Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works Department

TO:	Charles 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:	February 2, 2015
RE:	2015 March of Dimes Walk – Downtown

Danielle Lang-Shaw has applied for a street event, temporary use of public right-of-way permit for The March of Dimes Walk on Saturday, April 18, 2015; benefitting the March of Dimes. The walk would begin at approximately 10:00 a.m. on Massachusetts Street adjacent to South Park, with walkers staging on the street beginning at about 9:50 a.m. Participants would walk north in the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street to 8^th Street and continue northbound utilizing public sidewalks to 6^th Street and return back to South Park utilizing the public sidewalk.

Staff is seeking City Commission approval of this event permit because the event will involve a rolling closure of the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street downtown from about 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Parking on Massachusetts St. would not be prohibited, although vehicles parked on the east side of Massachusetts St. would not be able to leave for a few minutes as walkers pass by. In addition, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, 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 events and has developed a plan that requires little to no police resources for traffic control.

Action

Approve a street event, temporary use of public right-of-way permit for use of Massachusetts, including the rolling closure of the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street downtown from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, April 18, 2015 for the March of Dimes Walk.