Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works

TO:	David L. Corliss
FROM:	Chuck Soules
CC:	Cynthia Wagner, Diane Stoddard, Jonathan Douglass, David Cronin, Mark Thiel, Casey Toomay
DATE:	May 23, 2012
RE:	19^th Street and Constant Avenue

Background:  The University of Kansas is reconstructing Constant Avenue from 19^th Street to Crestline Drive.  During the design the City and KU discussed the condition of 19^th Street from Iowa to Constant Avenue.  This section of 19^th Street has significant rutting and shoving and shows signs of base failure.  The City agreed that 19^th Street needed to be reconstructed along with the Constant Avenue project. 

Status:  The City worked with KU on the reconstruction specification and KU paid for the engineering design.  Video detection for 19^th Street and Iowa Street was also added to the project.  The street will be 10” concrete on a crushed rock (AB-3) subgrade.  The project was recently bid.  The bid for 19^th Street and the video detection at 19^th Street and Iowa Street is $138, 850.00.  The City has discussed with KU to participate in an amount of $75,000.00 for 19^th Street and $30,000.00 for the video detection, total of $105,000.00.  KU has also paid for the design and will provide for the inspection of the project. 

The project has begun.  Both 19^th Street and Constant Avenue are closed.  The project is expected to be completed by August 1, 2012.

Action Requested:  Approve payment to the University of Kansas in an amount of $75,000.00 from the street maintenance program and $30,000.00 from the infrastructure sales tax for the reconstruction of 19^th Street and video detection of the intersection of 19^th Street and Iowa Street.

Respectfully Submitted,