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Council hears competing proposals for two downtown food-truck festivals; staff, public safety and downtown businesses raise logistics concerns
Summary
City staff and two event promoters presented separate proposals for a May and an August downtown food-truck festival. Council and staff focused on site layout, crowd size, public safety staffing, parking and downtown business impacts; no approvals were made and organizers were asked to work with downtown stakeholders and city staff.
Lakeville councilmembers heard presentations on two separate proposals to hold large downtown food-truck festivals — one proposed for May in the Art Center parking lot and a second proposed for early August along the city’s Main Street corridor.
City staff opened the item, asking for input on “two proposals that received in very close proximity for similar events” and said staff had gathered feedback from the Downtown Lakeville Business Association (DLBA) and property owners who raised access and operational concerns.
Dan Cullinan, who said he runs food booths for a longstanding downtown festival, proposed a May event in the Art Center parking lot with “about 36 to 40 food booths,” a music stage on the north lawn and a kids’ zone. Cullinan described the layout as condensed on the parking-lot site and said vendors would use individual generators; he said his group had met with the Downtown Business Association and…
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