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City clears downtown "Trunk or Treat" event, agrees to street closures and fee waivers
Summary
The council approved a request from the Newman Partnership to hold a trunk-or-treat event on Main Street (3–9 p.m.), including street closures at Main/Tulare and Fresno/Main, food vendors, no alcohol, and requests to waive cleanup and some fees; the motion passed 4-0.
The Newman City Council approved a downtown Trunk-or-Treat event and related street closures in a 4-0 vote Aug. 20.
A representative of the Newman Partnership and Newman Resource Center asked the council for exclusive use of the Downtown Plaza and the 1300 block of Main Street for the event from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., with closures at Main and Tulare and Fresno and Main. The requester said there would be food vendors on the plaza and that “No alcohol will be served or sold at the event.” The group also requested that the cleanup deposit be waived, that insurance requirements be reduced from $3,000,000 to $1,000,000, that the city use its barricades for traffic control, and that restroom and electrical fees be waived.
Council members moved and seconded to adopt the report on the event; the motion carried 4-0. The council did not record any conditions or changes to the request in the meeting record excerpted in the transcript.
The council’s approval authorizes the city to proceed with event permitting and street closures per the organizer’s request; any final permit conditions, insurance certificates, or deposit arrangements will be handled through the city’s permitting process.
