Bottom Line

The Lawrence City Commission will consider a site plan for a new sorority house at 1520 Sigma Nu Place.

Background

The Alpha Gamma Delta house would have room for 88 residents. Neighbors on nearby Avalon Road have protested the plans, saying they fear noise and traffic problems will be created in the neighborhood.

Other business

Recognition

• Proclaim May 10 as “Sertoma Bar-B-Q Cookoff Day.”
• Proclaim the week of May 9 as “Police Week” and May 15 as “Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.”
• Proclaim the week of May 11 “National Transportation Week” and May 16 to be “National Defense Transportation Day.”
• Proclaim May as “Mental Health Month.”

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from April 29.
• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions: Mental Health Board meeting of Feb. 25; Board of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters meeting of Jan. 15; Neighborhood Resources Advisory Committee meetings of March 13 and March 27; Practitioners Panel meeting of Jan. 16; Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory meeting of March 25; Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority meeting of March 25.
• Approve all claims.
• Approve retail liquor license for Dangermond Retail Liquor, 923 N. Second St.
• Approve cereal malt beverage off-premise license for Star Food Mart, 501 W. Ninth St.
• Approve sidewalk dining license for Zen Zero, 811 Mass.
• Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor.

Bid and purchase items:

• Award contract for the 2002 Phase II Waterline Improvements at Jayhawk Boulevard/Oread Avenue, 13th Street, to the low bidder, Rose-Lan Contractors for $498,209.
• Authorize a purchase order for the Kaw Intake Pump Rehab project to the sole source vendor, Fairbanks Morse Pump Corp., for $19,720.
• Award contract for the Yankee Tank Interceptor sewer project to the low bidder, McLouth Excavating, for $783,696.
• Award 2003 Overlay and Curb Repair Program, Phase 2, to LRM Industries Inc. in the amount of $889,983.
• Award the purchase of two one-ton pick up trucks with flatbeds for the Public Works Department. Bids will be opened on May 6 and a recommendation for awarding bid will be given to the commissioners prior to the meeting.
• Set bid date of May 20 for Oread Center Sanitary Sewer Improvements.
• Adopt on first reading Ordinance No. 7638, rezoning 35.56 acres to planned residential district; property located on the northwest corner of Peterson Road and Kasold Drive.

Adopt on second and final reading the following ordinances:

• Ordinance No. 7616, enacting City Code requirements for street vendor requirements in the downtown area.
• Ordinance No. 7622, annexing 53 acres of city-owned property by the Municipal Airport.
• Ordinance No. 7643, annexing approximately 1.02 acres generally located at 3015 W. 31st St.
• Ordinance No. 7640, establishing maximum special assessments for the improvement of East 11th Street, east of Haskell Avenue.
• Ordinance No. 7641, establishing maximum special assessment for the improvement of 16th Street, west of Wakarusa Drive.
• Ordinance No. 7642, establishing maximum special assessments for the sanitary sewer improvements at Oread Center, near 16th Street and Wakarusa Drive.
• Approve site plan for Alpha Chi Omega Sorority Parking Lot Renovation and Landscape Improvements; 1500 Sigma Nu Place. Submitted by Darron R. Amman of Bartlett & West Engineers Inc. for Phi Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega House Sorority, property owner of record.
• Approve final plat for Wakarusa View Estates No. 5, a replat of Lots 28 through 38, Block One, Wakarusa View Estates No. 4, a proposed 11-lot subdivision containing approximately 3.797 acres. The property is generally located south of 27th Street and west of Crossgate Drive. Submitted by Landplan Engineering, P.A., for Wakarusa Land Limited Co.
• Approve agreement with Garber Construction Co. concerning 31st Street right-of-way adjacent to Ranch Road subdivision (O’Connell Road and 1300 Road).
• Approve distribution of Police Department Resource Plan Request for Proposals.
• Authorize mayor to sign a joint city/county letter to the governor concerning air quality regulations.
• Authorize the mayor to sign a subordination agreement for Edward and Irene Nieder, 1017 E. Home Circle.
• City manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Consider the adoption of the 2003 annual update of the Consolidated Plan and consider Resolution No. 6468, authorizing the mayor to execute agreements for the 2003 CDBG and HOME programs and other such documents as may be required to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for such programs.
• Conduct a public hearing on the proposed vacation of right-of-way location north of East 23rd Street and east of Haskell Avenue.
• Consider approval of site plan subject for Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority House; Sigma Nu Place. Submitted by Bartlett & West for Epsilon Beta House Corporation of Alpha Gamma Delta of Lawrence, property owners of record.