Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Jonathan Douglass, City Clerk/Assistant to the City Manager
CC:	Charles Soules, Director of Public Works Ernie Shaw, Interim Director of Parks and Recreation Tarik Khatib, Police Chief Robert Nugent, Transit Administrator
DATE:	May 8, 2013
RE:	Busker Fest Right-of-Way Permit

We have received an application for a Temporary Use of Public Right-of-Way Permit for the Lawrence Busker Fest in downtown Lawrence from 08/23/13-08/25/13. The application includes statements of support from adjacent businesses. The request is slightly different than past years because the event would be held on 7^th and 8^th Streets downtown, rather than 8^th and 10^th Streets. The request is for the following use of the streets and sidewalks:

Date	Time	Locations
Friday, August 23	4:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.	900 Massachusetts, sidewalk and parking in front of US Bank 100 block of E 7^th Street 100 block of E 8^th Street
Saturday, August 24	11:00 a.m. – midnight	900 Massachusetts, sidewalk and parking in front of US Bank 100 block of E 7^th Street 100 block of E 8^th Street
Sunday, August 25	11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.	900 Massachusetts, sidewalk and parking in front of US Bank 100 block of E 7^th Street 100 block of E 8^th Street

The applicant has also requested authorization of the possession and consumption of alcohol on the 100 blocks of E 7^th and E 8^th Streets during the event. Adoption of Ordinance No. 8866 would allow this.

ACTION:      Approve a Temporary Use of Public Right-of-Way Permit for the Lawrence Busker Fest for the use of the sidewalk and 10 parking stalls in front of 900 Massachusetts Street, and the closure of the 100 block of E 7^th Street and the 100 block of E 8^th Street on August 23-25, 2013; adopt on first reading Ordinance No. 8866, allowing the possession and consumption of alcohol on the public right-of-way on the 100 block of E 7^th Street and the 100 block of E 8^th Street during the event.