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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Regular Meeting: July 6, 2021
AGENDA ITEM: Authorization for Temporary Street
Closings and Adding of Events to Service
Agreement
AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Director of Parks and
Recreation AGENDA NO. 6.e.
ATTACHMENTS: None APPROVED BY: LJM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve street closings for the Big Wheel Races
and Parade as part of the 2021 Leprechaun Days Celebration and to add the events listed
below to the 2021 Leprechaun Days Service Agreement.
BACKGROUND
In the spring of 2021, the City Council approved a service agreement with the Leprechaun Days
Committee. As in years past, street closing requests and the addition of events to the service agreement
have been brought to the City Council for approval.
The current requests for street closings include:
1. Big Wheel, Trike and Scooter Races plus Penny Scramble - Wednesday, July 21 - 5:00 pm to 8:30
pm, Burma Ave. from 145th St. to 146th St.
2. Parade - Saturday, July 24- 8:30 am to 1:30 pm or as soon as the parade ends.
At 8:30 am 145th Street will be closed at Diamond Path and at Cimarron Avenue; Cobalt, Dallara,
and Davenport Avenues will be closed at 145th Street West; and Shannon Parkway will be closed
at 144th Street and at Dodd Road.
At 10:30 am, the rest of the driveways and side streets intersecting the parade route along 145th
Street will be closed.
The Committee has also requested that the activities listed below be added to the service agreement:
• 145th Street Block Party
• Bootcamp in the Park
• Car Wash
• Dunk Tank
• Football Golf Tournament
• Hoops4Hope
• Power Lifting
• Skateboard Contest
• Women Empowered Seminar
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the above motion regarding street closings for Leprechaun
Days.