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21 HAI"r TO: B. LUNSFORD, CHIEF FROM: B. RAUCH, LIEUTENAN./f.,`!'/ SUBJECT: PARADE PERMIT APPLICATION DATE: JANUARY 6j 1998 On 1/5/98, 1 received an application for a parade permit from Mr. Gerald Hobbs representing the 11.nited Front Organization. This organization appears to represent those people who protest roadway and land closures within the deserts and forests of the Western United States The application indicates that on Friday 2/6/98, at 1030 hours 500 to 1,000 vehicles will meet at Rancho Ave. an: d Valley Blvd. They will caravan to Congressman George Browns office at 657 N. La Cadena Dr. by proceeding eastbound on Valley Blvd., northbound on La CadenaDr., eastbound on 'C' St., southbound on 9th St., westbound on Valley Blvd. : and back to Rancho Ave. to IS -10. Municipal Code Section 10,46.060, Permit -Grounds for denial, states, granting of the permit will resuft in the obstruction qf the orderly movement of traffic or the peaceable P assage or presen ce qfpersons� to., oiler or upon the public high ways. 500 to 1,000 vehicles caravaning on our:city streets is going to disrupt the flow of traffic in our downtown business area. La Cadena Dr. is only a two lane roadway, as is, "C'St. and 9th St. There is no indication in the application that the caravan would obey all traffic laws. This would be very difficult for them to do with the number of vehicles involved. I attempted contact several:: times with Mr. Hobbs to see how he was going to handle these traffic issues with neg : ative results. Colton High School is locat,ed at the cornerof Valky Blvd. and Rancho Ave. where this parade would begin and end. A caravan of 500 to 1,000 vehicles would be disruptive to the school which will be in session during this event. The. school lunch break starts a approximate : ly 11.00 hours and this would add to the traffic congestion in that area. It is estimated: that six additional officers would be called in for approximately three hours,at a total cost of $576.00. The number of vehicles anticipated by Mr. Hobbs would negafly...ply. ct our business district and the High School area. It is my application. be denied. 17