Issue Sheet ATH2025-046
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City of Smyrna Issue Sheet File Number: ATH2025-046 A Max Bacon City Hall 2800 King Street Smyrna, GA 30080 1 0 2 6 Agenda Date: 3/17/2025 In Control: City Council File Type: Authorization Agenda Section: Consent Agenda Department: Administration Agenda Title: Approval for Atkins Park through event coordination by Redbird Events to hold the 23rd Annual Crawfish Boil in the Market Village taking place on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM (outdoor music ending at 10:00 PM), and Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM (outdoor music ending at 9:00 PM) and for delivery and set up will begin on Friday, May 2, 2025, and all event/festival items will moved off of the roadway by midnight on May 4, 2025, with equipment pickup on Monday, May 5, 2025 with approval to include associated street closures as noted in the attached background. Ward 3 Councilmember - Travis Lindley ISSUE AND BACKGROUND: Atkins Parks, assisted by Redbird Events, has successfully held this annual food and music celebration in spring for the range of two decades. The 2025 festival days cover Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, – with setup taking place on Friday, May 2 with plans for streets to open concluding event close and cleanup on Sunday, May 4. Red Bird Events is the event coordinator working on behalf of Atkins Park and is requesting approval for alcohol sales for Atkins Park in the event space, beyond their respective business. Special Notation: The event must work in tandem with City of Smyrna staff working on and planning the Jonquil City Jog which takes place on Saturday, May 3 from approx. 7:30 am until/before 11:00 am / including arranging for deliveries, staffing, performers and other Crawfish Boil-related activities/deliveries/arrivals to avoid the Atlanta Road entrance areas (and other areas otherwise managed/controlled by the City of Smyrna during the Jonquil City Jog activities) until after all runners participating in the Jonquil City Jog have moved through the area and cones are collected by Race Organizer and the roadway is opened by the Smyrna Police Department for approach to the Market Village Area from Atlanta Road. There exists the possibility that deliveries for the Crawfish Boil on Saturday morning must approach via Atlanta Road by way of Windy Hill Rd and enter the Market Village Pavilion parking area to access the festival area/Atkins Park