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Council delays parade-route change after police warn of safety and staffing risks
Summary
After residents and council members proposed moving the Memorial Day parade back downtown, the police chief warned that changing the route 13'14 working days before the event would create traffic-control and safety risks; council moved to send the issue to the recreation commission for planning next year.
Council members debated changing the city's Memorial Day parade route, with several saying they preferred returning the procession downtown and others warning it would be unsafe to alter the route with little time to plan.
"The issue with planning a new route this late in the game is... safety and security," the police chief told the…
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