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WARD / COUNCILMEMBER: Citywide
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Approval to allow Belmont Hills Elementary School to host a Character Parade on October 19, 2018 from 9:00 - 9:20 AM. Road closures include a 272 ft. section of Glendale Place.
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ISSUE / BACKGROUND:
October 19, 2018, the Character Parade will begin and end at the Belmont Hills Elementary School campus. Students from Belmont Hills Elementary School will dress as their favorite storybook character. The school's administration will parade the children through the school campus, then onto Glendale Place eastbound for approximately 272 feet (from the west entrance), and back into the main entrance. There will be between 200-300 students involved, along with the entire school administrative staff acting as guides. The Character Parade will conclude at approximately 9:20 AM.
Students will assemble on the campus of Belmont Hills on the south side of the building. At 9:00 AM, school administration will move students towards the west entrance, east towards the east entrance, then back onto the main campus.
The portion of the Glendale Place that will be closed will be barricaded using police vehicles and will be monitored by 3 Police Department officers.
The racing event organizer has gone through the City’s racing event permit application process and received the requisite approval from city staff, including the Police Department, Fire Department, Community Relations, and City Administration.
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: Police Department and City Administrative Staff recommend approval to allow Belmont Hills Elementary School to host a Character Parade on October 19, 2018 from 9:00 - 9:20 AM. Road closures include a 272 ft. section of Glendale Place.