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Board tables two Midtown Plaza festivals after public‑safety and access concerns
Summary
The board unanimously tabled permit requests for Dia de la Familia and the Chinese Mooncake Festival to allow public‑safety review and petitioner revisions; staff flagged potential vehicle access impacts to private property and event crowd size exceeded new safety thresholds.
The City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety on July 16 voted to table two permit applications for events proposed at Midtown Plaza — Dia de la Familia (Sept. 13) and the Chinese Mooncake Festival (Sept. 20) — after engineering and public‑safety staff raised concerns about road closures and crowding.
Engineering staff cautioned that closing Monon Boulevard northbound from Walnut could effectively cut off vehicle…
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