the change in parade route for 2024. The police department's questions/concerns have <br />to do with staffing and parade safety. The initial parade route went north on Edgewood <br />Drive to eastbound County Road I, southbound on Quincy Street, and westbound onto <br />Bronson Drive (see attached map). The parade route was changed in 2017 due to a <br />warning from the Dept. of Homeland Security about the increased potential of vehicle <br />ramming attacks. <br />Due to the increased number of vehicles and participants involved in the parade over <br />the years, a change in the parade route was requested. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends considering the 2 parade routes presented and requests direction <br />going forward. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Ben Zender <br />Chief of Police <br />