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 Ernie Shaw, Interim Director of Parks and Recreation Charles Soules, Director of Public Works
DATE:	August 21, 2012
RE:	Head for the Cure 5K

Please place this item on the next available City Commission meeting agenda.

The Head for the Cure Foundation has applied for a temporary use of public right-of-way permit for a 5K on Sunday, September 30, 2012. The race would begin around 8:00 a.m. on Massachusetts Street adjacent to South Park, with runners staging on the street beginning at about 7:55 a.m. Runners would run in the northbound lane of Massachusetts St to 7^th St, then turn east and run through East Lawrence until looping back to South Park (see attached map).

Staff is seeking City Commission approval of this right-of-way permit because the race will close the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street downtown from about 8:00 a.m. – 8:25 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 as runners pass by. The police department will provide traffic control at necessary locations along the route, but it is anticipated that most, if not all, of the traffic control can be accomplished through signage and volunteers.  

ACTION:       Approve a temporary use of public right-of-way permit for use of various city streets, including the closure of the northbound lane of Massachusetts Street downtown from 8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m., on Sunday, September 30, 2012, for the Head for the Cure 5K.