[E-minutes] City Commission meeting minutes - Sept 17, 2002
Diane Trybom
dtrybom@ci.lawrence.ks.us
Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:36:26 -0500
September 17, 2002
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Lawrence met in regular
session at 6:35 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers in City Hall with
Mayor Hack presiding and Commissioners Dunfield, Henry, Kennedy, and
Rundle present.
Mayor Hack read a letter from the Islamic Center of Lawrence. The Mayor
read: At the first anniversary of the September 11th tragic events, we
full heartily renew our condolences to the families and friends of the
fallen victims and extend those sentiments to the whole Nation and to
all peace loving peoples all over the globe. The horrendous acts that
unforgettable day left many deep scars, and the well being of many
people here in the United States and all around the world. However, we
also believe that a certain good has arisen amidst the physical,
psychological, and social destruction that materialized into reality on
that day and will probably continue to haunt our memories for a very
long time. Those times of trouble gave birth to a new era of
enlightenment where the world with its diverse religions, societies,
ethnicities, and even politics have all dearly embraced what is now
labeled a dialogue of civilizations. Those acts of horror not only of
New York and Washington, but all around the world have proven to nations
the powerful as well as the oppressed that violence and killing begets
what it gives and that peaceful and sightful dialogue solve the greatest
of conflicts. When many Muslims and Arabs were harassed all around the
United States as a result of the September 11th attacks, the situation
here in our beloved town of Lawrence has been dramatically different.
Since the very few moments after the horrible events of the day, the
Islamic Center was showered with calls and other expression of concern
and support from individuals, K.U., City, and State officials, churches,
synagogues, and many other institutions. It is a blessing living within
an understanding and considerate community such is that of Lawrence and
since that day, we have been bragging about it at all occasions and at
every gathering we have been having. At the same time we have keenly
been trying to show our deepest appreciation to all people here. Thank
you for your kind acceptance of this letter and our gift to you.
With Commission approval, Mayor Hack proclaimed the week of September 17
- 23 as "Constitution Week."
Mayor Hack recognized the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission birthday
celebration.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve the City Commission meeting minutes of September 10,
2002. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve the Lawrence Housing Authority meeting minutes of
July 23, 2002; the Sign Code Board of Appeals meeting minutes of August
1, 2002; the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting minutes of August 1, 2002;
the Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes of August 28, 2002; the
Library Board meeting minutes of July 15, 2002; and, the Parks &
Recreation Advisory Board meeting minutes of August 13, 2002. Motion
carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve claims to 363 vendors in the amount of $1,760,823.61.
Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve the Drinking Establishment Licenses for Louise's Bar
Downtown, 1009 Massachusetts; Teller's, 746 Massachusetts; Royal Peking
Restaurant, 711 West 23rd, No. 24; Granada, 1020 Massachusetts; and, the
Retail Liquor License for The Wine Cellar, 2100A West 21st Street.
Motion carried unanimously.
The City Commission reviewed the bids for a John Deere 6220 Tractor for
the Parks & Recreation Department. The bids were:
BIDDER BID AMOUNT
McConnell Machinery Co. $39,432.00
Heritage Tractor Inc.
$40,032.10
Deems Farm Equipment $42,500.00
Reynolds Lawn & Leisure No Bid
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to award the bid to Heritage Tractor Inc., in the amount of
$40,032.10 because the low bid from McConnell Machinery was not a John
Deere Tractor, which was required. Motion carried unanimously.
(1)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to authorize the purchase of eight 800 MHz mobile radios (with
related use and installation accessories) for the Police Department from
Motorola Direct for $32,910.88, the sole source for this equipment.
Motion carried unanimously.
(2)
The City Commission reviewed the bids for comprehensive housing
rehabilitation projects at 340 Pleasant Street, 325 Clayton Court and
1621 St. Andrews Dr. The bids were:
BIDDER 340 PLEASANT ST. 325 CLAYTON CT.
1621 ST. ANDREWS DR.
Master Plan Mgmt $19,232 $17,486 $44,750
General Construction $22,555 $16,888 $33,333
Staff Estimate $20,000 $15,000 $34,000
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to award the bid for 340 Pleasant St., to Master Plan Management
for $19,232; 325 Clayton Ct., to General Construction for $16,888; and,
staff recommends bid rejection for 1621 St. Andrews Dr., due to the low
bidder withdrawing and the second bid exceeds program limits. Motion
carried unanimously.
(3)
Ordinance No. 7573, paying all of the costs for the installation of a
traffic signal and related and necessary geometric improvements at
Clinton Parkway and Hawthorne/Hartford Drive, was read a second time.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to adopt the ordinance. Aye: Dunfield, Hack, Henry, Kennedy,
and Rundle. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously.
(4)
Ordinance No. 7572, paying all of the costs for the construction of a
portion of George Williams Way and related improvements, was read a
second time. As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy,
seconded by Rundle, to adopt the ordinance. Aye: Dunfield, Hack,
Henry, Kennedy, and Rundle. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously.
(5)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to concur with the Planning Commission recommendations to adopt
the findings of fact and approve the UPR (UPR-07-05-02) for placement of
a 120' communications tower at Free State High School. The property is
generally described as being located at 4700 Overland Drive, subject to
the following conditions:
1. Execution of a Site Plan Performance Agreement;
2. Provision of a revised site plan to include the
following:
a. A note which states "The tower
owner/operator shall submit a letter to the Planning Office by July 1 of
each year listing the current users and types of antenna located on the
approved tower;
b. A note stating, "A sign shall be
posted on the tower or the exterior fence around the base of the tower
providing the name and telephone number of the tower owner and operator
that is staffed 24 hours per day, seven days per week."
c. Correction not on Sheet T-1:
current zoning is RS-1;
d. Note referencing the Book and
Page numbers of recorded instruments dedicating the utility and access
easements;
e. Note stating, "Owner/Operator
must be responsible for the timely removal of any tower that is not used
for a period of three years and the costs associated with its removal."
[20-14B03(c)];
3. Minimal lighting at the base shall be reviewed
and approved by staff. Any lighting of the enclosure area shall be
directed downward and shielded to prevent glare and light trespass;
4. The 12' wide access easement and 8' wide utility
easement must be dedicated by separate instrument; and,
5. After City Commission approval of this UPR,
applicant agrees to withdraw pending CUP-08-07-01.
Motion carried unanimously.
(6)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to concur with the Planning Commission recommendations to adopt
the findings of fact and approve the UPR (UPR-07-06-02) for a revision
to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Master Plan to include property on the
northwest corner of West 4th Street and Arkansas Street. The plan
specifically proposes a parking lot expansion on approximately a
one-acre site. The property is described as being located at 325
Arkansas Street, subject to the following conditions:
1. Provision of a revised site plan to include
landscape screening and street trees along the perimeter of the parking
lot along street frontages per staff approval;
2. Provision of a revised site plan to show the
proposed screening between the parking lot and the adjacent residence to
the north;
3. Provision of a note on the face of the site plan
that states: "Future expansion shall be based upon an approved master
plan for the Hospital"; and,
4. Provision of a photometric plan and lighting
that does not trespass onto adjacent residential properties or City
streets.
Motion carried unanimously.
(7)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve the site plan (SP-08-60-02) for construction of three
duplex structures at 4101 West 6th Street from Free State Townhomes,
subject to the following conditions:
1. Submission of a revised site plan indicating:
a. Fire hydrant installation within
450' of any exterior wall. Show placement on plan;
b. Book and Page reference of
recorded instrument depicting drainage easement at the southeast corner
of the lot;
c. Book and Page reference of
recorded instrument depicting 30' cross- access easement to the west;
d. A note stating that fences,
structures, fill or other alterations are prohibited within the drainage
easement area;
e. A note stating that occupancy
permits for proposed buildings will not be issued until a licensed
engineer provides a letter of certification that the detention basin is
constructed per the approved drainage study;
f. The project benchmarks on the
site plan;
g. The locations and dimensions of
Drainage Easement on the Site Plan;
2. Execution of Site Plan Performance Agreement;
and,
3. Proposed Drainage Easements (DE's) must be
recorded with the Register of Deeds and copies of recorded documents
provided to Public Works prior to release of the site plan to the
Neighborhood Resources Department.
Motion carried unanimously.
(8)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve the site plan (SP-07-55-02) for construction of a
building for Douglas County Bank, located at 6th Street and Folks Road,
subject to the following conditions:
1. A Site Plan Performance Agreement be executed;
(Per Section 20-1433);
2. Provision of a note on the plan stating, "No
portion of the landscaped feature may exceed 3' in height or include
impervious surface other than a brick/stone boundary"'
3. Provision of letters from both a representative
of Southwestern Bell and a representative of Aquila approving the
proposed landscaped planter in their respective easements;
4. Provision of note stating, "Dimensions and
location of sign to be approved by Neighborhood Resources";
5. Provision and approval of photometric (lighting)
plan prior to release of the site plan to Neighborhood Resources;
6. Provision of Landscaping Schedule showing all
tree species and sizes;
7. Provide additional landscaping (trees and
shrubs) along south side of drive-thru aisles;
8. Provide an interior parking lot landscaping
calculation;
9. Show existing 15' utility easement along west
property line;
10. Show and label the detention basin structure,
all inlets and pipes, and the connection to the exiting curb inlet.
Label all pipe sizes, slopes, and flowlines. Provide a detailed cross
section of the proposed detention basin with structural dimensions.
Show and label the orifice plate required per the drainage study;
11. Correct the impervious surface summary to refer
to Lot 3;
12. Clearly show proposed grades and spot elevations
to facilitate construction and review. The site must be graded to drain
to the storm system and detention basin. Verify that all runoff is
collected. Do not discharge runoff through the proposed driveway;
13. List amount of building net square footage;
14. Provision of a letter from property owner to the
north approving construction of the shared access easement; and,
15. Show location of trash enclosure. Location must
be approved by Sanitation Department.
Motion carried unanimously.
(9)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve the request from Home Depot, Inc., for a variance
from a City Code requirement on sizing of fire service connections as
conditioned by the Department of Utilities. Motion carried unanimously.
(10)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to approve as signs of community interest: "The Friends of
Lawrence Public Library" book sale signs; and, "Lawrence Homebuilders
Association Fall Showcase of Homes." Motion carried unanimously.
(11)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to authorize the Mayor to sign a Release of Mortgage for Tom and
Frankie Conroy, 320 Lyon. Motion carried unanimously.
(12)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with
Landplan Engineering in the amount of $25,500 for Master Planning
Services for the leased area at Clinton Lake. Motion carried
unanimously.
(13)
Mayor Hack added a walk on item to the consent agenda concerning a
rezoning for West 8th Street, from RM-1 and RM-D to RS-2, for Lots 1-6,
and 19, Block 3, as well as Lots 24-31, Block 2 of the Pinnacle-West
Addition.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Rundle, to rezone West 8th Street, from RM-1 and RM-D to RS-2, for Lots
1-6, and 19, Block 3, as well as Lots 24-31, Block 2 of the
Pinnacle-West Addition. Motion carried unanimously.
(14)
Mayor Hack removed from the consent agenda, Ordinance No. 7576,
prohibiting the use of Lawrence Transit System shelters and benches by
persons other than Lawrence Transit System riders. The Public Transit
Advisory Committee asked that this item be pulled from the consent
agenda and referred to it for an opportunity to review the proposed
ordinance.
A citizen suggested that rather than excluding people from these
particular shelters, since there are not many, build more shelters that
are not by the bus stops for the general public.
Moved by Rundle, seconded by Henry, to refer Ordinance No. 7576,
prohibiting the use of Lawrence Transit System shelters and benches by
persons other than Lawrence Transit System riders to the Public Transit
Advisory Committee.
(15)
At the request from a member of the public, the second reading of
Ordinance No. 7574, authorizing condemnation of utility easement for
Westwood Hills sanitary sewer project west of Queens Road, was removed
from the consent agenda for discussion.
Oliver Finney, Lawrence, said he became aware of this proposed Ordinance
last night. Since the proposed project would go directly along the
southern edge of his property, and if it is the type of easement he
thought it was, he would like to understand more about what is being
asked for and what is being considered so they may respond. He asked
that the ordinance be deferred for two or three weeks if possible.
Dave Corliss, Assistant City Manager/Legal Services Director, said the
ordinance before the Commission authorizes the condemnation of a utility
easement that is necessary for the Baldwin Creek Pump Station and its
final phases of construction. This sanitary sewer system is part of
the Westwood Hills and Park West Residential Developments. He presented
the Commission with a map of the proposed project.
The proposed easement is across the property that is owned by Jack
Graham. Staff has been in discussion with Mr. Graham for a number of
months about this proposed easement. He said they were unable to agree
both on the project as well as compensation for the easement. The
easement is necessary in order to provide electric power to the pump
station. KPL advised staff that they could not provide necessary power
for the Baldwin Creek Pump Station by the internal electric power that
would be built for this residential development so electric power would
need to come from the KPL substation.
He said when staff had difficulty acquiring property owned by the
Finney's and the Garber's, he said he had discussion with the owners to
determine their interest as to whether or not we could move the electric
line to the north. Neither of those parties was interested in
continuing these discussions. He said this would also cost the City
some money to move these lines as well, not so much because of the
distance, but because the polls were placed in angles.
Vice Mayor Dunfield asked Corliss if the substation was at the west end
of the easement.
Corliss said yes, but couldn't give the exact location.
Mike Wildgen, City Manager, said the substation was approximately east
of the SLT and South of 1750 Road due west.
Mayor Hack suggested that since Finney had just found out about this
proposed ordinance, it might be advisable to wait a week for him to have
an opportunity to fully understand and discuss this project with staff.
Finney said a week would not be helpful, but requested additional time.
Commissioner Rundle asked if there was a timeline if they wait two
weeks.
Corliss said no. He did not think two weeks was going to be difficult
and wanted to answer everyone's questions. He said they were late in
getting to this easement and power line connection.
Moved by Dunfield, seconded by Rundle, to defer the second reading of
Ordinance No. 7574, authorizing condemnation of utility easement for
Westwood Hills sanitary sewer project west of Queens Road, for two
weeks. Motion carried unanimously.
(16)
During the City Manager's Report, Mike Wildgen said the City has
received two grants. The first grant would be used for the purchase and
installation of a horizontal bailing system which would be used in
bailing office waste paper at the Solid Waste Annex North facility.
He also reported that the City has received an official funding notice
from KDOT for the "Lawrence Police Department Traffic Safety Project."
Wildgen reminded everyone of the PerCent for Art Dedication for the Open
House at the Lawrence/Douglas County Fire/Medical Department station at
2128 Harper, Sunday, September 22, from 1:00 to 4:00.
He also reported that the Kansas Governmental Journal published an
article describing the design process for the Lawrence Arts Center.
(17)
Lynn Parman, Vice President of Economic Development, Lawrence Chamber of
Commerce, presented a report concerning a 6-month action plan for
Economic Development in Lawrence. She said she wanted to give a general
overview of what is Economic Development such as some of our
demographics that make us stand out from the aspect of attracting new
employers. She said she wanted to spend most of her time talking about
what they would be working on for the next four months to give us the
idea of the new initiatives that they are going to be putting in place
and some of the new outcomes that they were hoping to achieve from that.
She said she would also like to share an activity report update and
answer questions and comments.
She asked, "What is Economic Development?" She said she has been asked
that question quite a bit since she has been here in Lawrence. She
said Economic Development is creating wealth in the community and that
is through job creation, retention, enhancing the tax base, and
ultimately improving quality of life for the residents of Lawrence as
well as Douglas County.
She said as far as the structure of Economic Development, they are
structured to be the chief economic agency for Douglas County. She said
they are funded by the City of Lawrence as well as Douglas County and
the Chamber memberships. The Economic Development group at the Chamber
consists of three staff members. Parman said she is the Vice President
of Economic Development and there is a Director of Business Development
who works with existing companies on a daily basis. There is also a
Marketing Manager.
In terms of their six month focus, essentially what they have been
working on since July is a way for their department to put in place some
key initiatives that we need to enact proactively to be able to respond
to prospects and well as working with our existing companies and
understanding what there needs are.
She said they are focusing on five key areas for the remainder of those
6 months which are:
1. Business retention and expansion;
2. Business attraction initiatives;
3. Industry Development;
4. Regional Economic Development; and,
5. Updating the Strategic Plan.
Parman said the first key area was retention and expansion.
It's a known fact in Economic Development that 80% of new jobs and
investment come from your existing companies and creating an environment
for them to succeed is of the utmost importance in both understanding
why they're here as well as sustaining them and hopefully, helping them
grow in the future. She said the first priority for their department is
to enhance their business retention and expansion efforts for the
community. She said the way that they will do that is through acquiring
a business retention software system. It's not just a computer software
system, but also a new system for creating business retention in the
community. What this software system will allow them to do is to survey
all of the existing industries that are not necessarily retail in
service. This survey that they will be going over with these companies
is divided into three areas. She said they would be asking these
companies questions about their business. Not necessarily proprietary
information, but questions regarding sales increasing or decreasing, and
whether new products would be introduced in the next two yeas. This
would allow them to get an idea of how the company and industry is
doing. She said they would also be asking the companies about their
workforce. Asking them to rate on a scale of one to five, their
workforce in terms of productivity, quality, stability, and other areas.
Also, asking them to identify key skill gaps that they are not able to
find in Douglas County or the City of Lawrence. Finally, they would be
asking the companies, as part of that survey, how they view Douglas
County and the City of Lawrence as a place to do business. Both in
respects of rating the public services offered as well as asking them to
identify strengths and weaknesses to do business in this area, barriers
to growth, and how corporate views this location. She said after
acquiring this good information, they will come back after that survey
and they will put it into that software system to quantify that
information. They will be able to provide the City, County, and
business sector as a whole that quantifiable information about how
businesses are doing, as well as how they view Douglas County and the
City of Lawrence as a place to do business. She said they will not be
able to specifically say, this is what "X" company said, but will be
able to say something like 42% of the business executives rate "X"
excellent or above average. This is a system that has been used by
over 250 communities across the country.
Another advantage of this software system, while they are
plugging in their responses, it is also going to analyze what that
executive told them and will give them an indication from their side of
the table if they are a potential for risk in terms of retaining them in
the community. For instance, if we interview a business executive at a
local manufacturer plant and he indicates he is landlocked, not going to
introduce any new products or that there is lots of mergers and
acquisitions in his industry, and is rating his workforce lower, that
manufacturer plant is having some troubling responses. The software
system will tell them they have a higher percentage in terms of
retention risk to the community. The software is also going to tell
them on the opposite side, those companies that have a lot of growth
potential. She said she thought the software would allow them to
anticipate how they can better serve the needs of our existing
industries.
The third item of the software was that it would maintain a
detailed company profile for each company. She said what this means to
the City Commission is that they will be able to provide the Commission
with very good information about our companies and how they are doing.
She said they are also going to proactively develop strategies to
address business retention issues. She said this was something that
could not be done in the first six months because this was going to take
them that long to do the surveys. She said it would be next spring or
summer when they would be developing strategies as part of a business
retention plan to identify key concepts that they can address to create
a better environment for those businesses to succeed.
She said they were also looking at some type of industry award
program for next year. She said they were looking at this award program
for two purposes. One was to give recognition to businesses that were
excelling and to promote the business that is being done in the City of
Lawrence.
The last item under business retention and expansion that she
wanted to emphasize was that they are having a government tour program,
where they are inviting the local government officials and City and
County staff to take tours of the local companies. She said companies
were excited about showing government officials what they do everyday
and excited that they would take the time to come and tour the plant.
She said the next key area was business attraction. She said
15,000 economic development organizations across the country compete for
100 to 200 projects annually. It is a very competitive business,
commodity driven, aggressive in marketing, and is a cutthroat type of
situation. She said she wanted the Commission to also be aware that
site selectors are typically the ones that are conducting the site
searches for companies. In fact, 90% of the time that a project is
looking at locating somewhere in the United States that involves more
than 100 jobs, companies use a site selector. These are professionals
that look at communities as a place to locate facilities so they market
to those site selectors. She said they would be developing some new
printed marketing materials.
Parman said their business relocation packet has not been
updated for almost 15 years and thought that they needed to update and
enhance their look and feel when they are trying to attract those high
tech jobs. She said they are embarking on a project in developing a new
business relocation packet. The way this packet would be used is when
that site selector, company, or the State Department of Commerce and
Housing calls them about a project, this packet would address the issues
of doing business in Douglas County and Lawrence as well as items they
would be interested in such as transportation, education, workforce, or
general concepts that they could put into one marketing piece that would
set the new look and feel for their marketing focus at the Chamber. She
said they were also looking at doing a short version of a County profile
on an annual basis.
She said they would be launching in the first week in October, a
community sites and buildings database. This will allow us to respond
to prospect much more efficiently, consistently, and professionally.
When that site selector calls the Chamber and wants to know about all of
the available sites and/or buildings in the City of Lawrence, they can
go to their website and sites and buildings database and they could
email them all the properties because the commercial brokers have worked
them. If they did not know the inventory that was available, in their
community, it would be difficult for them to market their product. It
would be much like a retail store, not knowing what inventory they had
on the shelves when they were trying to sell their products. She said
it was important for them to understand what exactly is available in the
community and to be a resource in the community.
She said under general marketing, they partner with Kansas
Department of Commerce and Housing as well as the Kansas City Area
Development Council on a regular basis on their marketing initiatives.
She said the Kansas City Area Development Council is a business
attraction organization for the Kansas City area including Lawrence and
Topeka. She said they do a wonderful job of marketing our area to the
United States and to the world in terms of a place to do business and to
locate companies. She said the Chamber partners with this council to go
with them to trade shows, take ads out in site selection journals, and
work with them on various events to build relationships with site
selectors which save costs. Most importantly, it raises the visibility
of Douglas County and Lawrence to the site selectors and to prospects as
a whole if they do it as a team. She said Lawrence and Douglas County
are ranked number 6 in the country for bachelor degrees meaning 42.6
percent of the population of Douglas County has a bachelor's degree. We
have the highest ranked work force in the Midwest in a sense. She said
the Chamber is going to market that idea and thought it was a wonderful
opportunity to attract high tech jobs to our community.
She said some of the items that site selectors may look at in
terms of our community that make us stand out was the fact that we have
had a 25 percent increase in our population in the last ten years, our
median wage level has increased by 35 percent, 25 percent of our
workforce migrates to other Counties, and 42.6 percent of our population
have bachelor degrees. She said what they were going to see from this
was that we are a growing, vibrant, and potential community, but they
were also going to see that we have some issues in terms of our
workforce that is out migrating.
She said the other issue under business attraction that she
really wanted to emphasize was public relations. She said they would be
working closely with their media partners both in the Kansas City,
Topeka, and Lawrence areas in helping them to cover positive stories if
possible on local businesses that are expanding or other initiatives.
There are a lot of wonderful things going on and she thought part of the
Chamber's role was to educate their media partners in terms of helping
them also understand what is going on.
Another key area was industry development. She said the Chamber
is looking at the possibility of forming a Life Sciences Network which
they were working closely with K.U. on this issue trying to form a
community forum for life sciences to understand all the attributes and
wonderful potential as well as develop strategies for how we can
cultivate that industry more. She said they were also looking at the
possibility of agri-business network and also the possibility of a
manufacturer's network for those plant managers. She said the Lawrence
Technology Association has been incredibly successful in their ability
to form a network and to work together as a group and what can happen.
In terms of Regional Economic Development, because we serve the
communities of Baldwin City, Eudora and Lecompton in their economic
development efforts as well as Lawrence, they were getting more involved
in their communities. She said they were trying to understand how they
could be a better resource to them as they are working through their own
economic development efforts and also providing activity reports. She
said when they work with prospects; they need to respond as Douglas
County. She said the Chamber is educating them in terms of the types of
activity that we are seeing and how we can work with them better.
The other item under the six-month focus is updating the
Economic Development portion of the Horizon 2020 Long-range Strategic
Plan. She said that was developed in 1994 in terms of the economic
development portion. The Economic Development Board is working on
updating the strategies. She said public hearings have been conducted
all over the county to gain input from the public, and would be
developing an update on these strategies. She said on January 21, 2003,
there is an Economic Development Board meeting and the Chamber will be
seeking a recommendation from the board on that update. She said she
hoped to come to the Commission this spring with an update of the
Economic Development portion of the Long-Range Strategic Plan.
In terms of activity levels, in July, they implemented a
tracking system so that they could keep track of exactly who they were
working with and the types of jobs investment it could entail as well as
tracking what is going on both with existing companies as well as
prospects that they were working with to better predict their activity
levels in the future and keep track of what they were working on.
Another aspect was tracking their marketing fund because in those
activity reports, it states the source of the lead. She said they were
trying to keep track of how their marketing funds were being used and
how ultimately, resulted in a product.
She said there were 18 new possible companies looking to locate
in Lawrence or Douglas County and there have been six site visits from
companies that have taken the time to look at building sites or visit
with the Chamber about some community aspect. If all of those projects
occur, there could be potential for 1,400 new jobs that would be
created. A lot of these projects she would describe as preliminary.
She said it takes a long time to develop to the point where it is more
than preliminary.
In terms of existing businesses, they are working with 8
existing companies that are looking at expanding. She said they have
made 4 proposals to date to existing companies. She said they work with
the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing in helping facilitate the
companies understanding the specific incentive programs that might be
available through the state and also educating them about the community
attributes as well as the community programs that might be available to
them. If all of those existing business projects occur, there could be
a potential of 400 new jobs and over $30,000,000 in new investment.
She said in conclusion, she said she was appreciative of City
staff and how wonderful they have been to work with over the last 3
months. She said she was open to new ways to communicate such as coming
to meetings on a regular basis.
Commissioner Rundle said it was certainly safe to say that
Parman has hit the ground running when she came to Lawrence. He said he
thought it was the Commission's job to try to keep up with her to do
their share of the work to pull the weight of Economic Development.
This is a partnership with the Chamber, City, and County. He said one
of the City's goals was Economic Development, so obviously the
Commission will want to work with her.
Commissioner Rundle said the business retention software sounds
like it would give the Commission some pragmatic information to guide
their decisions. He said he was hopeful, as the information comes
together over the months ahead, it may give a clearer focus to
allocation of resources as City and County Commissions and perhaps
sector specific support.
He said it was clear to him that the stakeholders in our
community are willing to roll up their sleeves and get to work on
Economic Development.
He said he wanted to reinforce the update of the Horizon 2020
Economic Development Strategic Plan that hasn't been looked at for a
number of years. He said he hoped that we could find ways to better
take advantage of the opportunity that K.U. presents with the Greater
Kansas City Area Biosciences initiative that there is lots of
opportunity there that he hoped could become part of that strategic
plan.
Rundle said the things mentioned about educating our workforce
were important. He said he thought there was something on the horizon
here with the Lawrence Workforce Center that came out of some reformed
legislation which he believed was coming towards the end of its 5 year
cycle and would need to be reauthorized by the Federal Government. The
workforce legislation over the years has not been that successful and
there was a mandate for those efforts at the State level to be
responsive to local needs. He said Lawrence could be proud because he
thought we were one of the most successful of the 5 regions in Kansas.
He said we would want to keep that momentum built on the strength when
that legislation is reauthorized. He said he wanted to pledge his own
personal support and make the partnership more real and move forward.
Commissioner Henry concurred with Commissioner Rundle's comments
and thanked Parman for her report. He said having participated in a
visitation, he was excited about the prospect of more visitations and
showing our community that we can get those high tech jobs here.
Mayor Hack concurred with Rundle's comments. She said one of
the things she would like to capitalize on was the comment Parman made
concerning activities reports and encouraged her to do so. She said she
hoped that Parman would come and talk to the Commission about what they
could do to help.
Vice Mayor Dunfield said the City Commission and its goal
setting talked a lot about Economic Development and about building on
our strengths as a City. In this report it was clear that Parman had
grasped that notion. He thought that Parman would do a great job a
promoting our City on the basis of looking at our education levels and
our workforce skills.
He said while our ECO2 process is perhaps in a state of limbo
for the moment, that process has already produced a great deal in terms
of both community involvement, the economic development process, and in
terms of products in the mapping of some of the other specific products
they developed as part of that work and he thought that was all
valuable. He said he was sure Parman would find ways to incorporate
that into the work that she was doing.
Commissioner Kennedy said one of the things that make our
Economic Development happen is both public and private transportation to
get to and from jobs. He thought it was important for our City
Commission to continue our Public Transportation Enhancement Programs
and also to join with KDOT to ensure that we have safe, travelable roads
throughout our community. He said it was important to have a public
transportation system that will take a number of people to work and
wanted to encourage people to use the transportation system.
(18)
Mayor Hack called a public hearing on the Historic Resource Commission's
Determination concerning the construction at 1344 Massachusetts Street.
Dennis Enslinger, Planner, presented the staff report. He said in the
staff report the Historic Resource Commission, on June 26, 2002, made a
finding that the proposed project, which involves the construction of a
garage with utilitarian space above, would encroach upon or damage the
environs of the John N. Roberts residence (Castle Tea Room). Under the
state statute, the City Commission is required to hold a public hearing
to determine if there are any "feasible or prudent alternatives" and
whether all possible planning is done to mitigate the effects on the
listed property or its environs. While the HRC's determination is
narrowly focused with regards to following the guidelines for evaluation
of projects within the environs, the City Commission's focus is more
broad and could consider all the relevant factors including design,
technical, and economic issues as well as comprehensive planning issues.
Brad Finkeldei, attorney representing the applicant, said the
construction of this building was only half way completed. A building
permit was obtained and work had begun before everyone figured out that
it had to go before the Historic Resources Commission. He said
approximately $19,000 of the applicant's money has already gone into
this building. He said they believed there was no "feasible or prudent
alternative" than to overturn the Historic Resource Commission's
decision and allow this project to proceed and anything else would be
economic waste. He said he understood why the HRC made that decision
and their focus, but suggested again that there was no "feasible or
prudent alternative." He said they have worked hard with the City and
had attended several meetings. He said they understood they needed to
consider all possible mitigation. He said they would continue to work
with staff and the Historic Resources Subcommittee to continue to
mitigate those damages. He said he thought they could make this
successful for everyone.
Moved by Rundle, seconded by Henry, to close the public hearing. Motion
carried unanimously.
Commissioner Rundle asked Enslinger to review the summary of the
proposed resolution.
Enslinger said the resolution basically tries to identify the findings
of fact and were compiled by legal staff of the City in connection with
the project. The resolution lays out the state law. The sections the
Commission would be most interested in, in terms of making sure that
they agree with when the public hearing process happened, the amount of
material that was submitted with regards to "feasible or prudent
alternatives", and economic issues that are involved with this
particular project. He said to mitigate all possible planning, staff
has recommended that it be referred to the Architectural Review
Committee for further consideration to refine the design and the
applicant is in agreement. If it were unresolved at the Architectural
Review Committee, it would come back to the City Commission for
consideration. He said he believed most of the issues had been
discussed and the applicant was aware of what the Architectural Review
Committee's comments were to this point.
Commissioner Rundle asked if the issues that they have been dealing with
have been identified.
Enslinger said yes.
Commissioner Rundle asked if Enslinger could outline some of the major
issues.
Enslinger said some of the major issues were height of the structure,
proposed detailing on the structure with relationship to a porch
element, where the garage door would be located, window placement, and
other issues.
Commissioner Rundle asked how rigorous did he expect they would be under
a situation like this. He said he thought this was unique since staff
made the honest mistake in issuing the permit. It's much easier
implementing these standards when starting from scratch.
Enslinger said he thought the Architectural Review Committee takes the
attitude of trying to work with the applicant in trying to find a medium
in terms of how the standards are interpreted to meet the applicant's
goals and also to abide by the standards for future decisions so as not
to set a precedent. A lot of the issues were discussed at the Historic
Resources Commission level. These issues are not in the formal findings
because it is difficult to say the project doesn't concur or meet the
guidelines and then talk about how you might improve it within the
findings, but they were identified in the staff reports.
Commissioner Rundle said it was his understanding of the Secretary of
Interior Standards of Historic Preservation there are accommodations
made when your building is new as opposed to maintaining and restoring
older property that we should be able to see the new and the old and
tell where they came from. He said it seems to him that the rigor of
trying to make the new construction adhere closely to the prevailing
standards of the neighborhood is somewhat mediated by that.
Enslinger said the standards the Architectural Review Committee will use
are the Environs Review Standards which were adopted in 1998 by the
state and also by the Historic Resources Commission which are similar to
the Secretary of Interior Standards for rehabilitation, but really focus
on environs issues. The Commission typically focuses on "big ticketed"
items such as massing in scale, height, and placement which is one of
the big issues in this project which would be addressed by the
Architectural Review Committee because the building is already there.
He said there would also be other issues looked at in terms of life
safety and how close the proposed structure is to the property line. He
said he did not believe the applicant was going to be allowed windows on
the north elevation because of the fire code unless they rate the
windows, but it was probably not a practical solution. He said he did
not see any perceived issues with Architectural Review Committee. He
said there were very few that were not worked out within that aspect.
Vice Mayor Dunfield said he was concerned in that the environs review
tends to focus on the "big ticketed" items and in this case, those items
have been determined. He said Enslinger mentioned "height" for example,
presumably that is not going to be an issue that the Architectural
Review Committee will raise.
Enslinger said the applicant has considered reducing the height of the
second story by reducing the knee wall height. Currently it's at an
8-foot height. It will still have 1½ stories, but there has been some
discussion of decreasing the knee wall height to maybe 6 feet as opposed
to a full 8 feet. One of the bigger issues was the front porch. This
is a utilitarian structure and some of the design elements make it look
more like a dwelling or residential unit so removal or refinement of
those details will be important.
Commissioner Kennedy asked, with this new garage and storage building,
were their plans to remove the existing structure in the alley?
Enslinger said staff has discussed this issue with the applicant. He
was not sure there was a resolution to that issue. He said he thought
they were currently using the existing structure for storage and would
move the storage that was contained in that facility to the new facility
so that may be a possibility. He said he did not think that was
something the Architectural Review Committee would require or discuss,
but would encourage the applicant to do that so that it might provide
better access toward the rear.
Commissioner Rundle said Enslinger pointed out that we have a broader
discretion to focus. He asked if there are things that he could call to
mind from Horizon 2020.
Enslinger said he did not think there was anything in the Comprehensive
Plan that would directly address this project. He said he thought there
were economic issues that are different from some other project which
hasn't began. The applicant has expended some costs in terms of
construction with the concept that they had a building permit and that
the Historic Resources Commission and the site plan review were not
conducted because of an error. He said he thought that was one factor
that you would consider along with other factors in relationship to the
property and the intent to the property owner to try and meet those
guidelines as best they can even though the project has been denied or
been determined to encroach upon.
Commissioner Rundle said because of the circumstances that the building
permit was issued out of sequence. He said this is a unique situation
and was concerned about precedent. He said this didn't seem to him that
it was a precedent situation because of those unique circumstances.
Enslinger said during the normal process most of the issues would have
been resolved, both the site plan issues and the variances issues prior
to construction and that has been the major issue. He said your often
forced into a difficult situation when a number of things have been
predetermined based on the economics. He said he thought there was a
clear case in terms of what factors you could consider.
Commissioner Henry asked, should the site plan be approved with the
conditions, then that puts the final determination in the hands of the
Architectural Review Committee.
Wildgen said unless this is not resolved, then it comes back to the City
Commission.
Vice Mayor Dunfield said presumably if the Commission approves this and
with some commentary, that commentary as part of the minutes would be
transferred to the Architectural Review Committee.
Enslinger said yes. He said the committee would be meeting this week or
early next week.
Commissioner Rundle said normally when they have this discussion of
"feasible or prudent alternatives" and, especially economics where
you're talking about money that hasn't been spent, he thought this was a
very distinct case where money has already been spent so we don't have
to theorize and it compels us to approve the Resolution.
Vice Mayor Dunfield said in some ways this is one of those cases where
the mandates of the State Environs Review Process are a bit at
cross-purposes to some of our other planning goals. He said we want to
promote in-fill development and want our older neighborhoods to be as
useful and to be able to continue to be inhabited in the most useful way
possible within the confines of the zoning. In this case, the
fundamental movement is to make the property more useful to its owner.
In some of the issues in terms of the architectural detailing, he said
this is a double lot that this property sits on and with the fact that
the building permit was issued and the building is already under
construction and essentially built at the front yard setback line rather
than at a utility building line at the back of the property, it would
seem that we are working at cross-purposes to say that we want this
building to look non-descriptive, yet look like a utility garage when in
fact, the structure addresses the street in the same way the houses on
either side address the street, in terms of the setback. He said he
hoped the Architectural Review Committee takes that into consideration
and not be so literal in saying that they want this building to look
like an outbuilding when in fact it will be part of the streetscape. He
said he was not criticizing what the HRC has done and they have done
their job as it is assigned to them and had done the job correctly and
properly, but there were conflicts between different goals at times.
Commissioner Rundle said he was thinking on the lines of making our
inter-neighborhoods viable in in-fill development. He asked if that
would add any strength to reference this or just the fact that we have
it in the minutes would be sufficient.
Moved by Dunfield, seconded by Rundle, to adopt Resolution No. 6425,
concerning the determinations of the Historic Resources Commission
regarding the proposed construction at 1344 Massachusetts Street.
Motion carried unanimously.
(19)
Moved by Henry, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the site plan
(SP-06-43-02) for an existing multiple-family apartment building and
garage/storage building, located at 1344 Massachusetts, subject to the
following conditions:
1. A Site Plan Performance Agreement be executed;
(Per Section 20-1433);
2. Provision of an agreement not-to-protest a
benefit district for sidewalk improvements on Massachusetts Street;
3. Relaying of the brick sidewalk on 14th Street;
4. Provide the City Commission hold a public
hearing pursuant to K.S.A. 75-2724 and find that "no feasible and
prudent alternatives" exists and that all possible planning has been
provided to mitigate the effects on the listed property or its
environs"; and,
5. Review and approval of the finalized building
designs by the Lawrence Historical Resources Commission Architectural
Review Committee.
Motion carried unanimously.
(20)
Mike Wildgen, City Manager, presented the results of the bids
for the Airport Improvement Project. He said the City has received bids
on 4 different schedules and the grant has been offered from the FAA for
$2,500,945. He said the wetlands mitigation bid was over the engineer's
estimate, but the FAA has accepted the bid. The engineer's estimate
will be waived for this bid.
The City Commission reviewed the bids for (Schedule I & II) the
extension of runway and taxiway 400 feet south and 300 feet north for
Lawrence Municipal Airport. The bids were:
BIDDER SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE II
TOTAL SCH. I & II
Engineer's Estimate $1,534,679.95 $597, 063.45
$2,131,743.40
Hamm Asphalt $1,297,453.53 $491,565.05
$1,789,018.58
Kanza Construction $1,648,035.55 $569,678.15
$2,217,714.70
GC Construction $2,012,380.60 $823,184.50
$2,835,565,10
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Rundle, to award the bid to Hamm Asphalt
Construction, for the total amount of Schedule I and II, in the amount
of $1,789,018.58. Motion carried unanimously.
(21)
The City Commission reviewed the bids for (Schedule III) the relocation
of navigational aids for Lawrence Municipal Airport. The bids were:
BIDDER SCHEDULE III
Engineer's Estimate $225,000
Capital Electric Construction Co. $206,000
B&W Electric Contractors $286,900
DACO Construction Co. $336,948
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Rundle, to award the bid to Capital
Electric Construction Co., in the amount of $206,000. Motion carried
unanimously.
(22)
The City Commission reviewed the bids for (Schedule IV) the wetlands
mitigation for Lawrence Municipal Airport. The bids were:
BIDDER SCHEDULE IV
Engineer's Estimate $40,000
R.D. Johnson Excavating $130,885
LRM Industries, Inc. $134,890
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Rundle, to waive the engineer's estimate
for Schedule IV, and award the bid to R.D. Johnson Excavating, in the
amount of $130,885. Motion carried unanimously.
(23)
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Hack, to accept the FAA Grant. Motion
carried unanimously. (24)
Ron Hall, Director, Information Systems, presented the staff report
concerning the approval of 2002 E-gov projects and the AS400 upgrade.
He gave a brief review of his Information Systems Department and
outlined some of their activities. He said in the early days of City
Hall, the City was sharing a computer with the Douglas County School
District. Now, the Information Systems Department had advanced to 9
employees and over 400 computers to over 35 locations around the City.
He said they cover areas with Geographic Information Systems, PC's and
Networking. He said his department also handles the AS400, financial
application, telecommunications, voice mail, telephones and document
imaging throughout the City. Some of their recent projects were
installing a code enforcement system in Neighborhood Resources as well
as a credit card payment processing system for them. The department
also established a document imaging system for Administrative Services
and Legal Services which were a recent add-on to the existing system.
Also, with the move of Human Relations and Parks and Recreation to 947
New Hampshire, there were other issues of connectivity for data and
telecommunication. Another issue related to this was the issue of video
arraignment. He said while they were pulling fiber optic cable between
947 New Hampshire and the Law Enforcement Center, landing right between
those two sites was Municipal Court and it was an opportunity to pull
some additional fiber optic cable and add a video arraignment station
and camera equipment for Municipal Court which was a nice way to add
them on to the existing system which saved them staff time. The latest
addition is the Transit System Department which would be moved to the
parking garage office so there are the same issues of data and
telecommunications.
Hall said one of their new projects is to present the E-government Plan
and possibly implement some of those applications this year. He said
the departments on-going projects were the City's 35 networks sites
which was a continued challenge to upgrade these sites and maintain
connectivity for all of the departments along with e-mail and
applications.
He said the two areas of consideration for discussion tonight was the
model upgrade for the AS400 computer. That system houses all of the
City's financial applications including payroll, accounts payable,
utility billing, purchasing inventories, and others. Normally this
system is on a 4-year replacement cycle or upgrade cycle because at the
end of that period, technology is advance enough that a model upgrade is
considered. He said they might have storage issues at that time when
additional employees have been added on the system, there are
performance issues.
The 4-year replacement cycle would normally happen next year. He said
IBM is offering in an effort to spur 4th quarter sales, in a lagging
economy, 50% off of the hardware upgraded to selective models one of
which would be our logical expansion for next year. In terms of that
50% off, the hardware would be installed this year. He said this would
save the City substantial funding over upgrading a year from now which
would save the City $50,000. The proposal tonight is to consider
upgrading now instead of next year which would be funded by $25,000 from
the Water and Sewer Fund and $34,874 from reserved funds.
Hall said the E-government Strategic Plan is the outgrowth of a City
Commission Goal in 2002, to begin our E-government initiative. He said
he wanted to discuss some of the activities that lead up to the
formulation of the plan. He said approximately a year ago, staff formed
an e-government consisting of some of the departments that would likely
be early implementers such as Finance, Legal Services, Park and
Recreation, Neighborhood Resources, City Manager's Office,
Administrative Services, and Information Systems. He said staff joined
a Kansas City Area Consortium of Cities that were lead by a group called
Innovations Group and the Kansas City Mid-American Council. He said
they lead this group of Kansas City communities through an e-government
strategic planning process. Some of the other participating cities were
Blue Springs, Missouri, Olathe, Shawnee, Leavenworth, Wyandotte County,
Overland Park, Douglas County, Kansas City Missouri, Grandview, and
Lawrence.
Hall said the process took them through an e-government planning
process. He said they looked at conducting community assessments and
shared plans with other cities and received feedback. He said they
gathered best practices and had quite a bit of resources available from
the Innovations Group about other cities and plans in place and were
able to draw from that. He said they were visited by the cities of
Plano, Texas and Bellevue, Washington, that are already far along in
their e-government processes and they were able to share some valuable
information.
He said staff had conducted a citizen survey here in Lawrence and
received 2800 responses back from citizens. This identified 3 areas
that were of very high interest and that was Utility Billing for on-line
bill payment, Parks and Recreation class enrollment, and on-line
Internet mapping. He said staff would proceed with a series of 3
meeting throughout the year with the Innovations Group which they helped
staff to formulate this plan.
Hall said there were a number of applications designated for 2002 and
into 2004. He said the plan calls, in the fourth quarter, to allocated
funds for the purchases of Recreational Classes and Utility Billing
on-line. He said they would also like to purchase this year, hardware
and software for employee intranet. He said City staff has payroll and
personnel information that's available through our network in a
disjointed fashion. The intranet would simply be a web-based system
available only for employees and internal use not visible from the
outside. This would be a wonderful way to provide information to our
employees.
In the first quarter of 2003, staff is looking at implementing mapping.
During the budget hearing this year, he presented two options for
Internet mapping. One was to basically purchase all the equipment and
software and run it in-house. The other option was to utilize the Data
Access Support Center (DASC) at K.U. and let them use our equipment,
host our data, and ship it out to the network on our behalf which is a
much less expensive option. He said $10,000 was allocated for that
purpose. He said he met with DASC and they were quite anxious to help
the City with this project.
In the second quarter of 2003, we will begin to market our e-government
applications to inform the public that applications are available
on-line. He said also identified was to purchase intranet computer
kiosk for employees and not all employees of the City have computers or
easy access to web information. He said this part of the plan would
address that issue.
In the second half of 2003, we get into on-line job applications. This
would allow for persons to do their on-line job applications which would
reduce or eliminate redundant data entry.
In January of 2004, we would purchase an on-line building permit and
inspection application system. He said in 2003 a building permit system
for Neighborhood Resources was earmarked which was a prerequisite to
this front end web based system that staff was looking at.
In 2004, concerning Internet kiosk for citizens, the funds will be used
for the purchase of some additional access points for citizens other
than the library.
Hall said staff was asking for consideration of acceptance of the plan
and approval to proceed with the 2002 initiatives outlined in the plan.
Mayor Hack said the one thing that stood out to her when she read the
plan was how comprehensive this plan was. She said she appreciated on
one hand that Hall wanted to move forward with technology and at the
same time be sensitive to the situation of some of our citizens and
staff who do not have computer access.
Hall said he would like to give kudos to Ed Mullins, Finance Director,
who was very instrumental in getting this plan completed along with the
Innovations Group Plan.
Commissioner Henry said this was a great plan and was glad to see that
this was a plan that would show what the City would be doing in the
future.
Mayor Hack said there were two issues that needed to be addressed.
First, was to proceed with the initiative. She asked Hall if he made a
comment about continuing on with the e-government committee to guide the
implementation.
Hall said yes. He said staff had some policy issues to address
immediately such as advertising on the web, credit card payment, and
other issues.
Moved by Rundle, seconded by Kennedy, to receive the presentation from
Ron Hall, Director of Information Services, concerning the approval of
2002 E-government projects.
(25)
Mayor Hack called for public comment concerning the request for an
AS4000 upgrade.
After receiving no public comment, it was moved by Henry, seconded by
Kennedy, to approve the request for an AS400 upgrade.
(26)
During Commission items, Vice Mayor Dunfield reported that GLPM
Architects was notified that the Arts Center Building has received a
design award from the Kansas Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects and the firm will be receiving that award in October.
He also mentioned that concerning the SLT, he has been following in the
press, but have not seen anything come through the City about a proposed
agreement among KDOT, Douglas County, and Baker University. He asked
that City staff make contact with the County Commission or KDOT to keep
the City in the loop of information as the City clearly has interest in
those issues.
Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Rundle, to adjourn at 8:10 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
APPROVED:
_____________________________
Sue Hack, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk
COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
1. Bid - John Deer Tractor for Parks & Rec to
McConnell Machinery for $40,032.10.
2. Purchase Radio's - 800 MHz radios from Motorola
Direct for $32,910.88
3. Bids - Comprehensive Rehab Projects, for 340
Pleasant to Master Plan for $19,232; 325 Clayton Ct, to General
Construction for $16,888; and, 1621 St. Andrews Ct, bid rejected.
4. Ordinance No. 7573 - 2nd Reading, Install
traffic signals & geo improvements at Clinton Pkwy & Hawthorne/Hartford.
5. Ordinance No. 7572 - 2nd Reading, Construction
of a portion of George Williams Way.
6. UPR - (UPR-07-05-02), 120' communications tower
at Free State H.S.
7. UPR - (UPR-07-06-02), Revise Lawrence Memorial
Hospital Master Plan, to include NW corner of W 4th & Arkansas.
8. Site Plan - (SP-08-60-02), Construction of 3
duplex structures, 4101 W 6th from Free State Townhomes.
9. Site Plan - (SP-07-55-02), Construction of bldg
for Douglas County bank, 6th & Folks.
10. Variance from City Code - Home Depot,
requirement on sizing of fire service connections.
11. Signs of Community Interest - Lawrence Library
& Lawrence Homebuilder Assoc.
12. Mortgage Release - 320 Lyon, Tom & Frankie
Conroy.
13. Master Planning Service Contract - Landplan for
$25,500 for leased area at Clinton Lake.
14. Rezone - W 8th, from RM-1 & RM-D to RS-2, Lts
10-6 & 19, Blk 3, Lts 24-31, Blk 2, Pinnacle-W Addition.
15. Ordinance No. 7576 - 1st Reading, Defer,
prohibit use of Lawrence Transit System shelters & benches by persons
other than riders.
16. Ordinance No. 7574 - 2nd Reading, Defer (2
weeks), condemnation of utility easement for Westwood Hills SS, W of
Queens Rd.
17. City Manager's Report - Grants for Solid Waste
Annex N facility/Traffic Safety Project/Fire-Medical Dept. Open
House/Lawrence Arts Center article.
18. Economic Development - Chamber of Commerce, 6
Month Action Plan.
19. Resolution No. 6425, Historic Resources
Commission proposed construction at 1344 Mass.
20. Site Plan - (SP-06-43-02) Apt Bldg &
garage/storage located at 1344 Mass.
21. Airport Bid - Extension of runway & taxiway to
Hamm Asphalt for $1,789,018.58.
22. Airport Bid - Relocation of navigational aids to
Capital Electric for $206,000.
23. Airport Bid - Wetlands mitigation to R.D.
Johnson Construction for $130,885.
24. Airport - Accept FAA Grant
25. 2002 E-gov Projects upgrade
26. AS400 Upgrade.