HomeMy WebLinkAbout17 BALLOON FESTIVAL 08-01-94AGENDA
NO. 17
8-1-94
Inter-Corn
DATE:
AUGUST 1, 1994
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY F~%NAGER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
BALLOON FESTIVAL
RECOMI~ENDATION
Pleasure of the City Council.
BACKGROU19D
As you may aware, Korff Enterprises representing Smith Food King
and The Irvine Company submitted an application to the City related
to a proposed Smith's Festival of Ballooning proposed to be held in
Tustin Ranch September 23-25. Korff Enterprises has been informed
that their application is incomplete and they have been asked to
respond to comments and concerns from various City departments by
June 28, 1994. At this time, a License and Permit Board hearing
has been scheduled for August 10, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers at 300 Centennial Way.
City representatives met with the event orqanizer on July 25th and
reviewed a number of issues still outstanding related to the event
and reviewed with the organizer the needed information required to
be submitted by July 28th. It is our understanding that the
organizer has recently proposed a change in the event location to
an approximate 30 acre triangular plot of undeveloped land owned by
The Irvine Company that is bordered by Tustin Ranch Road, Jamboree
and Portola Parkway. No additional alternative site has been
studied for the event by the organizer. Parking for the event is
proposed to take place on an adjacent parcel behind Fire Station 43
and also on adjacent and distant parcels in the County of Orange
east of Jamboree Road. Shuttle buses are proposed to be utilized
to transport attendees to the proposed event site from these
parking annex locations.
City Council Report
Balloon Festival
August 1, 1994
Page 2
In addition to ballooning activities, big name acts have been
secured for the event as follows:
Friday - Randy Travis
Saturday - Beach Boys
Sunday - Oldies Show with Supremes,
Turtles and Gary Puckett
The organizer anticipates a minimum of 50,000 attendees over the
three days of the event and a maximum of 200,000 attendees. They
anticipate no more than 25,000 people on the site at one time.
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