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Dannielle Mauk, Community Services Director
SUBJECT:
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Special Event Application - Dia de los Muertos 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
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That Council approve the Dia de los Muertos Cultural Committee’s application for the Dia de los Muertos Aztec Dance performance event scheduled for Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 2:00 to 3:00pm.
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BACKGROUND
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November. It originated and is mostly observed in Mexico <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico> but also in other places, especially by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere. The holiday involves family and friends gathering to pay respects and to remember friends and family members who have died.
DISCUSSION
A small community group led by Taco Jane’s owner Matteo Boussina is interested providing a dance performance by a local Aztec Dance group. The proposed location in Imagination Park and the proposed date is Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.
The attached application provides details of the events with comments and conditions from Town staff.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the Town in approving this request.
CEQA AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CONSISTENCY
Approving the attached special event appication is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), under the “common sense” exemption, because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, § 15061).
Attachment 1 - Dia de los Muertos event application