[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Mobile food Vehicles

[kohls at bouldercolorado.gov]

Sender: Kincannon, Kirk

Hi Crystal, just a follow up on your question below for Parks and our phone conversation today.  We have a number of the sites on your list below, that are under contract for food vending during peak use and weekends with our existing food vendors.  These sites have food trucks or are utilize existing snack bars in the parks.  I also have a number of the sites listed below that we are preparing a "Request For Proposal" (RFP) related to food truck/vendor service. I have provided a short take on the information about the park sites you listed, below.   I have discussed the plan for addressing food vendors in other appropriate park locations with my staff and we will be better able to assess the timeline and staff work required to accomplish this, after the June 16 Council check in on the City Work Plan. We most likely will have to delay some already planned items or put some projects on the back burner to address food vendors/mobile food operations in parks prior to 2012.    
 

Scott Carpenter Pool  - UNDER CONTRACT FOR THIS SUMMER

Spruce Pool  - WE SELL ICE CREAM AND FRUIT BAR PRODUCTS AT SPRUCE POOL IN THE SUMMER
        
Stazio Fields - HAS A FOOD VENDING OPERATION ON SITE FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY - 10 WEEKENDS, MEMORIAL DAY TOURNAMENT, INDEPENDENCE DAY TOURNAMENT, ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS AND ANY BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS.

Mapleton Fields - HAS A FOOD VENDING OPERATION ON SITE FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY - 10 WEEKENDS, MEMORIAL DAY TOURNAMENT, INDEPENDENCE DAY TOURNAMENT, ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS AND ANY BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS.

Pleasant View Fields - HAS A FOOD VENDING OPERATION ON SITE FOR LEAGUE PLAY IN SPRING AND FALL ON FRIDAYS 4-7:00 PM, SAT 9-5; TWO ROCKY MOUNTAIN CUP TOURNAMENTS (3 DAY SOCCER TOURNAMENTS);NCAA ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT (4 DAY) AS OTHER EVENTS ARISE, THE CONCESSIONAIRE IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE CONCESSIONS.

Valmont Park (Bike Park area especially) - ALREADY IN THE WORKS THIS WILL BE A FORTH COMING RFP****

East Boulder Recreation Center Courts and fields - ALREADY IN THE WORKS THIS WILL BE A FORTH COMING RFP****
 
The Chautauqua Green (which is off the leased area) FOR FUTURE REVIEW 
Eben G. Fine Park North Boulder - FOR FUTURE REVIEW

Park Library Parking lot off Canyon (and let people take food to the coffee area on the Bridge in the Library until we get a vendor)


Kirk W. Kincannon, CPRP
Director, Parks and Recreation
City of Boulder, Colorado
303-413-7200


-----Original Message-----
From: Gray, Crystal 
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 9:09 PM
To: HOTLINE
Subject: Mobile food Vehicles

Council Members:  
Re:  Agenda item 5A - Mobile Food Vehicles Sales.
I would like to find a way to allow mobile food vehicles to operate in areas around our parks and public buildings beyond allowing them for special events only.   I would like council to discuss the opportunity for expanded sites during the approval of this ordinance while still keeping the 'bricks and mortar' constraints in place.  I  suggest that we either amend the ordinance tomorrow night and have it return for a third reading or give direction, as part of the motion to approve, to return to council with amendments to allow expanded area for mobile food vehicles to operate - based on the council discussion.  The memo stated, p. 2, that the parks department will consider this when they develop their 2012 work plan but I would like to have this addressed before 2012.  In addition, there are other city owned properties that we might want to allow mobile food vehicles to operate.
I want to make sure that we allow the mobile food vehicles to operate as soon as possible so that is why avoiding a third reading and giving direction might be the best way forward.
Some of the sites that residents have suggested to me are:
Scott Carpenter Pool
Spruce Pool
Eben G. Fine Park
North Boulder Park
Library Parking lot off Canyon (and let people take food to the coffee area on the Bridge in the Library until we get a vendor)
Stazio Fields
Mapleton Fields
Valmont Park (Bike Park area especially)
East Boulder Recreation Center Courts and fields
Soccer Fields
The Chautauqua Green (which is off the leased area)
I will be interested to hear council's comments.
Crystal