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Ordinance Committee refers summer park events to full council pending recreation department sign‑offs
Summary
Permits for church preaching series, a youth march and the Semana Hispana festival were sent to the full council with favorable recommendations pending confirmation from the Recreation Department; the carnival‑rides application was tabled after concerns about vendor approvals.
The Ordinance Committee reviewed several permit requests for spring and summer events in Lawrence parks on April 8 and recommended most items be forwarded to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation contingent on Recreation Department availability or approvals.
Applicants seeking permission to use public parks for worship events and outreach received conditional committee approval. Pastor Gregory Del Rosario and other applicants described multiple weekend preaching events and cited outreach to Recreation and permitting staff; the committee asked applicants to secure Recreation…
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