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Department of Transportation recommending the Board adopt Resolution 117-2011 issuing a parade permit for portions of the Rubicon Trail from the Wentworth Springs Campground and Loon Lake Dam eastward to the Placer County Line, for the 59th Annual “Jeepers Jamboree” from 6:00 a.m. to midnight on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 through Sunday, July 31, 2011, and for the 33rd Annual “Jeep Jamboree” from 6:00 a.m. Thursday, August 4, 2011 to midnight on Sunday, August 7, 2011, subject to the conditions set forth in Resolution No. 110-79 and in the “Application for Road Closure” submitted by the applicant.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: No fiscal impact or net county cost.
Background:
The “Jeepers Jamboree” and “Jeep Jamboree” are traditional four-wheel drive vehicle events involving a parade of vehicles along the Rubicon Trail and various activities on private property at Rubicon Springs. This year marks the 59th "Jeepers Jamboree" and the 33rd "Jeep Jamboree" four-wheel drive events. The sponsors seek a parade permit to allow their events to take place on the Rubicon Trail in the same manner as in the past decades.
Reason for Recommendation:
The Department of Transportation recommends that a parade permit be issued containing the standard conditions mandated by board resolution and prior practice for the two four-wheel vehicle events described in the Title. Vehicle Code §21102(e) permits the County to adopt a resolution “temporarily closing a portion of any street for celebrations, parades, local special events, and other purposes when, in the opinion of local authorities having jurisdiction …. the closing is necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the street during the temporary closing.” A parade is defined in County Ordinance Code §12.37.010 as any parade of more than ten (10) vehicles or twenty (20) persons proceeding on foot or otherwise upon any street, highway, road, thoroughfare or alley of...
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