Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager
CC:	Frank Reeb, Director of Administrative Services/City Clerk Ron Olin, Police Chief Mark Bradford, Fire Medical Chief Chuck Soules, Public Works Director
DATE:	June 10, 2009
RE:	Use of right-of-way permit for The Sandbar Birthday Party, August 1, 2009

Please place this item on the 06/16/09 City Commission agenda for consideration.

The Sandbar (17 East 8^th Street) has submitted the attached temporary use of right-of-way permit application requesting the closure of 8^th Street from Massachusetts Street to New Hampshire Street from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. the evening of Saturday, August 1, 2009. The Sandbar is planning a 20 year birthday party celebration featuring a street concert, vendors and alcohol sales, possession and consumption. The Sandbar has been working with the Police Department on public safety issues related to the event. Parking meters would be bagged twenty-four hours in advance of the event and the street would be closed with barricades provided by the city.

Staff recommends approval of the temporary use of right-of-way, with the conditions that the applicant meet any requirements set forth by the Police and Fire Medical departments regarding public safety and access, and that the applicant clean the event area following the event.

ACTION:       Approve a temporary use of right-of-way-permit for The Sandbar 20 Year Birthday Party for the closure of 8^th Street from Massachusetts Street to New Hampshire Street from 5:00 p.m. Saturday, August 1, 2009 to 1:00 a.m. Sunday, August 2, 2009.