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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STREET CLOSURES FOR THE 2023 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: JENNIFER ROSALES, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES MANAGER, (714) 754-5343
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
Adopt Resolution No. 2023-xx, designating event routes for the 2023 Orange County (OC) Marathon Running Festival and approving the temporary street closures for May 6, 2023 and May 7, 2023, as requested for the 2023 OC Marathon Running Festival.
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BACKGROUND:
A Special Event Permit application was submitted to the City on December 11, 2022 (Attachment 2), requesting permission to close certain streets to conduct the 2023 OC Marathon Running Festival. The application is currently under review by the City's Special Event Committee, comprised of representatives from various City departments.
This is the fourteenth 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 2023 OC Marathon Running Festival begins at Fashion Island in the City of Newport Beach and finishes at the Orange County Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa. This year's OC Marathon Running Festival is comprised of four (4) sub-events:
1. Full Marathon (26.2 miles) on Sunday, May 7, 2023
2. Half Marathon (13.1 miles) on Sunday, May 7, 2023
3. 5K Fun Run/Walk (3.1 miles) on Saturday, May 6, 2023
4. Kids Run the OC (1 mile) on Saturday, May 6, 2023
The routes within Costa Mesa for the 2023 full and half-marathon events are shown on Attachments 3 and 4, respectively. A map depicting the route for the 2023 5K Fun Run/Walk is shown on Attachment 5. The route for the Kids Run is entirely within the OC Fair & Event Center and is shown on Attachment 6. There are no changes to...
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