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April 18 , 2014 To Whom It May Concern: Louise Louiselle 3527 Skycroft Drive NE St. Anthony, MN 55418 6 I 2-781-9445 T he purpose for this letter is to ask your approval and solicit your help for an upcoming 5K run. The School ofSt. Charles Borromeo has been an integral part of the St. Anthony Community for 75 years and they are celebrating their legacy with an all-school reunion, on Saturday, September 27, 2014. The 75 th Anniversary Celebration will include a 5K alumni run scheduled at I :00 p .m . in the afternoon , followed by a reception on the front lawn of the school from 3:00 p .m . to 9:00 p.m. The event will include 5:00 Mass, tours of the school, and a small program at around 7:00 p .m. Entertainment will include musical performances by alumni, and vendors in the area will provide food and beverages. About 4,500 students attended St. Charles in its 75 years, and many were residents of St. Anthony. Several parents of alumni still live in the community. We will be sending out emails in May and June to notify alumni of the event. We hope to have an idea of the number of people attending the event by the end of June. The 5K run will consist of a loop that will start at the lower level of the school parking lot, proceeding north on Stinson Boulevard, heading east on the St. Anthony Parkway, south onto Wilson Street, and turning West onto 27th Avenue to repeat this route approximately 4 times. It is estimated that our lead runners will finish in about 20 minutes, and our slower runners in about 60 minutes. A map is attached. Traffic on Stinson and St. Anthony Parkway will be the biggest concern for the runners, and Wilson and 27th Avenue are much less frequented . Ifwe were to get approval, we would probably need road blocks on the East side of Stinson Boulevard at 27th Avenue and a road block on the South side of St. Anthony Parkway with orange cones to give us one lane ofSt. Anthony Parkway. With the race being on a Saturday afternoon, the hope is there will be minimal traffic, and vehicles can possibly be detoured just a few blocks out of the way. This is the first time St. Charles has ever had a 5K run, and so it is hard to know how many participants we will have. Registration will be posted online this month, and we will have a better idea by July! August. However, ifI were to make an educated guess, thoughts are no less than 50 runners and no more than 100 . If the number is small, there may not be a need for road blocks and runners could stay on the sidewalk, but if we have a good response, we would like to be able to use the street for safety purposes . Thank you for considering this proposal. We firmly believe that your support of our event will bring a sense of community throughout our city. SdI~o(~ Louise Louiselle St. Anthony Resident St. Charles Alumnus Attaclunent 49