I'm not generally a fan of festivals in Maurie Jacobs Park. They should be in Alton Baker, which has the ability to handle the oodles of cars that come with these things. That said, the only festival that has been well-behaved in this park has been the Hempfest. At the request of neighbors, they changed over to acoustic music and brought down the volume on the energetic folks who take to the stage with political speeches. They station people on the streets to deal with folks who don't know where to go to park so they don't park in our driveways and they even help deal with the problem people who tend to gather near the river independent of any festival. 

To put the lie to the city's hearings officer's statement of cooperation, the city has already forced the HempFest to move twice, once from Alton Baker and once from Washington-Jefferson. Every new demand the city has put on these folks has been met from cleaning the park to policing everyone who shows up. Imperial staff is a problem.