City staff outlined a package of proposed temporary rules and operational guidance intended for the 2026 World Cup window, seeking committee input rather than final action. The proposals focus on assuring public-safety coverage and preserving public right-of-way and parking during a period the city expects heavy regional activity.

Assistant City Manager Ryan Elam said staff across multiple departments had been coordinating on an “omnibus ordinance” approach that would apply for a defined event period around the World Cup. Staff recommended against authorizing street closures, parades or other city-permitted events that would require substantial police or fire resources during the core World Cup window; they also recommended limiting food trucks and food carts in public parking spaces and sidewalks during that same period.

Chief of Police Travis Forbes said the department expects significant mutual-aid demand from larger regional events and that internal resources could be heavily tasked: “we heavily anticipate that police and fire resources will be pretty severely drawn upon during the World Cup,” he said, and recommended caution in approving events that close lanes or require extra security.

Planning and public-works staff described more detailed proposals: (1) allow exceptions for established city-sponsored legacy events but give advance notice to community organizers; (2) prohibit food trucks and food carts from occupying public parking or sidewalks during the defined window while allowing them on private property for limited durations (staff discussed permitting limits such as a 4–6 hour cap); (3) maintain current controls over shared-mobility and small wireless deployments; (4) limit commercial special events that require additional security (staff referenced a 1,000-person threshold as the staff-recommended cutoff for larger events); (5) relax temporary-sign permitting requirements while enforcing size and placement limits so businesses can display country flags and watch-party signs.

Staff also recommended a time-limited change to short-term rental rules to increase availability during the event window. Planning Manager Shannon McGuire explained the proposed temporary relaxations: remove the one-acre lot-size restriction outside downtown, broaden allowable building types beyond single-family/duplex structures, and raise or remove the current two-bedroom cap so properties can host more guests for the short-term window. Staff proposed an abbreviated, temporary license application and a required contact for enforcement or complaints; they said the changes would be sunsetted after the event and that staff would prepare a communications plan for neighborhoods and HOAs.

Committee members expressed a range of concerns and preferences. Some members favored limiting regulatory changes to downtown only; others supported opening short-term rentals citywide for the temporary period but asked for stronger advance outreach to HOAs and neighborhoods. Council members asked staff to proactively contact recurring-event organizers (such as fireworks and legacy celebrations) and to provide enforcement and call-volume projections. Staff agreed to produce more detailed draft ordinance language, enforcement statistics and an outreach plan and return to the committee.

No committee vote was taken on a specific ordinance at this meeting; staff described next steps including drafting an omnibus, time-limited ordinance, circulating drafts for review, and preparing an after-action evaluation to determine whether any changes should be made permanent.