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Council praises Community Days turnout; councilmember urges stricter fireworks enforcement
Summary
Councilmembers praised Community Days for strong turnout and thanked volunteers. Councilmember Andy urged reminders against fireworks and suggested considering a ban if residents continue to misuse fireworks; the mayor responded that fireworks are already banned except for limited legal times.
Multiple councilmembers praised the success of Community Days and thanked volunteers and partners. "I just wanted to thank everybody who came out for community days. I think, it it went really, really well," one speaker said, adding that garbage issues were handled.
Councilmember Andy urged residents to stop lighting fireworks after a nearby fire and said he would support a ban if people cannot be responsible: "I know this isn't gonna be popular, but if it gets to the point of that, in my opinion, we should just ban fireworks." The presiding officer noted that fireworks are already restricted: "They are banned right now. The only time you're legally allowed to set them off is..." (discussion was interrupted and not further specified in the transcript). Andy also announced the Golden Gate Bridal event at the courthouse parking lot, estimating attendance of about "300, 350 people a year".
No ordinance, new regulation or enforcement action on fireworks was proposed or adopted during the meeting; the remarks were part of the report-of-officers discussion.
