Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	Chuck Soules
FROM:	Mark Thiel
CC:	Tarik Khatib, Chief of Police Mark Bradford, Fire Medical Chief Ernie Shaw, Interim Director of Parks and Recreation
DATE:	February 25, 2014
RE:	2014 Rev it Up! Hot Rod Hullaballoo

Stephen and Michelle Chronister have requested permission to close Massachusetts Street from 11^th Street to 13^th Street on Saturday, August 23, 2014, for the Rev it Up Hot Rod Hullaballoo event (see attached traffic control plan). The same event occurred in this location in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The event would take place in the eastern half of South Park and would be a hot rod and custom car show featuring vendors and live music in the park, and hot rods parked on the closed section of Massachusetts Street. The event will be a fundraiser for local charities.

Event notification was sent out to adjacent property owners on 2/7/14 advising them of the event as well as being on the 2/25/14 commission agenda (see attached notice). In addition to this notice, coordination with Parks and Recreation, Police, Fire/Medical, Lawrence Transit, the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Lawrence, Inc. was completed with no issues being identified.

The event would close Massachusetts Street from 11^th Street to 13^th Street from 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2014. Vehicles would also be parked along New Hampshire Street from 12^th Street to South Park Street, and on North Park Street from Massachusetts Street to Vermont Street. Any use of the Law Enforcement Center parking lot or North Park Street east of Massachusetts Street would have to be with the permission of Douglas County.

ACTION: Approve a temporary use of public right-of-way permit for the closure of Massachusetts Street from 11^th Street to 13^th Street from 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2014 for the Rev it Up Hot Rod Hullaballoo, as well as the use of parking along North Park Street and New Hampshire Street adjacent to South Park.