Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Clerk’s Office

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager/City Clerk
CC:	Diane Trybom, Deputy City Clerk
DATE:	September 2, 2010
RE:	Street Vendor License Application – Last Stop Snack Shop

In the spring of 2010 Jason Mandel requested a change to the city code regarding street (sidewalk) vendors to allow operation until 2:30 a.m. The City Commission voted to make that change, and Mr. Mandel has now applied for a street vendor license to allow him to operate at the southwest corner of 10^th and Massachusetts.

The applicant has satisfied all requirements to obtain a license, save inspection of his unit by the Fire Medical Department is pending. He contacted area businesses as required by city code:

6-1403(A) An applicant for a street vendor license shall present a statement of intention to all businesses within seventy-five (75) feet of the location for which the applicant seeks the license. The applicant shall obtain said business owners’ signatures of approval and submit the signatures to the City Clerk. The applicant shall instruct said business owners to submit in writing to the City Clerk all comments regarding the applicant’s statement of intention. The applicant shall provide the names and addresses of each business owner the applicant notified pursuant to this paragraph to the City Clerk.

The applicant was interested in either the northeast or southwest corner of 10^th and Massachusetts, but would prefer the southwest corner. A representative of the Replay Lounge on the northeast corner contacted the City Clerk’s Office on 9/1/10 to say that the applicant had contacted him, and that the Replay Lounge was not absolutely opposed to the applicant’s location at the northeast corner, but he did have concerns with post-bar closing crowds loitering in the area, as the Replay Lounge makes every effort to get crowds to disperse immediately following closing.

The applicant reports that the owners of the Masonic Temple building on the southwest corner of 10^th and Massachusetts (the applicant’s preferred location), declined to sign the applicant’s statement of intention, citing concerns for the tenants of their buildings. Both the buildings at 1001-1003 and 1005-1007 Massachusetts Street are owned by Consolidated Properties, Inc. The Masonic Temple at 1001-1003 Massachusetts is currently vacant, and 1005-1007 Massachusetts is occupied by Encore Café. A representative of Encore Café did sign that they received the applicant’s statement of intent. No further comment has been received by the City Clerk’s Office regarding this application.

ACTION:      Approve a street vendor license for Last Stop Snack Shop at the southwest corner of 10^th Street and Massachusetts Street, pending satisfactory inspection of the cart’s heating device(s) by the Fire Medical Department, if appropriate.