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 Mark Bradford, Fire Medical Chief Charles Soules, Director of Public Works Ernie Shaw, Interim Director of Parks and Recreation
DATE:	July 21, 2011
RE:	Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship

The Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship has requested a Temporary Use of Public Right-of-Way Permit for the closure of Massachusetts Street between North Park Street and South Park Street on Sunday, August 28, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Food vendor tents would be located on the street. This will be the 31^st annual Fiddling and Picking Championship held at this location.

The applicant has reserved South Park for this event and arrangements for trash handling have been made through the Parks & Recreation Department. The applicant will need barricades for closing the street.

The event organizers have requested permission to sell alcoholic beverages in the park. Because the location is within 400’ of church a public hearing must be held before the sale of alcohol can be approved. That hearing has been scheduled for August 9, 2011.

ACTION:      Approve a Temporary Use of Public Right-of-Way Permit for the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship for the closure of Massachusetts Street between North Park Street and South Park Street on Sunday, August 28, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.