The Board of Commissioners of the City of Lawrence met in regular session at 6:45 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers in City Hall with Mayor Rundle presiding and members Dunfield, Hack, Henry and Kennedy present. Student Commissioner Raney was present.
Mayor Rundle recognized Oliver Hall staff for their Fire Safety Program and Margaret Amini and K.K. Amini Scholarship Halls for their Fire Safety Programs
Mayor Rundle received the presentation from Douglas County Safe Kids Coalition and recognized February 10-16, 2002 as National Child Passenger Safety Week.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the City Commission meeting minutes of January 22, 2002. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the Aviation Advisory Board meeting minutes of December 20, 2001; the Public Transit Advisory Committee meeting minutes of January 15, 2002; the Traffic Safety Commission meeting minutes of January 7, 2002; the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting minutes of January 3, 2002; the Sign Code Board of Appeals meeting minutes of January 3, 2002; the Neighborhood Resources Advisory Committee meeting of January 10, 2002; the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority meeting minutes of December 18, 2001; and, the Public Health Board meeting minutes of November 26, 2001. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve claims to 449 vendors in the amount of $3,524,388.77 and payroll from January 13, 2002 to January 26, 2002 in the amount of $1,257,747.77. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the Drinking Establishment License for Rudy’s Pizzeria, 704 Massachusetts; Paisanos, 2112 West 25th Street; West Coast Saloon, 2222 Iowa (Contingent Upon State License); La Tropicana Restaurant, 434 Locust; Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa No. L; Pachamamas, 2161 Quail Creek Drive; Budda’s, 2228 Iowa (Contingent Upon State License and Lease Agreement); the Cereal Malt Beverage Licenses for Jade Mongolian Barbeque, 1511 West 23rd (Contingent Upon Departmental Approval); and, River City Ice Co., 4910 Wakarusa Court No. C (Contingent Upon Departmental Approval). 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 for the appointments of Roxanne Rachlin, Daphne Payne and Patti Johnston for three-year terms to the Lawrence Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging; the appointment of David Day to fill the un-expired term of Pat Kedhe to the Economic Development Board; the appointments of Graham Kreicker and Jon Josserand for three-year terms to the Sister Cities Advisory Board; the appointment of Jeremy Kintzel for a three year term to the Community Development Grant Review Board; and, the appointment of Robert (Bob) Hagen for the un-expired term of Scott Bailey to the Traffic Safety Commission. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the agreement with Marblelife for a special concrete floor finish in the new Lawrence Arts Center in the amount of $25,711.80. Motion carried unanimously. (1)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve an agreement with Dukes Root Control for sanitary sewer root control work in the amount of $50,106.87. Motion carried unanimously. (2)
The City Commission reviewed the bids for East Hills Business Park sanitary sewer improvements for the Pubic Works Department. The bids were:
BIDDER BID AMOUNT
Engineer’s Estimate $96,349.00
McLouth Excavating $59,286.00
Clisso Co., Inc. $61,847.25
Kahle, Inc. $69,968.36
Meadows Construction $73,440.65
Razorback Contractors $81,656.70
R.D. Johnson Excavating $83,944.50
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to award the bid to McLouth Excavating, in the amount of $59,286.00. Motion carried unanimously. (3)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7459, annexing approximately 20.45 acres of right-of-way located along K-10 Highway at the entrance of East Hills Business Park. Motion carried unanimously. (4)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7468 rezoning approximately 14.23 acres from M-1 (Research Industrial District) to RM-D (Residence Duplex District). The property is generally located North of 15th Street and West of Wakarusa Drive (Legends Drive extended). Motion carried unanimously. (5)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7469rezoning approximately 17.19 acres from RS-E (Single Family Residence Estate) to RM-D (Residence-Duplex District). The property is generally located North of 15th Street and West of Wakarusa Drive (Legends Drive extended). Motion carried unanimously. (6)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7470rezoning approximately 2.95 acres from A (Agricultural) to RM-D (Residence-Duplex District). The property is generally located North of 15th Street and West of Wakarusa Drive (Legends Drive extended). Motion carried unanimously. (7)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7489, allowing the possession, consumption, and sale of alcoholic liquor at the new Lawrence Arts Center, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Lawrence Arts Center Board of Directors. Motion carried unanimously. (8)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7484, amending the Uniform Mechanical Code. (9)
Ordinance No. 7475, rezoning (Z-09-35-01) approximately 12.085 acres from A (Agricultural District) to RS-2 (Single Family Residence District) was read a second time. The property is generally located west of Branchwood Drive, north of Stoneridge Drive (extended). 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. (10)
Ordinance No. 7476, rezoning (Z-10-38-01) approximately .399 acre from M-2 (General Industrial District) to C-5 (Limited Commercial District) was read a second time. The property is located at 1350 North 3rd St., in North Lawrence. 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. (11)
Ordinance No. 7479, levying special assessments for sanitary sewer improvements at Langston Hughes Elementary School site 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. (12)
Ordinance No. 7480, levying special assessments for improvements to Parkside Road 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. (13)
Ordinance No. 7481, levying special assessments for related improvements to 27th Street and Wakarusa Drive 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. (14)
Ordinance No. 7482, levying special assessments for related improvements to Scottsdale Street, from 26th to 27th Streets 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. (15)
Ordinance No. 7483, levying special assessments for improvements to 27th Street, from Bluestem to Scottsdale 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. (16)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Resolution No. 6362, stating that all right-of-way has been acquired, and all utilities have been relocated for East Hills Drive and K-10 Geometric Improvements; and, authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Certification of Real Property Acquisition Procedures. Motion carried unanimously.
(17)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to adopt Resolution No. 6363, establishing a sanitary sewer benefit district in the Westwood Hills area, northwest of Free State High School with the resolution reflecting that the City’s share would be 38.24% and the County’s Baldwin Creek benefit district would be 24.88% for the pumping station improvements. This resolution replaces Resolution No. 6349. Motion carried unanimously. (18)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve a Temporary Use Permitted Upon Review (TUPR-12-51-01) for temporary parking at St. Lawrence Center subject to the following conditions:
1. Occupant load at the Center must not be exceeded; and,
2. If grass is torn up due to weather, must reseed lawn and clean-up mud from streets.
Motion carried unanimously. (19)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to concur with the Traffic Safety Commission’s recommendation to establish “no parking” 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday, in the currently unrestricted area along the west side of Sunset Drive between Cambridge and Harvard Roads. Motion carried unanimously.
(20)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to concur with the Traffic Safety Commission’s recommendation to establish the alley between 9th and 10th Streets, Kentucky and Vermont Streets as “one-way” southbound to the south property line of the Intrust Bank property and providing an access easement through the bank parking lot from the alley to Kentucky Street. The alley would remain two-way from 10th Street north to the south property line of the Intrust Bank parking lot. Motion carried unanimously. (21)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to concur with the Traffic Safety Commission’s recommendation to establish “no parking” along the east side of Glenview Drive from Peterson Road to the lot line between 218 and 301 Glenview Drive. Motion carried unanimously. (22)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to receive the staff report on the status of the repairs to 1307 Brook Street. Motion carried unanimously. (23)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to authorize the City Manager to execute an engineering design contract with George Butler Associates, Inc., in the amount of $28,580 for the geometric and traffic signal improvements at 6th and Kasold. This project has been funded by KDOT as part of its Federal-aid Safety Program and will be funded 90% state and 10% city for construction and inspection only. The city is responsible for 100% of the cost of the engineering design. Motion carried unanimously. (24)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to authorize the City Manager to execute an engineering contract with Bartlett & West Engineers, Inc., for the Anna Hope Area Sanitary Sewer Study in the amount of $24,686. Motion carried unanimously. (25)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to authorize the City Manager to enter into an engineering contact for $16,488 with BG Consultants that included design, bid phase, and miscellaneous construction phase services for the design of a waterline on 9th Street, from Iowa to Rockledge. This project will be funded from the non-bonded construction fund. Motion carried unanimously. (26)
Mike Wildgen City Manager, introduced Chuck Soules, the new Public Works Director.
Wildgen updated the City Commission on the City’s ice storm efforts. He said the cooperation between the city departments was excellent. He said the City of Topeka sent a forestry crew to Lawrence to help with tree limb cleanup and he wanted to publicly thank them for their efforts.
Fred DeVictor, Parks and Recreation Director, said the Parks and Recreation Department was presented the Wildlife Habitat Conservation Award at the Douglas County Conservation District’s annual meeting by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Kansas Bankers Association for the 156 acre wetlands restoration below the dam at Clinton Lake along 458 Road and Eagle Bend Golf Course.
Wildgen reported that the City had registered 1200 rentals as of February 1, 2002, the rental registration deadline. He also presented the City Commission with a map depicting where the non-conforming, family definition, registered units were located.
Mayor Rundle called a public hearing on the proposed special assessments for George Williams Way, north and south of West 15th Street; this public hearing would also be conducted on February 12, 2002 because not all property owners were timely notified about the hearing.
Upon receiving no public comment, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by Hack, to continue the public hearing for George Williams Way, north and south of West 15th until February 12, 2002. Motion carried unanimously. (27)
Mayor Rundle called a public hearing on the proposed special assessments for traffic signal and related improvements at Clinton Parkway and Crossgate Drive; and, the proposed special assessments for Crossgate Drive between Clinton Parkway and 24th Place.
Upon receiving no public comment, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by Dunfield, to close the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Henry, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7486, levying the special assessments for traffic signal and related improvements at Clinton Parkway and Crossgate Drive. Motion carried unanimously. (28)
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Henry, to place on first reading Ordinance No. 7487, levying the special assessments for improvements to Crossgate Drive between Clinton Parkway and 24th Place. Motion carried unanimously. (29)
Wildgen informed the City Commission, with respect to the final plat of Sydney Addition, the pending lien on the public improvements issue had been resolved to the satisfaction of staff, the property owner, and the contractor.
Chad Voigt, Stormwater Engineer, presented a staff report on citizen raised stormwater drainage questions regarding the Sydney Addition at the January 8, 2002 City Commission meeting. He said three issues were raised at the January 8 meeting: (1) no development in the floodplain; (2) the additional drainage into the slough; and (3) safety concerns about the depth and width of the drainage ditches.
Voigt said because the City Commission was aware of the floodplain regulation revision process he only wanted to address the latter two issues.
Voigt presented a map to the City Commission showing staff’s justification for the layout of the subdivision development to drain to the slough. He said, with any development in North Lawrence, finding a downhill slope was difficult. He said in this case, staff identified this slough as a place that most of the watershed was headed. There was right-of-way available that was platted along time ago and staff made use of this right-of-way by digging a ditch to get to that slough. The benefit was that nearby residents would not see an increase in standing water as a result of the additional impervious surface because it was now channeled.
Voigt said the third issue concerned the deeper and wider ditches. The reasoning behind this was not capacity or run-off issues, it was the fact that to get water to run downhill you need to be deeper in the ground. To get a downhill grade you would need to go deeper and deeper into the ground. The City also had an additional requirement concerning how steep those side slopes could be. He said some of those slopes were too close to the road and presented a traffic hazard. During construction, there were some conflicts that made this condition worse. With the development of Sydney Addition No. 2, staff took the opportunity to make a requirement that those ditches were replaced with underground pipes.
Ted Boyle, President of the North Lawrence Improvement Association, said in the area of the Sydney Addition along with Bismarck Gardens, the main concern was the stormwater, particularly at 8th and Lyon Streets. He said the Stormwater Engineer’s report stated, under watershed management, that the run-off on the proposed development would have added frequent flooding at 8th and Lyon Street. He said on the south side of Lyons Street, on the southwest corner, this lot had approximately five or six feet of fill. He said the southeast lot had been filled so that left the northeast and the northwest lots. With the added flooding, this would migrate up the west side, westbound, towards Lyon Park. On the south side of the street headed west from 8th Street, there were other properties that were below the road and could possibly be flooded. He had concerns of water drainage on Pleasant Street which was a paved and curbed street, coming down to 5th Street to Lincoln Street. The only stormwater system underground was at 7th and Lincoln. When this stormwater system overflowed, water flowed down Lincoln Street and right through Lyon Park. The residents in the area along Lyon Street were afraid they would be flooded.
Boyle said another concern was narrow streets and the depth of the ditches along 8th and Lake Streets. He said the North Lawrence Improvement Association had requested CDBG Funds for guardrails. He asked if the neighborhood needed to spend Community Development money to place guardrails to protect drivers from these wide and deep ditches. He said North Lawrence residents did not believe that the open ditches were a cure for a planned storm drainage system.
Boyle said the main question from property owners, homeowners, and renters was who was responsible if their homes were flooded. Was it the developer, realtor, or City government? He said North Lawrence residents did not believe the expansion of seven more houses in the Sydney Addition and the public drainage construction would relieve this flooding problem.
Stanley Shephard, Lawrence, said the water that was going into the slough on Lake Street was draining into a cemetery. He said what the city was doing to this area was going to create a lot of havoc with citizens.
Voigt said the North Lawrence Stormwater Project was on the Phase Group 3 on the City’s priority list. This meant it would take approximately thirty years for this project. He said North Lawrence could be developed now and eventually need storm sewers or you could not develop North Lawrence and not need storm sewers. He said this was a difficult issue from the regulating side.
Dunfield said Voigt’s stormwater report addressed two basic issues that Boyle brought up at the January 8th meeting. Dunfield asked Voigt, concerning the area around 8th and Lyon Street, the report indicated that staff’s approach with draining this new subdivision would reduce flooding including to existing homes in that area.
Voigt said “yes.” He said he had been there when that intersection was under water which happened frequently.
Dunfield said the other issue dealt with the depth and steepness of the ditches around the 8th and Lake Streets. The report indicated that those ditches would be replaced with underground pipes which would eliminate those ditches.
Voigt said “yes.”
Kennedy asked if that meant there would be no need for the guardrails because of the underground stormwater drainage.
Voigt said “yes.” Staff went all through the development process and at the end staff needed a set of plans for the driveway culverts. He said when the second development came through staff recommended addressing this problem while they had a chance and added the underground pipes.
Mayor Rundle asked if there were ditches that would be relatively deep.
Voigt said there would be some big ditches, but the problem at the intersection of 8th and Lyon Street was that the ditches were fairly steep and right at the edge of the pavement and this presented an extra hazard.
Commissioner Hack asked what could be done at those intersections that had deep ditches to reduce the safety concerns.
Voigt said the City could buy the ground and grade a channel. It was sandy soil so the flooding condition went away fairly quickly. If money was spent and the work was done it could be fixed.
Mayor Rundle asked if Voigt had any comments on the cemetery issue.
Voigt said “no.” The water was there now. He said the water in the neighborhood eventually finds its way there.
Mayor Rundle said if the city had changes in the floodplain ordinances some of this type of development would not be permitted.
Dunfield said this was a goal they had talked about. This was a situation where under the current regulations staff and the developer had worked to try to resolve these issues as best they could and had acted in good faith. He said, reluctantly, he believed that the City Commission should approve this Final Plat.
Mayor Rundle said he urged staff to keep an eye out for the FEMA Program that was available in the past for financial assistance to help buy floodplain property.
Moved by Rundle, seconded by Hack, to concur with the Planning Commission’s recommendations to approve the Final Plat (PF-11-40-01) for Sydney Addition, a replat of Lot 1 and Tract A in Sydney Addition, a seven-lot residential subdivision containing approximately 1.76 acres, located between Lake and Lauren Streets, west of North 8th Street, and accept the dedication of easements and rights-of-way subject to the following conditions:
1. Execution of a Temporary Utility Agreement;
2. Provision of a revised Final Plat to include the following changes:
a. Provide Finished Floor Elevations for each lot separate from MEBO;
b. Provision of a note stating ”No access from Lot 1 or Lot 7 to North 8th Street shall be permitted.”
c. Revise all MEBO and FEE per published BFE for this property 821.70;
d. Provision of a 15’ UE adjacent to the road right-of-way;
3. Provision of preliminary engineering drawings which indicate that the sewer main touches each lot; indicates how much fill will be placed on lots; and indicate that the sewer main will have a minimum of 30” of cover in accordance with city standards prior to being placed on the City Commission’s agenda for consideration;
4. Provide documentation to show existing manhole located on Sydney Addition No. 1 and note elevation based on FEMA datum;
5. Provision of an updated approval from the Kansas Division of Water Resources regarding development of this property;
6. Provision of the following fees and recording documentation:
a. Copy of paid property tax receipt;
b. Recording fees made payable to the Douglas County Register of Deeds;
c. Provision of a Master Street Tree Plan; and,
7. Pinning of the Lots in accordance with Section 21-302.2 of the Subdivision Regulations.
Motion carried unanimously. (30)
Mike Wildgen, City Manager, presented the issue of extending the moratorium ordinances on annexation in North Lawrence and annexation of property in federally designated floodplains. He said these ordinances were no longer in effect as of January 15th and he and asked the City Commission if they would like to re-institute these ordinances. Staff suggested being liberal with the timeline and suggested the middle of June for an extension. The goal was to have the new regulations considered by the Planning Commission and City Commission well before any new expiration date. He said if the City Commission gave staff direction to prepare a new ordinance it would be similar to the ordinance they had right now.
Mayor Rundle asked if the Sydney Addition was the last development that was in queue to be developed.
Wildgen said the Sydney Addition did not deal with annexation. He said he did not know of any proposed annexations in any location around the City that would be under this category.
Dunfield said the moratorium wouldn’t directly affect cases like the Sydney Addition, but the new floodplain regulations would.
Wildgen agreed.
Ted Boyle, President of the North Lawrence Improvement Association, said he would strictly urge the extension on the moratorium to try to prohibit situations like this that were presently happening. This would give the developers time to get something started before these floodplain regulations were in effect. He said he was at the meeting of the special committee on the floodplain regulations and was disappointed to only find two members of that committee at that meeting. He said he strongly urged the City Commission to continue this moratorium until the floodplain regulations came into effect.
Dunfield said the value of the moratorium was primarily symbolic at this point, but he said he thought it was significant that the City Commission continued to indicate to the public and to the Planning Commission that this was important to the City Commission and would like to see this resolved as expeditiously as possible.
Commissioner Kennedy said he thought it was good to continue this moratorium on any annexation because the City did not know what developers had in mind in developing floodplain property. The City needed to make sure future development would not impact the current residents.
Commissioner Hack concurred with Commissioner Dunfield in that it was somewhat symbolic, but at the same time she thought it sent a message to the public and the Planning Commission. She said she proposed that the City Commission extend the moratorium six months from the date of the expiration of the last moratorium ordinance which would get the City through July 15, 2002.
Moved by Hack, seconded by Henry, to direct staff to draft ordinances extending the moratorium on annexation in North Lawrence and annexation of property in federally designated floodplains to July 15, 2002. Motion carried unanimously. (31)
Mayor Rundle presented the staff report concerning the proposed 600 block of New Hampshire/Rhode Island parking garage proposal. He said when the original site plan for the expansion of the Journal World was being considered it was at his urging that the City do some kind of joint effort to use all the property in the area to convert to decked parking to be more efficient. The proposal presented tonight was made with those recommendations in mind.
Wildgen said there was not a staff presentation and everyone had been briefed. This was a report from the Parking Advisory Board.
Ralph Gage, World Company, said this was a continuation of the dialogue that was initiated in July of 2000. He said originally the proposal for the campus included a parking garage that would have been created and was reserved for their employees. He said as they worked with Walker Garage Consulting Group, they identified some additional possibilities to take advantage of the terrain to incorporate in a new facility that could become an addition to the existing facility. He said the scope of that project changed from a garage of approximately 300 spaces to a garage of 750 spaces and along with this the financial model changed also. Instead of this being a facility paid for and used only by the World Company, it in effect became more of a public facility. He said the City Commission might be asking what was the rationale for the City funding this garage. He said the answer lies in the zoning ordinances. All of these properties in the area were zoned C-3 and a property owner with this zoning was under no obligation to provide parking for customers or employees. He said he was surprised that a ten year old study indicated a deficit of 440 parking spaces in this area. This was before Sprint, Abe and Jakes, the Marriott, and before all the new retail in the 600 block of Massachusetts and Vermont Streets.
He said there were a number of beneficiaries for this project other than the World Company. He said this was a continuation of a dialogue that was open and the World Company was seeking a resolution to this dialogue. He said he suggested if the City Commission agreed, send it to the appropriate group to work with the World Company to get these issues resolved and to bring back a proposal to the City Commission in a finite period of time. He said the World Company needed an answer because once they start something different the possibility of this garage was closed forever.
Mayor Rundle asked if the original site plan parking concept included parking for both employees and parking for Journal World customers.
Gage said “yes.” There were a couple of configurations of that particular site plan. It started out with a garage that ran east and west and the traffic study indicated that was not the best orientation so it was switched around to a north/south orientation. There was also a surface level parking area that they had identified as best used by its customers.
Mayor Rundle said this was like two ends of a spectrum, the first project the World Company was solely responsible. He said with this proposal the City would become the primary financial provider. He said he would like to know if they could keep talking to arrive at a proposal in between the ends of that spectrum.
Gage said he did not come before the City Commission to foreclose anything, but the World Company was not interested in being in the parking garage business.
Ed Tato, President of the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association, said he did not have specific comments to make because he was not familiar with the project. He said he was concerned about this project because as a city planner he had a hard time believing that 750 spaces at 6th and New Hampshire would not affect their neighborhood.
Mayor Rundle asked if he meant the last time this expansion proposal was being discussed.
Tato said he had been in this neighborhood association since December of 2000 and this issue has not been discussed in any of their meetings. He said all he asked was that he be involved in the dialogue so the association understood what they were looking at as a neighborhood.
Pat Kehde, a downtown merchant for fifteen years, said she was not speaking as a member of the Downtown Lawrence Board although she said she knew that this project has never came before that Board. Since it had not come before the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association, she thought it was ill advised to proceed because the people that were intimately connected to this property should be informed and be part of the process. She said her first knowledge of this project was from the Journal World article. As a merchant and a tax payer, she was appalled to see the article in the Journal World. She said the article stated that this was a $9.7 million dollar project and the appraised valuation for the property the Journal World was proposing to donate to the City was $650,000. She said this did not appear to be much of a public/private partnership.
She said she parked in the lot the City owned behind Reuter Organ three times a week and, with the exception of the Downtown sidewalk sale in July, she has never not found a place to park in that lot. It might be true the Walker Study identified a deficit of 400 parking spots. She said she was on the parking committee for Downtown Lawrence those years and did not remember that deficit being at that quadrant. She said she knew there was a deficit across the street in the 700 block of Vermont, but her daily experience did not show a deficit in this area. She said the City had a parking garage that the City was paying for and it was nearly empty. She said it was not a good solution for this area, but a good solution for the Journal World. She said she hoped they had a lot more chance for public input.
Gage said the World Company met twice with the ELNA on the original parking garage and on the whole campus concept, but had not met with them or anyone else on this particular garage simply because they did not know if it was going anywhere. He said the World Company was waiting for the City to give them some kind of indication as to do any further traffic studies or get involved in design. He said Kehde mentioned that the walkway would attach to this garage, but it has never been in any design to have a walkway attached to the garage. The overhead walkway, if it were ever built would go from the addition of the old post office to an addition to the sunflower cable building at 644 New Hampshire.
As to the suggestion that this was a good deal for the Journal World, Gage said yes the World Company would benefit, but the World Company to his way of thinking was only one of many beneficiaries. He said he did not know of anyone else who was stepping up to the plate to help solve a parking problem by donating nearly an acre of downtown real estate. He said he also did not know of anyone else who was volunteering to subsidize the project through buying up to 375 spaces at market rates. He said he this was an unfair suggestion.
Mayor Rundle said the city approved that original campus site plan quite sometime ago.
Gage said he did not know.
Mayor Rundle said if the City continued to discuss this issue he was interested in alternatives that would bring the City closer to a partnership. He said he knew of a businessman that had trouble finding parking and was interested in this project in general terms. He said he thought everyone was interested to finding additional parking at this end of Downtown. There were other areas of town that might be higher priority.
Kennedy said the City did have two meeting with the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee when he was on that committee. These meetings were at City Hall and many ideas relevant to this project were discussed at the first meeting. The World Company put on a presentation for the rest of the advisory board not knowing the City Commission had already seen the presentation, but the City Commission wanted to make sure the advisory board was aware of what the plan was. A couple of issues were brought up regarding East Lawrence at that time namely the making sure the building was not too tall and the location. After a review, the height of the building was not a concern with the original design. He said, with this new proposal, the location was different but the height was similar to what it was originally.
Kennedy said the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee looked at the Walker Study and took some time to digest this information to give them the opportunity to express their feeling of what they saw in the Walker Study and how it brought the parking element into the area of 6th Street by the World Company. The Walker Study at that time indicted a deficit of 440 parking spaces along the north end of Massachusetts Street. He said since this area was zoned C-3 there was no requirement to provide parking and they could go ahead and build and develop some buildings on that site. He said it would not be a good idea to build a parking garage on the other side of Rhode Island Street. There were a number of different issues brought up at the meeting, and it came to the point that they believed there was a need for additional parking at that north end of Downtown.
Kennedy said how to debt finance a large parking garage was the next problem. Additional commercial development would be able to occur in the area, and also additional spaces going in the River Front Mall. He said there was a lot of expansion that could occur in this area without expansion on parking. He said the Commission should give staff some direction as to who should be on this parking committee and whether to proceed with the design and bringing it in to some kind of financial situation that was acceptable to the Commission and to the City.
Hack said she appreciated the concerns from those about wanting to be a part of the dialogue but she wanted everyone to understand there had been no dialogue. This was the beginning of this particular project.
Dunfield said he was struggling with this issue because at the beginning his reaction was he did not see the City undertaking this kind of financial commitment at this time especially when the City had a parking structure that was just built and opened. He also corrected an earlier statement made about the new parking garage being nearly empty. He said that was not accurate but that the garage was seeing more and more use by the week. He said he was someone who used the garage frequently and he would like to take this opportunity to let the public know because he was hearing from people who were not aware that there was two hour free parking at the street level parking garage.
Dunfield said because of the commitment already made, he would be reluctant to jump into another major parking garage project right now. He was also concerned about the question of the location. If people were avoiding using the new parking garage because they did not want to walk a block and a half or two blocks to where they were going, then they would be facing that same problem with this location.
Dunfield said his last issue was that the City Commission recognized parking as an issue Downtown. If they continued to redevelop the Downtown, they were going to continue to have the needs for more parking. He said he was not anxious to slam the door on this idea, but if they were going to proceed then they needed to have a fundamental start, and the World Company needed to accept the financial responsibility for paying for its parking spaces in terms of paying for the parking garage and buying the spaces out right. Dunfield said he did not think the long term parking rate currently charged was a realistic way to try and pay back the cost of a parking structure.
Henry said he concurred with Commissioner Dunfield. He did not want to slam the door either, and he reminded everyone that if everyone were to ride the “T” they wouldn’t have parking problems. Henry said the City should continue the dialogue with a view toward a little more partnering from the World Company.
Rundle said he did not know if the best thing to do was appoint another task force. Rundle asked how representative was the Parking Advisory Board.
Kennedy said it was all up and down Massachusetts Street, from side to side, one end to the other. He said the Parking Advisory Board was a group that also reported to the Downtown Lawrence Association and provided them with any information that they needed.
Rundle said he concurred with Commissioner Dunfield about the World Company paying for its parking spaces. He said would take suggestions, work with staff, and come back with a proposal next week for some kind of a committee. (32)
Mayor Rundle presented the staff report concerning City Funding of Housing and Credit Counseling Inc. He said this was a request that was denied during the budget process last year. He said he was trying to get an idea of a comparison of other cities and how they funded such programs. Lawrence has had a history of funding this from a variety of sources. He said this was a city of a high number of renters and was an important service, but it was a matter of whether or not the citizens of Lawrence would like the city to fund this service.
Cornell Mayfield, Housing and Credit Counseling Inc., thanked the City Commission for allowing him to be hear and he was there to address any concerns.
Joe Victor, Lawrence, said he attended the Landlords of Lawrence meeting last night and this topic was discussed. A motion was made at that meeting to support HCCI’s request and it was unanimously approved. The group believed HCCI was doing a good job of providing information about the Kansas Landlord and Tenant Act. Victor said he is pleased to be here to inform the Commission of the support of the Landlords of Lawrence for the request.
Rundle said this was somewhat of an awkward situation because if the Commission approved this request outside of the regular budget cycle then other requests were certain to follow. Rundle said he was interested in seeing what the year ending balances were and if they came through with significantly more money left over than what was budgeted then perhaps they could consider opening up a certain pool of money to be available for things that were unable to be budgeted for last year. Rundle said he thought this was an item that the Commission needed to keep their ears open and hear more from the public on whether or not the Commission needed to plan a budget. Rundle said he was interested in further research on what other communities do in terms of funding.
Hack asked Mayfield if HCCI submitted an application for the approved CDBG funding.
Mayfield said the person who normally performed that function left and since there was not a lot of cross training no one was aware those funds had not been applied for even though they were approved. He said they have since begun the application process.
Rundle said what Hack was referring to a small CDBG award made and that had not been drawn down yet.
Henry said the material provided stated that in the years 1999 and 2000 they had an Emergency Service Grant of $3750 and then last year the 2000-2001 Emergency Service Grant award was $2,000 but there was no money granted for this year.
Mayfield agreed. He said the rules and regulations had changed.
Rundle said the Landlord Tenant Act was kind of an orphan in terms of enforcement because no one body had any authority for enforcing it. Rundle said the services of Housing and Credit Counseling were broader then just mediating. They do provide housing counseling for first time homebuyers and he said he heard compliments about how useful the services were.
Mayfield said they were the only service in the City that provided information and education to both Landlords and Tenants. He said they see it as helping to prevent homelessness in most cases because most people do not know what to do. For example, if the landlord won’t perform maintenance, the tenants want to withhold rent or pack and move out. He said HCCI lets them know that that was inappropriate. They educate tenants to pay the rent and there were other processes under the law that you go through to get the property maintained. It also worked the other way around if the landlord was having problems with the tenant.
Rundle asked if they had sought other sources of funding, such as the Landlords of Lawrence.
Mayfield said they were just mothers and fathers and didn’t necessarily have the funds to help support them.
Rundle said various reports referred to Legal Aid as a possible resource especially for students. However, there was a catch twenty two because once a student stops being a student then they were no longer eligible for Legal Aid services and that was usually when some of the problems occur with deposits not being returned. Rundle said it seemed that everyone enjoys this service and trying to find a way to fund this service was important.
Kennedy said he concurred with Rundle’s suggestion to wait until they received the year-end balances and, if there was some additional funding left over, the City Commission could earmark some type of support.
Rundle said the City Commission would need to clarify what kind of limits there were going to be.
Dunfield said it seemed to him that there were so few occasions where the City had landlords and tenants recognize the mutual benefit. He said the City has invested so much City time and energy in the issue of rentals in the City’s neighborhoods that to help this organization along was a highly appropriate thing to do. He said he supported the recommendation to wait to see how the funds look at the end of the year.
Wildgen said the City did budget for contingencies in the general fund and the contingency fund could handle this request if the City Commission thought it was appropriate.
Hack said their intent was not meant to be a lack of support. There was a process that the City Commission was concerned with. For the budgeting process, a contingency fund could be one of the conversations as to what to do. (33)
Mayor Rundle called a public hearing on the proposed special assessments for the Improvement of Monterey Way from Stetson to Peterson Road.
David Corliss, Assistant City Manager/Legal Services Director, said in following the state’s special assessment statutes this was the City Commission’s time to conduct the public hearing on the improvement of Monterey Way between Stetson and Peterson Road. Staff was recommending that the City Commission adopt the resolution. Corliss said he was prepared to respond to any questions the City Commission might have in regards to the benefit district or the proposed improvement.
Rundle asked if this was the first step in the process.
Corliss said this was one of the first steps. He said back in January the City Commission took the first step and established this hearing date. Corliss said they had published a notice in the newspaper regarding this hearing and they had also sent copies of the resolution to the affected property owners. Preceding that, staff had a number of discussions with the property owners in regards to the budget. This was the beginning of the project and its time to design it and construct it and then have the hearing assessing the property owners for the improvement costs.
Corliss then presented a map of the proposed benefit district.
Rundle said the City Commission took prior action that would set up how the access would be controlled while this road was being constructed and while this development was developed.
Corliss agreed. He said as part of the plat they had discussed access issues in the development and the ability to occupy some of these homes in the southern portion before the road was improved and also wanting to keep access off of Monterey Way because it was not currently improved.
Rundle said this hearing was on establishing this special assessment benefit district, if appropriate. Rundle asked for any public comment.
Craig Van Matre, representing the Smith Homes Development, said they had been impressed with the willingness of the City staff to help them with the difficulties associated with their development. He said they had met in numerous occasions with the adjoining property owners most recently this evening. They were optimistic this could be resolved in a satisfactory manner for the City and Smith Homes Development. He said everyone agreed this was a road that definitely needed improving as soon as possible.
Moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to close the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Dunfield, seconded by Henry, to adopt Resolution No. 6361, establishing the special assessment benefit district for improvements to Monterey Way from Stetson to Peterson Road. Motion carried unanimously. (34)
Mayor Rundle called a public hearing on the proposed special assessments for the improvements to Wakarusa Drive north of Overland Drive.
Corliss presented a map of the proposed special assessment benefit district to the City Commission. He said they had established a benefit district for temporary road improvement of Wakarusa Drive to Queens Road. There was now a pending development request, Parkway West, along Queens Road and you might see the City jump from the temporary road improvement to the permanent road improvement of Wakarusa Drive which was still under staff discussion. Wakarusa Drive would be improved to a four-lane facility with sidewalks on both sides. One side would have a ten-foot pedestrian path pursuant to the City’s bicycle standards. This facility would serve as an arterial for this part of the community.
Rundle asked if this touched on the city park property.
Corliss said this was Tract 4 and the City was contributing right-of-way along the perimeter. He said it was basically right around the boundary and Overland Drive was projected to extend north along the southern boundary of that park property and connect to Queens Road.
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Henry, to close the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Dunfield, seconded by Henry, to adopt Resolution No. 6360, establishing the special assessment benefit district for improvement of Wakarusa Drive, north of Overland Drive. Motion carried unanimously. (35)
Mike Orth, Project Manager of Black & Veatch, said on November 20th he addressed the Commission on the issues that were identified regarding the Bowersock Dam. He said, at that time, they had asked for approval to do additional repair work which was now completed. On November 20th, Black & Veatch identified that there were other issues that need to be addressed. He said there were voids that had been identified when it was inspected in late 2001. There were some issues associated with the shotcrete application and the potential of the Corp of Engineers to increase releases in the Kansas River and those flows were potentially going to be on top of them and therefore, they needed to modify their potential for overtime work. There were some issues identified with underwater voids, they simply did not know the volume of the concrete voids that existed, and they attempted to estimate those volumes.
He said obviously when working in the winter conditions on the Kansas River, the weather was going to have a major impact on the project. He said this was a summary of the items that impacted the contract to the completion point as of last Monday. There was approximately $2500 associated with weather impacts that was due mostly to the cold week right after Christmas, dealing with the ice on the Kansas River. The biggest impact to the contract was the volume of the concrete. The approximate cost was $100,000 in additional concrete labor installation. A couple weeks ago Chris Stewart came to the City Commission to get approval for the materials pricing from Penny Concrete, and that was approved and paid. Now Black& Veatch was looking for the placement of that concrete material. The other issue was the shotcrete application and the location being further away. They ended up modifying the application approach and used a dry material so they could apply it at a further portion on the dam. He said they also had issues with sheet piling which was approximately $50,000. There were additional drains installed within the structure. One of the biggest impacts was associated with major concrete obstruction in the riverbed which would cost approximately $20,000. There were chunks of concrete on the river that were the size of a car that they were not able to physically move around. There was a good probability that when they demolished the Massachusetts Street Bridge, they let that material drop in place. There had been reports that the 1993 flood washed that material down stream and dumped it right down stream from the dam. Additional time on the river required additional inspections, the remainder of the cost was associated with steel materials to be applied. The total contract value for adjustments was $220,000. He said if they were to complete the project today, and not authorize any additional work, $220,000 would be a request to complete the contract.
He said he had talked with Commissioner Hack and informed her that they had two man-days in the contractor’s bid to do some dive inspection of the dam, but they did not use those days during the process of work. This allowed them to investigate the structure in more depth and identify the voids to get better pricing on a hole they had identified during their dive inspection. What they found out was this was the original void that they identified. He said they actually identified a much larger void than expected approximately 15 feet tall and 22 feet wide and 13 feet deep. The dam width of this section was approximately 20 to 25 feet so this equated to 50% to 75% of the thickness of the dam was missing in this area. The dam was sitting on shale which was still a rock material, but it would erode based upon the river current and flow conditions. He said some of these holes were being consumed by erosion forces of the water and as they lose support of the dam structure there was some potential of undermining the structure which what they had been repairing. Orth said his dive inspection focused on the erosion at the river bed interface because they were concerned of undermining the dam structure and loss of support, as you go up in elevation, the hole gets deeper. They asked the contractor to give them a proposal. The cost to repair hole number one was $79,450 from the contractor’s point of view. Hole number two was $373,790 or to fix all of the voids would be approximately $600,000. Black & Veatch’s recommendation was to repair hole number one right now and to monitor the other holes and do a dive inspection every two years. If the holes did not grow, then you did not need to fix them immediately, but when there were funds available to do these repairs, then they should be done because they would not get better.
Orth said he would like to authorize the contractor to work around the clock, but not necessarily tell him that he was going to until they see when the work was completed and what the weather conditions dictate. There was also driftwood associated with the spillway on the north side of the dam and they asked the contractor for a proposal since the machinery was already on place.
The summary of the total request was the $220,000 to complete the job, the $126,000 to repair hole number one, and $46,900 for miscellaneous issues. This made the change order request total $392,900.
Rundle asked if the smaller voids to the south were localized in the face of the dam or did they go down all the way.
Orth said they did not go down. He said what was interesting was that the voids were approximately two feet tall, five feet long, and six feet deep, so these voids were localized. He said the voids were not growing together, but basically the voids were four individual holes that had not spread together. If the City Commission approved the dive inspections, that was one thing that they would monitor and continue to map every one to two years. If the holes grow together and open up then we know erosion was occurring.
Rundle asked if Black & Veatch had other maps that were shown like hole number one.
Orth said they could have the maps drawn and made available.
Rundle asked about the “T” being built and would they have the risk of being peeled away like some of the old pilings.
Orth said not to the same level. They would still return the leg of the “T” back to dam and anchor it.
Dunfield asked about the weather conditions affecting the work. He said he was surprised to hear about an up charge for weather. It seemed to him that this has been a fairly unusually dry and mild season since this work began and if the contractors projects and amounts were based on average weather conditions and average flows in the river for this time of year, it seemed to him that the City might see some savings rather than increases.
Orth said “yes.” The problem was how the contract was defined. When there were cranes sitting out on the job site that were not being used and could be used elsewhere, the contractor would have down time costs because of the contract structure. He said they could have written the contract as a lump sum and made the contractor assume the risk of working in the river, but Black & Veatch wanted to share some of those risk with the project. He said if they had made the contractors include those risk in the lump sum, the City would have seen a higher dollar amount initially.
Rundle asked if funds were available.
Wildgen said the City had non-bonded construction project money and that was how this project was funded. He said they knew this was coming and the City had approximately 1.6 million so this would increase this amount. Wildgen said you did not get an opportunity to do this type of project often so there may be some projects that needed to be delayed because of these additional costs but it was probably best to proceed.
Rundle said based on the cycles of the river, filling void number one was probably the safest thing to do.
Wildgen said he did not know the timing on doing it all, but it was certainly longer than doing the first one.
Rundle asked if in the future the other voids were repaired, would it be the same process.
Orth said there would two options. One option was to use the existing riprap. The other option was to use barges.
Moved by Dunfield seconded by Henry, to approve a change order for $392,000 for additional repair work on Bowersock Dam (including $220,000 for contract adjustments, $126,000 to repair the largest hole in the dam structure, and $46,900 for miscellaneous issues). Motion carried unanimously. (36)
Mike Wildgen, City Manager, presented the staff report concerning improvements to the intersection of 7th and Kentucky. He said this item was on an earlier agenda and they had looked at some safety alternatives related to the intersection.
David Woosley, Traffic Engineer, said when staff took a look at the number of accidents that had occurred at 7th and Kentucky during the last three years and compared this with the traffic volumes and looked at other intersections around town that were on the priority list, this intersection sky rocketed to number one. He said there was discussion at the Traffic Safety Commission concerning vehicles eastbound trying to make a left turn into the Post Office drop boxes and about other vehicles that were north bound making a right turn on to 7th and then immediately trying to make a left turn into the drop boxes. With vehicles going westbound at the same time the vehicles get stopped and backed up into the intersection. He said they thought this created accidents.
They looked at what they could do to eliminate that kind of movement and they found a safe lane barrier that could be installed down the centerline of the street to prohibit the left turn movements into the drop boxes and the other Post Office driveway. They have discussed this with the postmaster and he had no objections. He said at the Traffic Safety Commission meeting the postmaster indicated that he thought it was illegal to make that left turn into the driveways and wondered why that had not been enforced. Currently it was legal, but this would prohibit this movement and would require motorists to drive around the block and come into the drop lanes from the east.
The other item was the first two parking spaces south of the 7th & Kentucky intersection. Vehicles parked there severely restricted the site distance for eastbound vehicles. At a minimum, those first two spaces should be eliminated for parking at least in the interim to try to improve that site distance and cut down on the accidents from that direction.
Woosley said if these were put in place staff would be watched for six months to see if it had a significant effect on accidents. If it had, then it might drop that intersection from number one further down the priority list. If it did not, it would stay at number one and would need to be looked at again later this year.
Kennedy said when looking at the police reports, there were only three accidents that occurred from a driver in the left hand lane hitting someone going out in the intersection.
Woosley agreed.
Rundle asked if this was implemented, would there be a program to try to educate the public as people drive through the drop off that the access would be from 6th to Vermont Streets and then perhaps signage on Kentucky.
Woosley said staff could take a look at that idea, but one problem was trying to get that information to the driver in an amount of time one could react to it.
Rundle asked how soon would this be implemented.
Woosley said they could get the materials in about thirty days.
Hack said this was a good attempt to solve a problem less expensively than a traffic signal and hopefully this would work.
Moved by Hack, seconded by Henry, to authorize staff to implement safety improvements including a SAFE-LANE delineator along the centerline of 7th Street from Kentucky Street east through the two driveways on the north side of the street (to prohibit a left hand turn into the drive thru mail box area from 7th St.) and to eliminate the first two metered parking spaces on the west side of Kentucky Street south of 7th Street. Motion carried unanimously. (37)
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Dunfield, to adjourn at 9:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
APPROVED:
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Mike Rundle, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk
1. Agreement – Marblelife for $25,711.80, for special concrete floor finish for the Lawrence Arts Center.
2. Agreement – Dukes Root Control for $50,106.87, for sanitary sewer root control work.
3. Bid – East Hills Business Park sanitary sewer improvements to McLouth Excavating for $59,286.
4. Ordinance No. 7459 – 1st Reading, annex 20.45 acres, K-10 Hwy at entrance of E Hills Business Park.
5. Ordinance No. 7468 – 1st Reading, rezone 14.23 acres from M-1 to RM-D, N of 15th & W of Wakarusa Dr.
6. Ordinance No. 7469 – 1st Reading, rezone 17.19 acres from RS-E to RM-D, N of 15th & W of Wakarusa.
7. Ordinance No. 7470 – 1st Reading, rezone 2.95 acres from A to RM-D, N of 15th & W of Wakarusa
8. Ordinance No. 7489, 1st Reading, consumption of alcohol, Lawrence Arts Center.
9. Ordinance No. 7484, 1st Reading, amend Uniform Mechanical Code.
10. Odinance No. 7475 – 2nd Reading, Rezone (Z-09-35-01) 12.085 acres, A to RS-2, W of Branchwood Dr., N of Stoneridge Dr., (extended).
11. Ordinance No. 7476 – 2nd Reading, Rezone (Z-10-38-01) .399 acres, M-2 to C-5, 1350 N 3rd.
12. Ordinance No. 7479 – 2nd Reading, special assessment for sanitary sewer, Langston Hughes Elementary.
13. Ordinance No. 7480 – 2nd Reading, special assessment for Parkside Rd.
14. Ordinance No. 7481 – 2nd Reading, special assessment for 27th Street & Wakarusa Dr.
15. Ordinance No. 7482 – 2nd Reading, special assessment for Scottsdale, from 26th to 27th.
16. Ordinance No. 7483 – 2nd Reading, special assessment for 27th, Bluestem to Scottsdale.
17. Resolution No. 6362 – R-O-W acquired & utilities relocated for E Hills Dr. & K-10
18. Resolution No. 6363 – sanitary sewer district Westwood Hills area, NW of Free State H.S.
19. TUPR-12-51-01 – Temporary Parking at St. Lawrence Ctr.
20. TSC – No Parking 7am to 5 pm, along W side of Sunset between Cambridge & Harvard Rd.
21. TSC – Alley between 9th & 10th, Kentucky & Vermont as “one-way” S bound to S property line
22. TSC – No Parking, E side of Glenview from Peterson to Lot line between 218 & 301 Glenview.
23. Status of Repairs – 1307 Brook.
24. Engineering Contract – George Butler for $28,580, geometric & traffic signal at 6th & Kasold.
25. Engineering Contract – Bartlett & W Engineers for $24,686, Anna Hope Area Sanitary Sewer Study.
26. Engineering Contract – BG Consultants for $16,488, design of waterline on 9th, from Iowa to Rockledge.
27. Public Hearing – George Williams way, continue on Feb 2, 2002.
28. Ordinance No. 7486 – 1st Reading, special assessment for traffic signal at Clinton Pkwy & Crossgate Dr.
29. Ordinance No. 7487 – 1st Reading, special assessment, Crossgate between Clinton Pkwy & 24th Pl.
30. Final Plat – (PF-11-40-01) Sydney Addition discussion.
31. Moratorium extension – N Lawrence to July 15, 2002.
32. Parking Garage discussion – World Co.
33. Housing & Credit Counseling funding discussion.
34. Resolution No. 6361 – Establish benefit district, Monterey Way from Stetson to Peterson.
35. Resolution No. 6360 – Establish benefit district, Wakarusa, N of Overland.
36. Change Order to Bowersock Dam for additional work.
37. 7th Street & Kentucky discussion on safety.