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<br /> <br />6.1C <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />REPORT <br />.. . <br />.. . .. ..... <br /> <br /> <br />April 28, 2008 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Peninsula Celebration Association's 70th Annual Fourth of July Celebration. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Authorize execution of a letter permit for the Fourth of July Celebration sponsored by <br />the Peninsula Celebration Association, the Redwood City Parks, Recreation and <br />Community Services Department, and Let's Talk Events. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Peninsula Celebration Association (PCA), in partnership with the Redwood City <br />Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department and Let's Talk Events, has <br />requested permission to conduct the annual Fourth of July Celebration. The annual <br />"Fun Run" will be conducted along the parade route from 9:00 am to 9:45 am. The <br />traditional parade will commence at 10:00 am and last until approximately 12:30 pm. <br />The arts & crafts fair and festival will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Parks, <br />Recreation and Community Services will sponsor live musical entertainment in Court <br />House Square from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm. Let's Talk Events will sponsor a classic car <br />show from 8:00 am until approximately 4:00 pm. A fireworks display will be held in the <br />turning basin of Redwood Creek in the Port of Redwood City from 9:30 pm until <br />approximately 10:00 pm. <br /> <br />On July 4th, the parade route and line-up area will be reserved from 6:00 am until 2:00 <br />pm. The arts and crafts fair and festival area will be reserved at 6:00 pm on Thursday <br />July 3rd through 8:00 pm on Friday July 4th. Court House Square will be reserved from <br />11 :30 am to 5:00 pm. The car show area will be reserved at 5:00 am through 5:00 pm. <br />Seaport Blvd. will be closed to vehicular traffic from approximately 7:00 pm or until <br />designated parking spaces in the port area are filled, until 10:00 pm when vehicular <br />traffic will begin to leave the fireworks demonstration. Additional road closures will be <br />conducted in coordination with the Port of Redwood City, the Redwood City Police <br />Department, port area property owners, the PCA, and the security staff with whom they <br />have contracted. <br /> <br />The parade will be conducted in the areas detailed on the attached map provided by the <br />PCA in their letter dated March 28, 2008. Parade staging areas require road closures <br />throughout the Centennial Neighborhood. The festival will be conducted on Middlefield <br />from Veterans to Marshall, Hamilton from Marshall to Bradford, and Bradford from <br />Hamilton to a portion of the roadway slightly north of Jefferson. The Let's Talk Events <br />car show will be conducted on Broadway from Winslow to Theater Way, Hamilton from <br />Broadway to Marshall, and Middlefield from Broadway to Marshall. Live musical <br />entertainment will take place within Court House Square. Minor alterations to the <br />parade route and festival areas may be required to facilitate these events. Should <br />alterations be required, any change to the parade route and festival area locations will <br />be determined under the supervision and approval of the Police Chief or his designee. <br />