Bottom line

Mayor David Dunfield will deliver the annual “State of the City” address. Tuesday’s meeting is Dunfield’s last as mayor; Mike Rundle is in line to become mayor April 6.

Background

The address generally focuses on accomplishments by the city and commission during the past year, and looks ahead to work that must be done by the commission during the coming year.

Other business

Recognition

• Recognition of 2004 Kansas Master Teacher Pat Grzenda.
• Proclaim April “Mathematics Awareness Month.”
• Presentation of gift from Rotary Clubs for Rotary Arboretum.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from March 16.
• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions: Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting of Feb. 10; Recycling/Resource Conservation Advisory Board meeting of March 10; Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board meeting of Feb. 24.
• Approve all claims.
• Approve drinking establishment licenses for Papa Keno’s, 1035 Mass.; La Familia Cafe & Cantina, 733 N.H.
• Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor: Steve Lane to the Board of Zoning Appeals; Michael B. Sizemore to the Historic Resources Commission; Lynn Goodell to the Housing Trust Fund; and Robert Augelli to the Human Relations Commission.

Bid and purchase items:

• Set bid date of April 13 for milling, overlay and pavement marking project for Sixth Street, from Arizona Street to Arkansas Street.
• Authorize the city manager to enter into a contract agreement with Dobson-Davis Co. in the amount of $215,795 for the 2004 manhole rehabilitation project.
• Authorize city manager to execute an agreement with Bartlett & West Engineers Inc. for additional construction engineering services for the O’Connell Road Improvement Project in the amount of $154,135.
• Authorize mayor to execute Force Account Agreement with KDOT in an amount of $235,643 for construction engineering services for the O’Connell Road Improvement Project.
• Approve bid from Hutchinson Salt for 2,500 tons of road salt at $29.45 a ton, totaling $73,625, with the option to buy an additional 500 tons for $14,725. Total bid with option, $88,350.
• Adopt on first reading Ordinance No. 7769, designating O’Connell Road as a main trafficway pursuant to K.S.A. 12-685, et. seq.

Adopt the following ordinances on second and final reading:

• Ordinance No. 7759, designating Congressional Drive, between West Sixth Street and Overland Drive, within the corporate limits of the city as a main trafficway pursuant to K.S.A. 12-685, et. seq.
• Ordinance No. 7760, designating Overland Drive, between Wakarusa Drive and Queens Road, within the corporate limits of the city as a main trafficway pursuant to K.S.A. 12-685, et. seq.
• Ordinance No. 7758, moving parking from the east side of Avalon Road to the west side of Ninth Street and Cambridge Road.
• Ordinance No. 7755, rezoning 19.199 acres at the northwest corner of West Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive, changing the restrictions on the planned commercial development zoning.
• Ordinance No. 7756, rezoning 18.938 acres at the northeast corner of West Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive from agricultural district to planned commercial development district.
• Ordinance No. 7757, rezoning 25.214 acres at the northwest corner of West Sixth Street and Folks Road from agricultural to planned residential development district.
• Ordinance No. 7761, repealing ordinance No. 7651 and Ordinance No. 7750; concerning a temporary building permit moratorium for the property bounded by West Sixth Street on the south, Congressional Drive on the west, Overland Drive on the north and Folks Road on the east.

Adopt the following resolutions:

• Resolution No. 6531 authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $1,100,000 for construction of O’Connell Road, 23rd Street to 31st Street.
• Resolution No. 6532 authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $650,000 for the summer overlay program. This amount has been budgeted in the 2004 capital improvement budget.
• Resolution No. 6533 authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $350,000 for Sixth Street, Arizona Street to Arkansas Street. This amount has been budgeted in the 2004 capital improvement budget.
• Resolution No. 6534 directing and ordering a public hearing on April 27 on the advisability of the construction of Alabama Street from Third Street approximately 200 feet south.
• Resolution No. 6535 directing and ordering a public hearing on April 27 on the advisability of the construction of Third Street from Alabama Street to Illinois Street.
• Approve a request to rezone a tract of land approximately 17.95 acres plus right-of-way from agricultural to planned residential development district. The property is described as being on the south side of Kansas Highway 10, west of O’Connell Road. Submitted by The Peridian Group Inc. for Eastside Acquisition L.L.C., property owner of record.
• Approve preliminary development plan for Farmland Northwest Addition. The applicant proposes a multiple-family residential subdivision containing 260-units on 17.342 acres. The property is described as being south of K-10 Highway, west of O’Connell Road. Submitted by The Peridian Group Inc. for Eastside Acquisitions L.C., property owners of record.
• Authorize city manager to execute letter of engagement with Gilmore and Bell for bond counsel legal services.
• Approve request from Friends of the Lawrence Public Library to place signs regarding the annual used book sale in various rights-of-way between Sixth and Ninth streets and between Massachusetts and Tennessee streets from Friday, April 2, to Saturday, April 10.
• Authorize city clerk to file appropriate documents to remove the special assessments for the demolition of the structure and weed mowing ($3,870.11) at 1032 N.Y. to facilitate sale for first time home buyers.
• City manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Receive report and recommendation from the Code Review Committee. Refer the designated codes to the appropriate trade/advisory boards to undertake a technical review of the pertinent ICC code and existing code amendments. The codes include: International Building Code, International Fire Code, International Residential Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code and International Fuel Gas Code.
• Receive K-10 corridor report from Rich Caplan.
• Consider approving a site plan for North Town Business Park, a 57,500-square-foot warehouse building on the west side of North Second Street and north of Lyon Street. Submitted by Landplan Engineering for Allen Development Inc., contract purchaser.