Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Legal Department

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Toni Wheeler, Director of Legal Department
C:	Tarik Khatib, Chief of Police
Date:	March 24, 2011
RE:	Ordinance No.  8624

Please place Ordinance No. 8624 on the City Commission’s agenda for approval.

In anticipation of Kansas University’s Men’s basketball team’s success in the NCAA tournament, the Lawrence Police Department is preparing for another safe National Championship celebration.  The Police Department recommends, and our Department supports, a temporary prohibition on glass bottles and other glass containers on the downtown streets and sidewalks during the Final Four weekend.  The attached ordinance makes it illegal to carry or possess a glass bottle or other glass container from 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 through 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2011.  Thereafter, the prohibition expires.

We request the ordinance be adopted on emergency first and second reading so that it may be in effect after its publication in the newspaper in time for the Final Four Weekend.

Action Requested:  Adopt on first and second reading, Ordinance No. 8624 prohibiting the possession of glass bottles or glass containers in the Downtown District during specified hours.