Hankerson asks about unpermitted events and enforcement
Hankerson asks how common unpermitted events are and how Parks enforces. Cerrone says it is hard to count them, but Parks sends cease-and-desist letters and often calls first to explain the permit process, citing social-media running events.
So we had over 140 attendees.
It was our partner groups.
Citywide, 140?
Yeah, citywide, citywide, yes.
A lot of our partner groups, of which there are many, we would be happy to share the list of invitees.
How would they determine the invitees?
We worked with our partnerships team and our lead on strategic partnerships to help make sure that we were getting all the people who had expressed interest in the event process.
So I can get back to you on that.
I didn't do the outreach element of it personally, but I know there was a broad outreach.
And then to other stakeholders who we know do events and have raised questions with us in the past.
Because I'm just thinking that it may have been helpful to invite.
All those who had applied for permits in the previous year, whether they were approved or denied,
just so that, one, they can get a better understanding, because even if they were approved, they may have had a set of challenges that could have been addressed in the forum.
So it's just a...
Oh, Council Member, just I think I'm in.
I was just going to say we did.
Oh, you did?
Oh, great, great, great.
We did it last year for 2025, so we did the last three years of applicants.
Got it.
Thank you.
That's great.
How common is it for unpermitted events to occur, and what is the enforcement practice that is implemented when one is taking place?
That is a good question.
It's hard, being forthright, it's hard to know exactly how many unpermitted events there are because people