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Board approves Midtown Plaza events, including Via de la Familia and Chinese Mooncake Festival; Constitution Day date clarified
Summary
The board approved permits and street closures for multiple Midtown Plaza events, including Via de la Familia (Sept. 13) and the Carmel Chinese Mooncake Festival (Sept. 20); officials amended the Constitution Day festival item to clarify it is a single-day event on Sept. 20 and approved requests for electricity.
The Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety on Aug. 6 approved multiple requests to use Midtown Plaza and close nearby city streets for upcoming events, including Via de la Familia on Sept. 13 and the Carmel Chinese Mooncake Festival on Sept. 20. The board also amended and approved a Constitution Day festival permit to reflect a single-day use on Sept. 20 and to permit use of city electricity for sound and equipment.
Kelly Douglas, director of marketing and community relations, told the board the Via de la Familia event would be smaller than other festivals because it does not include performers and that departments had agreed on closures and hardened street closures requested by police and fire. "We do not see that we're going to have huge numbers for... we are also doing the hardened closures that are, asked of by, police and fire," Douglas said.
City staff said the Chinese Mooncake Festival would follow a footprint similar to last year with an adjusted map designed to make better use of space and include hardened closures; parks had raised a cleanup concern, and organizers agreed that Mac (city contractor/department) would be responsible for cleanup of Midtown Plaza after the event.
Sharon Bowler, representing the Constitution Day festival request, clarified the agenda’s language that implied a multi-day booking. She said the group requests only Sept. 20, with setup at 11 a.m., the festival from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., teardown by 5:30 p.m., and that electricity would be required rather than a generator for gazebo sound equipment. A board member moved to amend item 5h to reflect the single-day date and electricity request; the motion passed and the board approved items 5a through 5l together on a single voice vote.
All event requests were presented as reviewed by affected departments and approved by staff; the board’s approvals included the clarified date and electricity permission for the Constitution Day event.
