Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager/City Clerk
CC:	Tarik Khatib, Chief of Police Teri Pierce, Parking and Animal Control Manager
DATE:	May 9, 2012
RE:	Lawrence GiveBack Free Parking Day Downtown

The city has received the attached letter from Constance Wolfe with the Lawrence GiveBack program, requesting that on Tuesday, June 12, the city not enforce overtime parking on Massachusetts Street from 6^th Street to 11^th Street, and the 100 blocks of the numbered streets intersecting that section of Massachusetts Street. This would be a repeat of last year’s event held on June 14, 2011.

Lawrence GiveBack would put their own green meter bags on all meters (including 15 minute meters) indicating that parking is compliments of the GiveBack program that day. GiveBack would promote the event inviting people to come downtown for free parking and enjoy double points/charitable donations with the GiveBack cards at participating merchants.

During this time, parking control officers would enforce overtime violations in other areas of downtown, as well as issue citations for other violations such as expired registration tags. They could likely complete some meter maintenance and other projects as well.

Lawrence GiveBack has provided a letter of support from the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.

ACTION:       Approve free parking on Massachusetts Street from 6^th Street to 11^th Street and on the 100 blocks of East and West 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th streets on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 for a Lawrence GiveBack event.