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DRC flags road-closure coordination for Juneteenth event; police warn need for off-duty officers
Summary
DRC members discussed whether Juneteenth road-closure approvals must go to council and urged event promoters to coordinate early with the police department; police said approving a closure will likely require 8–10 off-duty officers to be provided by promoters.
Members of the Development Review Committee raised the Juneteenth road-closure process at the April 30 meeting and asked staff to clarify whether road-closure approvals must go to city council or can be handled administratively.
A committee member said the recreation department had not submitted road-closure paperwork to DRC. City staff replied they had not received materials for DRC review and that historically planning had provided notice of parade-style closures; one staff member said the land-development code does not explicitly require council approval for typical closures and that closures are handled under other code sections.
A police representative told the committee promoters must coordinate early because road closures will require significant policing resources. "If the promoters are going to do road closures, they need to coordinate with us, and we're going to need 8 to 10 off duty officers, and that's gonna be otherwise, we can't recommend the road closures," the police representative said, urging promoters not to wait until the last minute.
Staff said they would look into the procedural path and could place the request on the council consent agenda if needed; no formal policy change or council action was decided at the DRC meeting. The committee asked staff to notify recreation and event promoters about coordination and policing requirements so organizers can plan and include off-duty policing in permit and budget planning.
