Memorandum
City of Lawrence
City Manager’s Office
TO: |
Mayor and City Commission
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FROM: |
City Manager David L. Corliss
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DATE: |
November 14, 2013
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RE: |
Future Agenda Items
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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.
11/26/13 |
· Adopt Ordinance No. 8926, repealing and excluding certain land previously annexed by Ordinance No. 8285 (Tuckel property) from the boundaries of the City of Lawrence and also repealing Ordinance No. 8350, pertaining to the rezoning of said property. Contains approximately 154.9 acres, located on the northeast corner of K-10 Interchange and N 1800 Road.
· Adopt Ordinance No. 8927, repealing and excluding certain land previously annexed by Ordinance No. 8594 (Venture property) from the boundaries of the City of Lawrence and also repealing Ordinance No. 8595, pertaining to the rezoning of said property. Contains approximately 51.13 acres, located on the southwest corner of N 1800 Road and E 1000 Road.
· Approve funding for 2013 longevity payments.
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TBD |
· Discuss results of EPA study of parking in the Oread Neighborhood. Staff Memo & Attachments
· Adopt the Bed Bug Infestation Procedures. Staff Memo & Attachments
· Consider approving the purchase of three (3) fixed-route vehicles as replacements for three (3) existing fixed-route transit vehicles which have surpassed both the manufacturer and Federal Transit Administration useful life requirements. These vehicles would be purchased off of the existing Brownsville, Texas Contract with Gillig Corporation for a total cost of $1,275,000. Federal Grants will pay for $1,058,205 and the local match of $216,750 will be paid for by the City. Staff Memo & Attachments
ACTION: Approve the purchase of three (3) fixed-route vehicles for a total of $216,750, if appropriate.
· Approve Memorandum of Intent with Douglas County and the University of Kansas creating the Campus Village Initiative, a mechanism to implement the recommendation in the Retiree Attraction and Retention Task Force recommendation of establishing an intergenerational long-life community with diverse housing options in Lawrence for KU Alumni and Friends, Haskell Alumni and Friends, and Baker University and Friends within five years.
· Receive the recommendations from the joint HRC/PC discussions regarding the issues outlined in the 11/29/12 Downtown Redevelopment Issues & Opportunities Memo. Staff Memo & Attachments Staff Memo - 06/20/13 HRC Minutes - 06/20/13 Correspondence
· Receive a staff report on the history of investment thresholds in the property tax abatement policy and provide direction to staff regarding possible revisions to the policy. Staff Memo & Attachments
· Receive staff recommendation regarding Wicked Broadband economic development request. Staff Memo & Attachments AT&T Letter WOW Letter Wicked Broadband Response to CTC Report Wicked Broadband Response to AT&T Letter Wicked Broadband Response to WOW Letter Wicked Broadband Letter to Mayor Dever CWC Tax Lien Release
· Approve an agreement with the Lawrence Farmers Market allowing the use of City Parking Lot 8 (800 blocks of New Hampshire and Rhode Island) on Tuesdays and Saturdays during the 2014 Farmers Market season, if appropriate. Staff Memo & Attachments
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