Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

 

TO:

Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:

City Manager David L. Corliss

 

Date:

February 19, 2009  – Updated 02/23/09

 

RE:

Future Agenda Items

 

 

The items listed below are planned for future agendas.  I have listed the date of items as they are known.  Dates are subject to change. 

 

03/03/09

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/24/09
  • Consider the following items associated with the Oread Hotel:   Correspondence

a)   Road closure schedule

b)   Final development plan revisions

c)   TIF redevelopment plan revisions to public improvements

 

 

·         Consider adoption of economic development policies and cost benefit model.

03/31/09

·         Receive recommendations of Mayor’s Climate Protection Task Force.

March

·         Discussion of panhandling issues per City Commission request on December 9, 2008.

 

·         Receive audit recommendation follow-up report from the City Auditor

 

·         Discuss continuation or expiration of the quorum ordinance.

 

TBD

·         Conduct public hearing and consider approving Site Plan SP-02-10-08, for a sidewalk hospitality area for Eighth Street Taproom, located at 801 New Hampshire Street. Submitted by Paul Werner Architects for Louise’s Inc., property owner of record.

 

ACTION:        Approve Site Plan (SP-02-10-08) for a sidewalk hospitality area for Eighth Street Taproom, located at 801 New Hampshire Street, if appropriate.

 

·         Authorize the City Manager to execute an engineering services agreement with Black & Veatch for Design Phase Engineering services in conjunction with project WW0601, improvements to the Anaerobic Digester Process at the Wastewater Treatment Plant.  

 

·         Conduct public hearing to discuss the condition of the dilapidated structure at 1207 E. 13th Street and to consider declaring the structure unsafe and dangerous and ordering its repair or removal within a specified period of time.

 

·         Receive 2008 TASER usage report and authorize expanded deployment of TASERs by the Police Department.   Staff Memo and Attachments   Staff Memo Response to Citizen Inquiry

 

ACTION:      Receive report and authorize the expanded deployment of TASERs by the Police Department, if appropriate.

 

·         Consider the following items associated with the Oread Hotel:

a)   Road closure schedule

b)   Final development plan revisions

c)   TIF redevelopment plan revisions to public improvements

 

·         Utilities Master Plan  Staff Memo & Attachments

 

·         This item was heard by the CC on 02/10/09.  Consider approving Text Amendment TA-12-27-07, revisions to multiple sections of the City Development Code to revise the Protection Standards for Environmentally Sensitive Areas and to provide more precise definitions. TA-12-27-07 with revisions to Sections 20-1101, 20-1109 & 20-1701 (PC item 18; approved 7-1-1 on 7/23/08 meeting). TA-12-27-07 with revisions to Sections 20-701 and 20-702 to maintain consistency throughout the Code. Consider adopting Ordinance No. 8304 on first reading regarding TA-12-27-07 for revisions to multiple sections of the City Development Code to revise the Protection Standards for Environmentally Sensitive Areas and to provide more precise definitions. (PC item 9; approved 7-0 on 9/24/08)    Revised Staff Memo & Attachments   Supporting Documents   Correspondence   PC Minutes   Powerpoint Presentation   Proposed Amendment   Incorporation By Reference

 

ACTION:      Approve Text Amendment TA-12-27-07, revisions to Sections 20-701, 20-702, 20-1101, 20-1109 and 20-1701 of the City Development Code to revise Protection   Standards for Environmentally Sensitive Areas and provide more precise definitions and adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 8304, if appropriate.

 

·         Receive staff report regarding transferable development rights

 

·         Approve Text Amendment TA-06-12-08, to Section 20-810 of the Subdivision Regulations to clarify the natural resources and environmentally sensitive areas that are to be protected or preserved. Initiated by County Commission June 23, 2008. Adopt Ordinance No. 8317 on first reading for TA-06-12-08, to Section 20-810 of the Subdivision Regulations. (PC Item 3; approved 7-0 on 8/25/08)    Staff Report   PC Minutes

 

·         Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 8300, incorporating by reference, a Text Amendment (TA-04-03-08), to Chapter 20 of the Lawrence City Code (Land Development Code) to define and permit various homeless facilities.  (Text Amendment approved by City Commission on 10/14/08).

 

·         Maple Leaf Square rezonings, dedication of easements and rights-of-way, and waiver from the requirement of the Subdivision Regulations that sidewalks be constructed on both sides of the street.