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
DATE:	August 8, 2012
RE:	Shotgun start at Lawrence Police Foundation Golf Tournament

The city has received a request from the Lawrence Police Foundation to fire a blank from a shotgun for a “shotgun” start at their golf tournament on Thursday, August 23, at Alvamar Orchards Golf Course. The tournament will be raising money to purchase additional Automated External Defibrillators for police patrol cars. If the Commission wishes to authorize this, staff recommends suspending enforcement of City Code Section 14-407, which prohibits the discharge of firearms within the city, for this event.

ACTION:      Approve the suspension of enforcement of City Code Section 14-407, prohibiting the discharge of firearms within the city, for a “shotgun” start at the Lawrence Police Foundation golf tournament on Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Alvamar Orchards Golf Course.