January 15, 2002

 

The Board of Commissioners of the City of Lawrence met in regular session at 6:35 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers in City Hall with Mayor Rundle presiding and members Dunfield, Hack, Henry, and Kennedy present. 

Mayor Rundle recognized the citizens who participated and/or contributed to the 2001 Friends of the Parks.  They were:

Charles Heller-Retired Officers Association	Painted locomotive in Watson Park
Jay Edward Stockdale	$20.00 toward up keep of SLT bike path
Southwest Jr. High freshman class	Litter pick up along Clinton Parkway
Free State High School volunteers c/o Steve Hefferman	Planted wildflowers at Eagle Bend Golf Course. Mulched landscaping in South Park.  Litter pick up along SLT trails.
Keith Garner, Troop #158	Eagle Scout project-Centennial Park landscaping
Patrick Brandt, Boy Scout Troop #53	Landscape and edging work at City Hall
Josh Cosgrove	Eagle Scout project – trail cleaning and building foot bridge at Prairie Park
Jeff Craven	Eagle Scout project – trail cleaning & built 2 bridges on trails at Prairie Park
Francis Sporting Goods and Jayhawk Trophy Co.	Co-sponsorship of Mass St. Mile run as part of Fall Arts & Crafts Festival
Gateway Computers	Volunteers for Mass St. Mile run
Royal Crest Lanes	New Year’s Eve Cosmic Bowling Night
Lunker’s Bait Shop	$400.00 prizes for Fishing Derby
Breakfast Optimist Club	$800.00 Halloween Paint-In, shirts for youth sports program
Checkers	Donation of supplies for special events
Jock’s Nitch Sporting Goods	Gift Certificates for special events
Coca Cola	Donations for drinks for runs & special events
Erin Ashcroft	Planted flowers at library as part of 4-H project
Luncheon Optimist Club	$14,250 donation for shelter at YSI
Soroptimist Club of Lawrence	$100.00 for flower beds in South Park
Louis Klemp & Joyce Browder	$500.00 donation for care of Watkin’s lot at Oak Hill Cemetery
Honeywell Avionics	Donation of modular office furniture
Steve Smith	$225.00 – Memorial Tree Program in memory of Gregory Thomas Smith
Ann Cudd	$225.00 – Memorial Tree Program in memory of Mary Rosenbloom
Judith Dutton	$150.00 – Memorial Tree Program in memory of Marshall W. Dutton
Marci Francisco	$200.00 tree planting for 17th & Louisiana Streets
Silvia Rueff and Allyson Hayward	$150.00 Tree planted in South Park  - In Memory of Sylvia Stone from her Friends & Family
Terri Jacobson-Wolf	$48.00 donation to Charlie Brune Scholarship Fund
Richard & Susan Himes	Donated tax refund for swim passes and scholarships
Joyce Riddle	$50.00 contribution for Off-leash area
Carol Thrasher & Soku Gakai	Caretakers of Japanese Friendship Garden
Sertoma Club	$1,500.00 flagpole for Indoor Aquatic Center
Chuck Kelly	Donation of 2 bikes & helmets for give-away
Kim Murphree	KLWN – weekly radio show
20th Century Club – Vernon & Laurel Larson	$75.00 toward restoration of fountain in South Park
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Schaake – Schaake’s Pumpkin Patch	Hosting Special Populations program at pumpkin patch
Farmland Industries	Sponsorship of picnic for Unified Softball program
The Village Inc. of Lawrence and Topeka	Group home trash clean-up at Mary’s Lake during 10 week period (involved over 40 kids in 8 group homes
Chuck & Ruth Herman, Robin Goulter, Derya Suzen	Volunteer at Nature Center with programs, animal care and landscaping
Topeka Zoo	Donation of Timber Rattlesnake to reptile collection at Nature Center
Sternberg Museum, Hays, Kansas	Donation of Eastern Hognose snake to reptile collection at Nature Center
Dave & Jyl Haynes	Donated easement for access to future park in Green Meadows sub-division
Jesse Carney	Donation of land adjacent to future park northwest of Lawrence
Out of Inc.	Donation of 1.9 acres adjacent to Prairie Park
Wakarusa Land Limited, Co.	Donation of 40 acres to be named Pat Dawson Billings Nature Area
Bob & Betty Lichtwardt	Donation of 40 acres for preserving a future park

 

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the City Commission meeting minutes of January 8, 2002.  Motion carried unanimously.

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the Lawrence Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meeting minutes of December 11, 2001; the Lawrence Recycling & Resources Conservation Advisory Board meeting minutes of November 14, 2001; and, Sister Cities Advisory Board meeting minutes of December 12, 2001.   Motion carried unanimously.

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve claims to 287 vendors in the amount of $4,233,282.06 and payroll from December 30, 2001 to January 12, 2002, in the amount of $1,227,629.59.  Motion carried unanimously.

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to concur with the recommendation of the Mayor and reappoint Mary Blythe to the Lawrence Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging for a three-year term which will expire on December 31, 2004.  Motion carried unanimously.

The City Commission reviewed the bids for Sodium BiSulfite for the Utilities Department.  The bids were:

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to award the bid to Brenntag Mid-South, in the amount of $1.34 per gallon.  Motion carried unanimously.                       

The City Commission reviewed the bids for anti virus software for the Information Systems Department.  The bids were:

 

 

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to award the bid to The Net Squad, in the amount of $15,894.00.  Motion carried unanimously.    

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to set a bid date for East Hills Business Park sanitary sewer improvements, for January 29, 2002.  Motion carried unanimously.

Ordinance No. 7465, establishing access management requirements for West 6^th Street (U.S. Highway 40) between Wakarusa Drive and K-10 Highway, was read a second time. 

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to adopt the ordinance.  Aye: Dunfield, Hack, Henry, Kennedy, and Rundle.   Nay: None.  Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                                       (1)

Ordinance No. 7460, annexing approximately 5.0 acres (Brunfeldt property), was read a second time.

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to adopt the ordinance.  Aye:Dunfield, Hack, Henry, Kennedy, and Rundle.   Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                                       (2)

Ordinance No. 7461, annexing approximately 1.0 acres (remainder of Spring Hill Development) was read a second time.  As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to adopt the ordinance.  Aye:Dunfield, Hack, Henry, Kennedy, and Rundle.  Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously.                                                                      (3)

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to adopt Resolution No. 6358, authorizing Mayor to execute Agreement No. 240-01, for the construction of left turn lanes on Kasold and traffic signal improvements at 6^th Street and Kasold.  Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                                     (4)

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to authorize the City Manager to execute a change order for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project with Danis Environmental, increasing the amount of the project by $196,173.  Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                           (5)

As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to authorize the Mayor to sign a Release of Mortgage for Dennis and Carol Duermeier, 1115 Ohio, Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                           (6)

Richard Brack, Managing Editor, Lawrence Journal-World, presented information on the Lawrence Journal-World “Lawrence is Growing” project.  He presented the Mayor with Channel 6 videotapes along with a binder of newspaper articles on the project.  Brack said this project provided a quick but comprehensive look at the history, challenges, and present opportunities on growth in Lawrence and Douglas County.  Information was also available on the polling results on a variety of growth related issues and also reports of the six community groups that met this past summer. 

Brack said the main conclusion that was drawn from all of this information was that citizens were generally happy but were worried that future growth would negatively affect their quality of life.  Brack said citizens were worried that planning rules were not being followed and piece meal planning decisions might be putting their quality of life at risk.  He said citizens believed planning should be done on a Countywide basis instead of a City and County basis.  In the course of this project, he said he heard that the citizens thought their voices were not being heard, but he thought the City Commission and the World Company provided a lot of opportunities for public comment.  He said the World Company would continue to provide opportunities for citizens to get involved and make their positions known.

Mayor Rundle thanked the Journal World for their efforts and said it took a lot of planning and thought to come up with the focus of this project.  He asked if the videotapes and binder of newspaper articles would be available at the Library.

Brack said copies were available at the Library and would also be available at Kansas University, County and School Board offices.

Commissioner Henry said this was a great project and was pleased that the World Company made this information available for public awareness for growth in the community.

Mayor Rundle asked Brack if the World Company was planning on other community projects in the future.

Brack said the World Company did not have anything on this scale planned, but were getting readers involved by setting up forums for citizens to voice their opinions on community issues and would be using this type approach for other future community issues.

Commissioner Kennedy said the City’s Heritage Committee could always use the World Company’s resources to retrieve historical facts.                                                                          (7)

Kent Hayes, Bert Nash Community Health Center, Inc., presented information to the City Commission on the Youth Employment Supportive Services (YESS) Program.  He said for approximately twenty years, he was the director of the Menninger Youth Program and had projects in a number of states.  This was a project that was designed primarily to solve the problems of the state as it related to abandoned children in institutions.  This program also taught these children basic skills in order to survive.  In many instances it was difficult to get these children back into the school systems.  He said it was quickly realized that this program needed to help these kids develop skills and find jobs and received positive response from the youth.  He said for the first time these children felt they were succeeding and accomplishing something.  He said he was asked by the mental health consortium to do a statewide study in Kansas communities to determine what kinds of juvenile justice programs were needed.   He said in that study, the outstanding response from juvenile justice professionals, youth, parents, social services, and mental health professionals was that these kids needed something positive to do.  He said he discussed with staff at the Bert Nash Community Health Center the possibility of developing a model program in the City of Lawrence.  The model program would provide apprenticeships, jobs, and mentors and allowed children to be involved in church youth groups, scouts, and other organizations.  The primary goal was to provide these children with jobs and apprenticeships.  The majority of children in this program were fourteen and fifteen years old wanting jobs in order to feel productive, but the program was initially unsuccessful in finding jobs for these children.  He said they asked staff from the Parks and Recreation Department if crews could work in the parks and with the leadership of City staff it was agreed on.  He said this program has grown to a fulltime program in the summer and winter.  He said it would be difficult for him to describe the impact this program had on these children.  These children were paid $5.15/hour plus a bonus of .85 cents/hour if they were at work on time and didn’t have any problems on the job.  The job coaches were people who worked along with these children taking and picking them up from their jobs.  He said he had been in the juvenile justice business his entire life and has tried for years to figure out answers and concluded that these kids were really not that bad, they were simply not skilled.  This program was being paid for by Heartland Works, a WIA grant and The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.  The federal grant paid for approximately 2/3 of the cost of these programs and youths that work on the weekends were paid for by the City.  The projects money would run out the end of next year.  The cost of this project was $40,000 a year to maintain a team of three which meant the children worked fulltime during the summer and two and a half hours during the winter after school.  He said he wanted to thank the City Manager and City staff for having the leadership and the courage to help start this program and also for helping them work with these children.  He wanted, at some point, to formally request that the City consider paying for this program.                                                 (8)

David Corliss, Assistant City Manager, presented the recommendation from the Traffic Safety Commission to prohibit parking in front of mailboxes: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon-Sat in front of any mailbox where no parking signs were posted.  He said this item was before the Traffic Safety Commission (TSC) in October 2001.  The City Commission received the recommendation from the TSC and referred the recommendation back to staff to identify the legal requirements on whether signs needed to be posted where parking was prohibited.  Staff’s research found that state law did not require the City to post signs, but it was the City’s experience it was not good public education policy or law enforcement to have a law that would be unique to the City of Lawrence and not provide some notice to citizens.  While there was not a legal requirement to put up a sign, staff recommended signage.  If the City Commission proceeded with this ordinance, then the Traffic Engineer indicated that he would take requests from citizens that were concerned about parking in front of mailboxes, monitor the situation, and if it became necessary, he would place a sign at that location prohibiting parking at that location.  He thought the issue would best be addressed by responding to parking in front of mailboxes on a complaint type basis.

Mayor Rundle said he understood this issue came before the Traffic Safety Commission because a citizen was unable to receive her mail because of a vehicle parked in front of her mailbox and the post office had temporarily stopped delivering mail at this location.  He said this ordinance would be addressed on a case by case basis whenever the post office had a problem delivering mail.  Either the citizen or the post office would request a certain delivery site to be signed making the site accessible for mail delivery.

Commissioner Dunfield asked if staff had a sense of how widespread this problem was.

Mike Wildgen, City Manager, said this was not a widespread problem.  He said this ordinance would be used as a tool in case a problem occurred.

Mayor Rundle said it was his understanding that if the owner of the vehicle could be contacted the neighborhood would take care of this situation.  If not, the ordinance would then be used as a tool to help correct this problem.  He said it was clear in the ordinance that this was a case by case basis.                 

Commissioner Hack said the Postmaster also raised a concern about heavy concentration of duplexes and difficulties with parking off the street and delivering mail at those locations.  She said she thought this problem was fairly isolated.

Corliss reminded the Commissioners that the City also had a law prohibiting vehicle parking on a public street for more than forty-eight hours.  He said the forty eight hour ordinance was enforced and vehicles were cited and sometimes towed.

Commissioner Dunfield expressed concern about the utility of posting signs.  If a vehicle was being parked long-term, then posting the sign might not have any effect on the person who left the vehicle there.  He said it seemed more effective to put a notice on the windshield stating that this was illegal and the vehicle needed to be moved.  He said after forty-eight hours a ticket could be issued.

Wildgen said he would prefer to avoid signage for as long as possible.

Commissioner Hack said if this ordinance was passed, then the City would have a way to notify the violator. 

Corliss said the current draft ordinance would require a sign prohibiting parking before a citation would be issued, but the required signage could be removed from this ordinance.  He said he understood by the City Commission’s comments that they wanted more notice requirements to the ordinance. 

Commissioner Dunfield said he understood that the City did not want vehicles parked in front of mailboxes, not that the City did not want vehicles parked in front of mailboxes if there were signs there.  He said it seemed counterproductive to prohibit parking only when there was a sign.

Mayor Rundle said without signage it would seem inconsistent to citizens and they would be confused about why it applied at only certain locations.  He asked staff to explain the legal requirements for signage.

Corliss said there was no statutory requirement for signage for this type of parking prohibition.  The City could have an ordinance that would not allow parking in front of mailboxes, but it has been the City’s observation that a number of citizens would say they did not know about the ordinance.  If the City had an ordinance that prohibited such parking then staff needed direction on how to enforce it. 

Commissioner Dunfield asked if painting a curb yellow was not an accepted “no parking”notice.

Corliss said the City has not painted curbs in the past because of maintenance expenses and visibility issues.  One way to address this situation would be to monitor the situation, be on guard to respond to citizen’s concerns, use the forty-eight hour law, and contact the property owner. 

Commissioner Hack said she would rather have the City Commission look at the monitoring approach because she did not get the sense that this was an enormous problem.            

Mayor Rundle asked Corliss if he recalled what the postmaster said at the agenda review in terms of the numbers of mailboxes in the community. 

Corliss said he didn’t recall but there were approximately 22,000 residences in the city therefore the number of mailboxes would be in the thousands.

Mayor Rundle asked how would the City communicate with the public that this was a designated mailbox that had a “no parking” requirement.  

Corliss said if the City received a complaint from a citizen concerning mail not being delivered because of access issues, then a police officer could place a note on the windshield of the vehicle notifying the owner not to park at this location because of a complaint.  If this did not work, the owner could be located by their vehicle tag.  Also, the forty-eight hour rule could apply.     

Commissioner Kennedy said he could not see any other way of addressing this issue other than monitoring the situation.  He was not in favor of this draft ordinance.

Joe Patterson, Lawrence, concurred with Commissioner Kennedy.    He said in his opinion, the courts would not uphold this draft ordinance because it would not be consistent. 

Commissioner Henry concurred with Commissioner Dunfield and appreciated his understanding of the issue.

Commissioner Dunfield said it did not seem to be a public concern that the City Commission needed to enact this draft ordinance.  He said he was in favor of staff monitoring the situation and issuing notices if necessary to see how people would respond.

Mayor Rundle asked on what basis would the City issue the notice.

Corliss said a good neighbor letter would be sent notifying them of a complaint.

Mayor Rundle said it seemed to him that it would be legal to park in front of a mailbox.

Corliss said “yes.”

Commissioner Hack said in addition to the good neighbor letter if the vehicle did not move for forty-eight hours then the forty-eight hour law would be enforced.

Mayor Rundle asked if the Post Office could notify the City when there was a problem.

Corliss said “yes.”                                                                                                        (9)

David Corliss, Assistant City Manager, presented the staff report concerning amendments to the rental registration ordinance.  He said last March the City Commission adopted a Rental Licensing Ordinance that would become effective February 2002.  He said staff was recommending two amendments to the ordinance.  The first amendment was a provision in the ordinance that allowed City staff to require landlords to provide a list of tenants in dwelling units.  After the City Commission enacted the new rental registration ordinance, the Kansas Legislature adopted a law that prohibited municipalities from requiring a landlord to provide the City with a list of tenant names.  If the property owner was in violation of an ordinance or resolution regarding public health, safety, or welfare, the City needed to wait thirty days after the property owner was cited for the violation in order to demand a list of tenant names.  It was staff’s recommendation to amend the ordinance to clarify that any City requests for tenant names would follow the requirements of the new state law. 

Corliss said because the bill was part of an enactment that was non-uniform, the City Commission could enact a Charter Ordinance by a supermajority vote to exempt the City from these provisions.  He said he did not think it was necessary to do that and thought the ordinance could work within the provisions of the new state law. 

Corliss said the second amendment clarified that the rental registration ordinance would not apply to group homes or other institutional uses under Use Group 7.  When the ordinance was enacted, there was argument that it was unclear whether these uses were required to be registered.  Staff thought that the ordinance was clear that it did not apply to group homes and adult care homes in Use Group 7.  However, he said he understood the argument to the contrary.  He said he would much rather have the Commission legislate for a couple of weeks to clarify the point as opposed to staff and citizens debating for a longer period of time about whether the ordinance applies to such groups. 

Arley Allen said he wanted to talk generally about the nature of single-family neighborhoods.   He said people were working to revitalize single-family neighborhoods and thought these neighborhoods were crucial to the City.  He said neighborhoods were being mutilated in small ways and one way was through Use Group 7.  When this ordinance was originally considered by the City Commission, the argument was that group homes should be allowed in single-family neighborhoods and it was agreed on, not only because it was a useful thing to do, but also because of a Supreme Court ruling that allowed group homes to be in single-family neighborhoods.  However, Use Group 7 allowed other uses including mortuaries, funeral homes, lawyers, engineers, offices, tailor shops, laundries, dance studios, theaters, television towers, radio stations and a variety of other use groups.  He had a concern about some of these use groups destroying the heart of the neighborhood.  He said they were asking the City Commission not to oppose the two amendments, but to reconsider the nature of Use Group 7 and uses allowed in single-family neighborhoods. 

Joe Pattersonsaid he has resided in Lawrence since 1948, was a business owner since 1986, and a landlord since 1985.  He said it seemed to him that the ordinance read that as an owner of a single-family rental home, it was required that he register his rental home at a $25.00 fee.  He had a concern about the three-year inspection requirement for his rental home.  He gave an example to highlight his concern.  He said if he had the only rental unit on the block and the rest of the homes were owner occupied and dilapidated or had weed violations or other nuisances nothing would be done to those other homes.  He said he could keep his property in good condition and would be required to pay a $25.00 fee every three years along with needing a property inspection, but he had a concern about the other owner occupied units not having to meet the same requirements.  He said he thought the City Commission needed to reconsider this ordinance because when it came to noise and trash it did not matter whether it was three or four people related or unrelated because trash was trash and noise was noise.  He asked the City Commission to not put the burden on owners of rental houses.                  

Mayor Rundle said weeds, noise, or dilapidated structures were code violations that could be seen and were not exempt just because these units were owner occupied.   He said City staff recognized that many rental units were well maintained and safe, but this ordinance was drafted for rental units that were not up to code and not safe. 

Commissioner Kennedy said the rental housing ordinance would come into effect in approximately two weeks and basically, the law was established on rental registration of these units.  He said he knew there were thousands of rental houses in this town and asked how many rental-housing units were registered at the present time.

Barry Walthall, Inspection Supervisor, said one-hundred and forty-two units were registered.

Commissioner Kennedy asked when landlords needed to have their properties registered.

Walthall said February 1, 2002 was the day the properties needed to be registered.

Commissioner Kennedy said he was concerned about landlord’s waiting until the last minute to register.

Walthall said a newspaper article generated a lot of interest in landlord registration and most of the one-hundred forty-two registrations occurred since the newspaper article. 

Commissioner Kennedy asked how many rental units needed to be inspected.

Walthall said they had inspected eight rental units.  The new inspectors were being trained.  He said there was also a program being developed and were 3 weeks away from implementing an inspection program that would be on a consistent basis. 

Commissioner Hack asked what other type of notification did the City plan to do.

Walthall said he has been working with Lisa Patterson, Communications Coordinator, to get the word out.  He said he thought they needed to rely on the media. 

Commissioner Kennedy said he was glad to here that City staff was developing a uniform inspection plan.  He asked if this ordinance would be enforced on a complaint basis or was there a plan for City staff to check property records.  He also asked staff if there was policy for fines if a property owner did not registered their property.

Corliss said they were more interested in compliance and were working on guidelines to the ordinance.

Commissioner Kennedy said because February 1^st was near, he did not want it to seem as if the City would fine every owner of a rental housing unit that had not signed up.  He said people might not be aware of this ordinance that was adopted over a year ago.

            Corliss said staff was following the themes that were outlined for this ordinance which were consumer protection and responding to neighborhood nuisance issues.  The value behind this ordinance was for protection of individuals that were renting the properties and responding to the neighborhood concerns associated with some rental properties.  That was what the City was pursuing and it was not a revenue issue for the City.

            Mayor Rundle asked if Use Group 7 in residential zones was available on a UPR basis.

            Corliss said the memo that was provided in the agenda packet included a portion of the applicable City Code which showed that Use Group 7 listed ”special condition” requirements.  He thought requirement number 1608 was the requirement for UPR’s.  He said requirement number 1428 was the Site Plan requirement so that was part of the additional review.  He also said City staff was in the process of rewriting zoning codes.  One of the issues was what uses were going to be allowed in residential districts.  Staff was also working with changes to the home occupation requirements and one of the issues was what kind of occupations to allow in residential districts.  Now was the time to voice concerns of what should be allowed in the City’s residential neighborhoods.  He encouraged citizens to review the document and participate in the discussions. 

            Commissioner Dunfield said he wanted to address two issues.  First, the additional inspection personnel the City added were not strictly for the purpose of enforcing this particular ordinance.  The additional personnel were in response to the more generalized issue of trying to create adequate enforcement for the various regulations that affected the residents in neighborhoods.  He said safety issues were discussed concerning residents and the issues between owner occupants and rental properties. 

Second, he said it seemed to him that staff was trying to create a base of information so the City could track these kinds of changes within the neighborhood and could understand how neighborhoods were changing in relation to ownership.  In this context, it was going to be interesting to see how the one-hundred forty-two landlords that registered changed as the program became more visible.  He said obviously participation in the program would be key to the quality of the information.  He also said he had no objection to the proposed amendments and moved that the Commission accept those amendments.

                Motion by Dunfield, seconded by Hack, to place on first reading, Ordinance No. 7478, approving the two amendments to the rental registration ordinance clarifying that any City request for names of tenants follows the requirements of a new state law and clarifying that the ordinance did not apply to group homes or other institutional uses under Use Group 7.  Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                                    (10)

Joe Patterson, Lawrence, asked to follow up on Commissioner Dunfield’s comments.  He said what the City was looking for was a way to track numbers of rental properties.  He said at a luncheon that he attended there were two issues that were brought up.  One issue was the rental registration and code enforcement and not one person was in favor of this.  He said if the City was worried about the number of rentals, then why were they charging a registration fee. 

Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Dunfield, to adjourn at 8:15 p.m.   Motion carried unanimously.

                                                                                    APPROVED:

                                                                        _____________________________

Mike Rundle, Mayor

ATTEST:

 

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Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk

COMMISSION MEETING JANUARY 15, 2002

1.                  Ordinance No. 7465 – 1^st Reading, Access mgmt requirements for W 6^th between Wakarusa & K-10.

2.                  Ordinance No. 7460 – 1^st Reading, Annex 5 acres, Brunfeldt.

3.                  Ordinance No. 7461 – 1^st Reading, Annex 1 acre, remainder of Spring Hill Development.

4.                  Resolution No. 6358 – Construction

5.                  Change Order – Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project with Danis Environmental for $196.173.

6.                  Mortgage Release – 1115 Ohio, Dennis & Carol Duermeiter. 

7.                  Journal World – “Lawrence is Growing” project.

8.                  Bert Nash Community Health Center – YESS Program.

9.                  TSC – “no parking” in front of mailboxes from 8 am to 5 pm, Mon-Fri.

10.              Rental Registration Ordinance amendments.