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 Mark Bradford, Fire Chief
DATE:	April 15, 2015
RE:	2015 Paw Valley Festival and 5K – Saturday May 9, 2015

Katy Ibsen has applied for a street event temporary use of public right-of-way permit for the 2015 Paw Valley Festival and 5K – Saturday May 9, 2015, benefitting the Lawrence Humane Society. The race would begin at approximately 9:00 a.m. from Watson Park and head west into Old West Lawrence neighborhood (see map) and would be concluded by 11:00 a.m. The main impact to downtown will be the closure of Tennessee Street from 7^th Street to 8^th Street. The Festival portion of the event will be contained within Watson Park. There will also be no alcohol in the right-of-way associated with this event.

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.

The applicant has sent notice of this event to all affected property owners. In addition, Police, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Fire/Medical, Lawrence Transit, Downtown Lawrence, Inc., and the Chamber all have reviewed this permit with no issues.

ACTION

Approve a street event temporary use of public right-of-way permit for the 2015 Paw Valley Festival and 5K – Saturday May 9, 2015, benefitting the Lawrence Humane Society from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.