CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Week ending August 10, 2012

Lawrence Transit map wins award in map contest

Micah Seybold, GIS Coordinator in the Information Technology Department, submitted the 2012-2013 Lawrence Transit System Map at the map gallery contest during the 2012 ESRI International User Conference, a technical GIS training & technology conference, in San Diego, CA in July (see attached photos). The map won second place in its category for Single Map Product-Large Format- In-House Copy out of 700+ maps submitted in 13 different categories. Submissions to the contest also have the potential to be published in the annual ESRI Map Book series. The map poster was created and compiled in a joint effort by Micah Seybold, Emily Lubliner, Marketing Coordinator in the Transit Division and Margretta de Vries from KU on Wheels.

Street maintenance program mid-year summary and status report

The city’s annual pavement maintenance program was reviewed and approved by City Commission on December 20, 2011. The current program has an approximate budget of $5.6 million. A mid-year status report and photos are attached. The program projects map has had some revisions which include the addition of some mill and overlay streets, other internal street maintenance pavement rehabilitation locations, speed humps on planned mill and overlay streets, concrete crosswalks, and the postponement of reconstruction and rehabilitation locations to next year’s (2013) program. The Revised 2012 Comprehensive Street Maintenance Program map is attached and is still subject to revisions until projects are completed and an as-built map can be updated.

Street Division mid-year summary and status report

The City of Lawrence Street Maintenance Division is responsible for 323 center line miles of streets (811 lane miles) with 40 employees. The work force is divided into 4 crews, asphalt, concrete, levee/sweeping/alleys and storm water. The attached report provides a mid-year status update on the division’s activities and accomplishments. A few highlights include:

• The relatively mild winter allowed for construction work normally not possible, including early starts on curb, gutter, and concrete patching projects.
• To date the number of Pot Hole Hotline calls for the first 6 months of this year is down from 321 to 111 compared to last year. Instead of devoting as many resources to patching pot holes, the Street Division was able to do a major patching of Kasold Drive from 8^th Street to Bob Billings Parkway that will extend the life of the road for a few more years.
• The catch basin and under drain installation on Kasold near Peterson will correct a significant icing problem.
• A significant amount of deferred maintenance needed to the Street Division yard at 1140 Haskell Ave. part of was completed.
• The drainage ditch and culvert at 27^th Street and Crossgate Drive was cleaned out, which amounted to moving about 3,100 cubic yards of dirt. These