City of Milwaukee - File #: 260320

• File #: 260320
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Council-Adoption
• File created: 6/23/2026
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution approving an Operating Agreement with Badgerland Striders Running Club for staging of the 2026 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon, half marathon, 5K run and 5K walk in the City of Milwaukee.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/1/2026	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appeared James Washington (DPW Coordination Manager)	Pass	4:0
6/23/2026	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
260320
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution approving an Operating Agreement with Badgerland Striders Running Club for staging of the 2026 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon, half marathon, 5K run and 5K walk in the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes an Operating Agreement with Badgerland Striders Running Club for the staging of the 2026 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon and half marathon in the City of Milwaukee on October 4, 2026, and the 5K walk and 5K run on October 3, 2026, in Aldermanic Districts 3, 4, and 14 in the City of Milwaukee.
Body
Whereas, Badgerland Striders Running Club, whose address is 12650 Arden Place, Butler, WI 53007, desires to stage on October 3, 2026, a 5K run and 5K walk, and on October 4, 2026, a marathon and half-marathon distance-running event named the 2026 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon (“the Event”); and

Whereas, The City has entered into operating agreements with previous organizers for the staging of the previous versions of the Event; and

Whereas, The staging of the Event requires significant City resources, particularly Milwaukee Police Department and Department of Public Works resources relating to traffic control before, during and after the Event; and

Whereas, the Department of Public Works does not have sufficient traffic control equipment needed for the Event; and

Whereas, By Resolution 141123, adopted on November 25, 2014, the Common Council found that City taxpayers should not bear the costs of City services provided to support the Event, but, rather, that the City should fully recover those costs from the event organizer; and

Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works is authorized to approve or deny special event permit applications according to the criteria set forth in MCO §§ 105-55.5-2-c-1 to c-11; and

Whereas, The Commissioner has determined that in the absence of an operating agreement, a special event permit would not meet the criteria in § 105-55.5-2-c-1...