City of Milwaukee - File #: 230433

• File #: 230433
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/11/2023
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 7/31/2023
• Title: Resolution approving an Operating Agreement with Badgerland Striders Running Club for staging of the 2023 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon in the City of Milwaukee
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, SPORTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/2/2023	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/31/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
7/19/2023	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	Minutes note: James Washington - DPW - along with Scott Stauske and James Szyjakowski representatives from Badgerland Striders Running Club gave a Power Point Presentation that has been added to the file.
7/11/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
230433
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving an Operating Agreement with Badgerland Striders Running Club for staging of the 2023 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon in the City of Milwaukee
Analysis
This resolution authorizes an Operating Agreement with Badgerland Striders Running Club for the staging of the 2023 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon in the City of Milwaukee on October 1, 2023.
Body
Whereas, Badgerland Striders Running Club, whose address is 12650 Arden Place, Butler, WI 53007, desires to stage on October 1, 2023, a marathon and half-marathon distance-running event named the 2023 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 because the Event is of such a size or nature requiring the diversion of so great a number of police officers, ambulances or other emergency services as to deny reasonable emergency services to the city as a whole; an...