The future of an annual Sunnyside event is in jeopardy after a city committee refused to issue a permit to event organizers.

In a one-page letter outlining the city’s special event routing committee’s decision, a city staffer cited inadequate parking and objections to noise by neighbors of La Joya de Sunnyside Fiesta de Independencia at Ponderosa Park.

But the event organizers, the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association, have countered with a petition with over 900 local signatures and dozens of letters of support.

“We lowered the noise and we are willing to accommodate the concerns of the entire neighborhood,” said SNA Executive Director Coral Evans.

The neighbors’ primarily complaint was about the loud noise.

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