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SUPER BOWL" AND WORLD CUP
Santa Clara draws up a `clean zone' for eve
arfFiciala stare
fleaustal
septa mid
hill a weds in
the City Caau-
if tco broad and
It more narrowly
The special event lane,
Es required by the
as part of Santa Clam's
Laatitug agreement minors
the map set up by the• city
when it last hosted the Sup,•h
Bowl to 201n. Also known Ili
a 'etean zone; boundaries
aim to ensure first respond -
emcee early wrens thee -ea.
manage traffic rongention
and keep sidewalkm clear of
unpermitled slipway and
street vendrlrs.
^Wb l.we regularly held
emoted laid apotnng events
at thesgdlam. Super Rawl
and FIFA are events on a
ly different play.
albowhefl. eld" Assistant City
r Elisabeth Kea told
dsecoursi4'Thuordinmce
will help the city respond
m the increasing scale and
ecenplodty of major events
by establishing
d predictable public
safety
nt
an
smidards across all of event
cog niters and actint, Y'
The map presented reties
wso th's meeting revered
nwr}t of Sonia Clara s north
side.houndedby State Route
237 to the n'srth. Calabaxas
Creek , n elm west, Montague
Expressway to the south and
the Guodalupc River to the
CM!. The zone's restrictions
would he in effect for Super
Bowl ham R am. on Feh. 1
to 1.0 pet on Fe•h.10. and for
the FIFA World Cup from R
ware[ on June t2 to midnight
unduly i.
Rut given some of the
restriction& a majority of
the council felt dial the snap
wretched etw !or lryond the
immediate rhadaws of Levi's
Stadium,
When the zone is in
effect, no fond or merchan-
dise trucks or carts would
be allowed including those
that normally hate u permit
to operate in the area. All
temporary• structures like
tents, canopies and ingot•
ahles would be prohibited
unless they receive city
approval• and any free prod-
uct sampling or giveaway
would he banned-tlnperrnit-
ted commercial advertising
inchdingbann rt signs and
—A- _L el T('1T T a i
LED light displays would mho
not beamed.
The map encompasses
Mission College and residen-
tial areas, which prompted
concerts from the council
about how it could impact
collelgstudents non -
Super Amyl or World Cup
related events or residents
who mutt be tasting a chil
darn birthday party with an
inflatable bounce house.
'1 understand rampant
vendors, carts, there really
can be ion pace iw srafflc to
safety I agree widt themtaie
food and ail of that,' Vice
Mayor Kelly Cox said. -Rut
this advertising thing and
people not being allowed to
put out specials or put tenti in
dveir yards it becomes pretty
restrictive in the name of
publicsafety.-
Police Chief Cory Morgan
oho appeared to agree that
the acne was overly bead,
informing the council that
the law enforcement doesn't
need that law. afar; area 'in
terms of the need of public
oaf sy access masonic of these
residential streets."
Wide the zone's perimeter
is the satne as a decade ego,
Mayor Lisa Gilltnnr said that
the city should fuer ]ranted
From Super Bowl 50 and new
to repeat the same mistakes_
we have been harping
nn this for the last stuple of
years, she soitl"We watt our
small huoinesscw to benefit to
make mnnery, tulle success-
ful during these events, but
were telling them you can't
offer a.nything. you can't send
flyers ytw, ant put advertise•
mine in the street in front of
your place'
Responding to criticism
about the limits on advertis-
ing and signag0. Klma said
char if they didn't have any
resunYions in ploce,everyorte
cr-,uld come Mud
and the city
rrxchanism ra
to take them dawn
-This is a way to
chat scarify so we
keep our sidewalk.
public right -of Away.
she
Cauncdmemher
Park was the .role voice
the custard who didn't
to reduce the siaeof thew
although lto said hu arms
favorer -tightening up"
ttf the restrictions.
'it will simply
the people who are
the things we are
prevent near the s
area. it will simply
them to other areas,
cities, other shopping
where people co
other places where
ail going to be when
not at the events
he said
ti.