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Council, Rec & Parks and partners describe citywide coordination to curb unpermitted park gatherings; rangers focus on engagement over ticketing
Summary
Committee members pressed the agency about unpermitted events and enforcement. Rec & Parks, DOT special events and BPD coordinate weekly on permitted events; Rec & Parks rangers are funded from Program Open Space and are principally engagement officers rather than primary ticketing enforcement.
The Budget and Appropriations Committee examined how Rec and Parks and other city agencies handle unpermitted gatherings in parks and how the agency’s ranger team is staffed and used.
Lede: Council members and agency staff described a weekly citywide coordination call—attended by Rec and Parks, the Police Department and other agencies—to track permitted events and to respond to unpermitted ones. Council members requested the agency again circulate permitted-event lists to council offices so neighborhood leaders and NCO officers can monitor local activity.
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