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Local pastors, residents urge council to move large Lakeview Park event amid safety and parking concerns
Summary
At public forum, several pastors and residents asked the council to relocate a large June 8 park event, citing expected crowd size (organizers say "more than 4,000"), parking overflow, indecency enforcement, costs to police and potential safety issues.
Multiple speakers at the May 4 public forum asked Nampa city leaders to move a planned large event in Lakeview Park, telling council members the park and surrounding streets are too small to safely host an expected crowd and that the city should consider moving the event to a larger, more controlled venue.
Pastor Dan Manchuk of Good News Community Church, whose church and residence are adjacent to Lakeview Park, said organizers told him they expect "more than 4,000 people" and that the event's scale could strain police resources, complicate indecency enforcement, and disrupt regular Sunday church services and…
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