Monday's City Council agenda includes consideration of approval for a downtown event celebrating Central American independence on the same weekend as another event on the next block.
Nightclub owner Edison Garcia inaugurated the celebration in 2009 and later added a similar event in July to celebrate American independence. His events generally run from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on two days and generate huge crowds. In July, Garcia brought photos of his latest July 7 event to the City Council and invited members to attend his September event. But he was unaware that the council had just approved Rodney Maree's request to hold a large event on the next block on the same weekend.
It turned out that even though Garcia had secured the July 7 date way back in March, he never sought approvals for the September 15-16 event. It is now up for consideration by the City Council Monday, pending approval of Public Safety Director Martin Hellwig.
Because the Plainfield Public Library is closed for renovations, bloggers could not access the council packet there for review over the weekend. Therefore, Plaintalker does not have full details of Garcia's request. However, as noted in this post, he has a track record with his events, whereas Maree settled on the Sept. 15-16 weekend after officials rejected his prior plan for a large event featuring nationally-known musicians. The nature of his new event and the anticipated audience was not spelled out.
The council meeting is 7:30 p.m. Monday in City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave. If a consensus of council members agree, Garcia's proposal will be voted on at the regular meeting, 8 p.m. on Aug. 20 in Municipal Court.
--Bernice
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