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Committee reviews emergency plan amid railroad work and sheriff coordination
Summary
Organizers reviewed the emergency plan (including required railroad notification) and confirmed the sheriff typically stages deputies at route points; BNSF crossing work was reported likely to finish before July 4 but remains a concern.
The committee reviewed the festival emergency plan, which requires notifying the railroad because the event site is close to tracks and includes a form for the fire chief to fill out for incident response. "It's just there's notification to the railroad that we're having an event because it's close to the tracks," the Staff member explained, adding that the plan ensures volunteers and staff have copies and contact procedures.
Members raised concern about whether BNSF crossing work would be completed before the holiday; staff said initial information indicated crossings were expected to open by the end of the week, but the committee flagged the schedule as a risk and asked the staff to confirm. The group also discussed sheriff coordination and identified a lieutenant contact used in past years to arrange parade traffic control and staging at key route points.
