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Mayor Adams held the forum, in part, to address concerns about the city's financial role in supporting the private event, said spokesman Roy Kaufmann.

"It's not fair to expect the city to constantly absorb the cost aspect," he said. The city has spent as much as $10,000 a month during summer months on police, security, barricades and transportation.

"There are hundreds of events around the city that would love to have the city's support with transportation and security but the city cannot afford that," Kaufmann said.

The 13-year-old event grew from a grass-roots business effort by galleries to replicate the First Thursday event in the Pearl District.

In recent years, some neighbors have wondered if the event hasn't outgrown Alberta Street.

One bar owner attached a letter to the neighborhood association one, telling city leaders he closes his pub during the event because the rowdy crowds have presented a liability issue.

"We take the quality of our business and the quality of our neighborhood seriously," wrote Bye and Bye owner John Janulis. "In our minds, we have taken steps to protect ourselves and our neighbors from unfortunate events. Although we are closed for Last Thursdays now, we have elected on Last Thursdays to continue to hire a security guard to patrol our block; we have also taken on the cost of renting portable toilets to curb public urination. We look to the city for similar leadership."

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Ten suggestions for Last Thursday, according to the King Neighborhood Association:

1.

Require adequate event management from a responsible organized entity.

2.

Require and enforce and permits related to livability and safety concerns.

3.

Continued monitoring of noise permits and enforce compliance.

4.

Assure that adequate toilets are available for all attendees and enforce health-related permits.

5.

Develop a comprehensive strategy to measure community impacts and, if goals are not met, end the event earlier until they are.

6.

Find and designate area parking lots for visitors.

7.

Work with businesses and event management to provide effective garbage clean-up and recycling.

8.

Require fenced beer gardens to manage the crowds of alcohol-drinkers and enforcement of open-container regulations.

9.

Work with Alberta neighborhood associations, residents, and businesses to provide two way lines of communication to assure an event respectful of our neighborhoods.

10.

Help event organizers secure independent funds so that Last Thursday is self-supporting.