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Community Outreach Meeting on Proposed Special Event Ordinance

Monday, January 14th, 2013, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm San Jose City Hall, 200 East Santa Clara Street, Wing Room 120, San Jose, CA 95113

Who should attend? Outdoor special event organizers and producers should attend. This includes organizers of festivals, parades, walks/runs, and all other types of outdoor events and celebrations in San Jose.

Why? The City of San Jose is considering adoption of a new comprehensive special event ordinance. The proposed ordinance would update and consolidate the existing special events provisions into one ordinance, establishing comprehensive and consistent regulations, including detailed timelines, related to the permitting and use of City streets, parks, paseos and plazas (excluding City Hall Plaza) for outdoor special events. The ordinance would include revised procedures to be implemented, such as new timelines and requirements for completing an application and issuing permit decisions, based on new event categories.

Special event organizers are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting to learn about the proposed ordinance and how it may affect the City’s policies and procedures related to the permitting and coordinating of outdoor special events.

City Hall Parking Garage validation will be provided.

For more information, please contact Special Events Director Tammy Turnipseed at (408) 793-4343.

A Free Training for Non-Profit Outdoor Event Organizers

Learn the Ins & Outs of Responsible Alcoholic Beverage Service

The San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs has scheduled a training session with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on:

Monday, February 11, 2013
6:00 P.M.-Registration
6:30 P.M.-Training
San Jose City Hall-Council Chambers

This training session is specifically designed for servers of alcoholic beverages at outdoor event festivals and is only open to non-profit organizations. Participants who successfully complete the two and a half (2 ˝) hour course will receive a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's card acknowledging completion of the alcohol server training program. Non-profit organizations are encouraged to send as many servers, who may work an outdoor special event in San Jose, to attend this training.

Registration is requested for this FREE event. Please submit an email notification to OCAEvents@sanjoseca.gov and include the participants'' name(s), name of non-profit organization, email and phone contact information.

Free validated parking will be available in City Hall or the 4th Street garage.




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