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REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br /> <br />February 13, 2017 <br />SUBJECT <br />Resolution approving the temporary street closure for the Stanford University Triathlon <br />Team’s 13th annual Treeathlon <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Adopt a resolution designating the event route for the 13th annual Treeathlon event <br />sponsored by the Stanford University Triathlon Team and approve the temporary partial <br />closure of Seaport Boulevard along the route, as represented on the accompanying <br />map <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Treeathlon has been held in Redwood City for 12 years. If approved, the 13th <br />annual Treeathlon event will occur March 4 and 5, 2017. <br /> <br />ANALYSIS <br />The Stanford Triathlon Team is run entirely by team members, mostly students, and <br />brings professional training to anybody in the Stanford community regardless of age or <br />skill level. The Treeathlon event is a fundraiser for the team’s trip to the National <br />Collegiate Championships in Clemson, S.C. It is also an important part of the California <br />collegiate triathlon circuit, as well as a venue for local and regional amateur/age group <br />athletes. The team hopes to continue to use the event to showcase the sport of triathlon <br />in Redwood City and raise the profile of the Stanford Triathlon and Redwood City within <br />the regional triathlon community. <br /> <br />As part of their fundraising activities, the Stanford Triathlon Team proposes hosting <br />Sprint races (collegiate), F1 races (youth/juniors), and a “Saplingathlon” (6-12 year <br />olds). It is anticipated that upwards of 500 runners will participate in the event this year <br />and registration is capped at 575 entrants. The event is slated to start and finish on the <br />1700 block of Seaport Boulevard. <br /> <br />If approved, on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at 12:00 p.m., the Saplingathlon begins. There <br />will be four waves of competitors in a variety of run/bike events. The Saplingathlon will <br />be contained entirely within the Pacific Shores business complex, and will only require <br />partial closure of the easterly end of Seaport Blvd. that encompasses the business <br />complex. The Saplingathlon is expected to be completed by 3:00 p.m. <br /> <br />If approved, on Sunday, March 5, 2017, at 7:00 a.m., the triathlon races would begin. <br />There will be three waves of triathletes. The races course will involve swims in the <br />6.3.B. - Page 1