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City staff outlines June–August street market schedule, vendor rules and entertainment lineup
Summary
City staff presented a street market schedule running June 11–Aug. 6, told commissioners vendor applications remain open for non-food sellers while food approvals are in final phases, and described musician bookings, residency-based fees and crowd-safety plans.
Aneta Diaz, chair, moved the meeting slightly out of agenda order so staff could present the city’s summer street market plans.
Jimmy Wong, a city staff member presenting the street-market proposal, said the market will run from June 11 through Aug. 6 with eight dates and no market on July 2. “Our street market’s gonna be starting June 11 through August 6,” he said, and staff are taking applications for non-food vendors while finalizing food-vendor approvals.
Wong described residency-based pricing and health-department charges for food vendors and said staff will share a full fee breakdown by email. He gave the following figures as the current health-department costs: $82 for a packaged-food health permit, $1.16 for prepackaged/sampling permits and $1.84 for on-site food-preparation permits; booth fees vary by resident or nonresident status and by product type. Commissioners asked Wong to email the application and fee schedule so members could review the full breakdown.
Commissioners asked whether the market would stretch toward Labor Day and whether big-name acts would return. Anita noted large crowds for past headliners and asked whether the schedule could include shows near Labor Day; Wong said nothing is planned for that date now but staff will research options. He also reviewed the entertainment lineup posted on the city’s Baldwin Park Now page and said staff balanced attractions to manage budget constraints. “We have some repeats,” he said, and listed regional and tribute bands included in the current lineup.
On safety and crowd control, Wong said staff coordinate with the police department and order extra barricades for larger events to ensure clear exit routes and crowd management.
The commission asked about the number of musical groups; Wong said there will be eight different musicians across the eight dates and that last year’s schedule had 10 weeks. Commissioners pressed why the run is shorter this year; Wong replied the dates were trimmed to align with school calendars and staffing availability.
The commission requested the city email the “Baldwin Park Now” event page and the vendor-application materials; staff agreed to send those links and follow up.
