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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STREET CLOSURES FOR THE 2026 ORANGE COUNTY MARATHON RUNNING FESTIVAL
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT / TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: PAUL MARTIN, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES MANAGER, (714) 754-5343
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-xx, designating event routes for the 2026 Orange County (OC) Marathon Running Festival and approving the temporary street closures for May 2, 2026, and May 3, 2026, as requested for the 2026 OC Marathon Running Festival.
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BACKGROUND:
A Special Event Permit application was submitted to the City on December 27, 2025, requesting permission to close certain streets to conduct the 2026 OC Marathon Running Festival on May 2, 2026 and May 3, 2026. The application is currently under review by the City's Special Events Committee, which consists of representatives from various City departments. Resolution No. 2026-xx (Attachment 1) includes designated routes and street closures.
This is the seventeenth year the City of Costa Mesa will participate in the OC Marathon, which has been an annual event in the Orange County area since 2004. Similar to the previous marathons, the proposed route for the 2026 OC Marathon Running Festival begins at Newport Center in the City of Newport Beach and finishes at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. This year's OC Marathon Running Festival consists of four (4) sub-events:
1. Full Marathon (26.2 miles) on Sunday, May 3, 2026;
2. Half Marathon (13.1 miles) on Sunday, May 3, 2026;
3. 5K Fun Run/Walk (3.1 miles) on Saturday, May 2, 2026; and
4. Kids Run the OC (1 mile) on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
The routes within Costa Mesa for the 2026 full and half-marathon events are shown on Attachments 2 and 3, respectively. A map depicting the route for the 2026 5K Fun Run/Walk is shown in Attachment 4. The route for the Kids Run ...
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