Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works Department

TO:	Chuck F. Soules P.E., Public Works Director
FROM:	Mark Thiel, Assistant Public Works Director
CC:	Tarik Khatib, Chief of Police Ernie Shaw, Interim Director of Parks and Recreation
DATE:	October 2, 2014
RE:	Street Event Permit – 2014 Hunger Run Saturday November 1, 2014 Downtown route

Please place this item on the October 14, 2014 City Commission meeting agenda.

Hannah Kovarik has applied for a Street Event Permit for the 2014 Hunger Run on Saturday, November 1, 2014, benefitting Children’s Hunger Fund. The race would begin at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Massachusetts Street adjacent to South Park, with runners staging on the street beginning at about 7:30 a.m. Participants would run in the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street to 7^th Street, then turn east and run through East Lawrence until looping back onto Massachusetts Street at 15^th Street (see attached map). Runners would then travel in one northbound lane of Massachusetts Street back to South Park for the finish. All runners would be off of city streets by 9:00 a.m.

Staff is seeking City Commission approval of this event permit because the race will involve a rolling closure of the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street downtown from about 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Parking on Massachusetts Street would not be prohibited, although vehicles parked on the east side of Massachusetts Street would not be able to leave for a few minutes as runners pass by. (See attached traffic management plan – prepared by the Lawrence Police Department). In addition, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Planning, Fire/Medical, Lawrence Transit, DLI and the Chamber all have reviewed this permit with no issues.

The police department has coordinated traffic control on this route for several previous races and has developed a plan that requires little to no police resources for traffic control. All barricades and staff will be solely provided by the applicant.

ACTION

Approve a Street Event Permit for use of various city streets, including the rolling closure of the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street downtown from 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m., on Saturday, November 1, 2014 for the 2014 Hunger Run 5K.