Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works Department

 

TO:

Charles F. Soules, P.E., Director of Public Works

FROM:

Mark Thiel, Assistant Director of Public Works

CC:

Tarik Khatib, Chief of Police

Mark Bradford, Fire Medical Chief

Ernie Shaw, Interim Director of Parks and Recreation

DATE:

March 4, 2016

RE:

2016 Rev it Up! Hot Rod Hullaballoo – September 24, 2016

 

Stephen and Michelle Chronister have requested permission to close Massachusetts Street from 11th Street to 13th Street on Saturday, September 24, 2016, for the Rev it Up Hot Rod Hullaballoo event (see attached traffic control plan). This event has occurred at this location since 2011. The event would take place in the eastern half of South Park and would be a hot rod and custom car show featuring vendors and live music in the park, and hot rods parked on the closed section of Massachusetts Street (see attached map). The event will be a fundraiser for local charities.

 

This year’s event will not have alcohol within the public right of ways.

 

Event notification was sent out to adjacent property owners on March 4, 2016 advising them of the event as well as being on the March 22, 2016 commission agenda (see attached notice). In addition to this notice, coordination with Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Police, Fire/Medical, Lawrence Transit, eXplore Lawrence, Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods, East Lawrence Neighborhood Association and Down Town Lawrence, Inc.

 

The event would close Massachusetts Street from 11th Street to 13th Street from 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Vehicles would also be parked along New Hampshire Street from 12th Street to South Park Street, and on North Park Street from Massachusetts Street to Vermont Street. Any use of the Law Enforcement Center parking lot or North Park Street east of Massachusetts Street would have to be with the permission of Douglas County.

 

Action

Approve a street event temporary use of public right-of-way permit for the closure of Massachusetts Street from 11th Street to 13th Street from 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016 for the 2016 Rev it Up Hot Rod Hullaballoo, as well as the use of parking along North Park Street and New Hampshire Street adjacent to South Park.