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Council approves downtown event closures; merchants urge changes to make events benefit local stores
Summary
Council approved eight downtown street closures for 2025 and staff clarified permit and staging rules; merchants requested event coordination and changes to car show placement while multiple speakers raised persistent parking concerns including the Third Floor leased spaces.
Placerville City Council approved staff recommendations to authorize eight downtown street closures for 2025, with updated dates and primary contacts to be reflected in event permits, and heard extensive public comment about event placement and downtown parking management.
Community Services Director Dennis Nishihara presented the schedule and explained city council approval grants permission to proceed with permit processing but does not automatically finalize permits. "Although you are providing permission to utilize the downtown, if an event organizer is unable to meet the regulations we adopted previously, we may have to pivot and adjust or scale…
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