Bottom line

Commissioners will receive a draft request for proposals for reuse of two fire stations that will be vacated next summer. The city will accept proposals for the long-term public and/or private use of the buildings.

Background

Fire Station No. 4, 2819 Stonebarn Terrace, is being relocated to 18th Street and Wakarusa Drive and will be vacant in the summer of 2006. The building will be listed as a landmark on the National Register of Historic Places because of the relationship to Grover’s Barn, formerly an Underground Railroad site, which is part of the fire station. Fire Station No. 5, 1839 Mass., has been an active fire and medical response station since 1928. When new Fire Station No. 5 at 19th Street and Stewart Avenue is completed in the summer of 2006, this facility will be vacant. The building will be listed on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places.

Other business

Recognition and proclamations

¢ Presentation of city employee service awards.

¢ Proclaim November 14 18 to be U.S. International Education Week.

Consent agenda

¢ Approve City Commission meeting minutes.

¢ Receive minutes from various boards and commissions.

¢ Approve all claims.

¢ Approve licenses as recommended by the Department of Administrative Services.

Bid and purchase items:

¢ Award bid for three rear load refuse trucks for the Public Works/Solid Waste division to Roy Conley & Co. for $306,414.

¢ Award bid for one roll-off truck for the Public Works/Solid Waste division to Roy Conley & Co. for $87,343.

¢ Approve purchase of two one-ton trucks for the Parks & Recreation/Facilities Maintenance division from Shawnee Mission Ford off the MACPP bid for $17,129 each, for a total of $34,258.

¢ Approve purchase of one-ton pickup for Parks & Recreation from Heritage Dodge off the MACPP bid for $15,753.20.

¢ Authorize purchase of property from Beckett Ministries International Inc. in the amount of $10,000 for the reconstruction of the North Lawrence Pump Station No. 3, generally located at 720 Grant St.

¢ Award Mechanical Systems Renovation Project, Phase Four, for the Investigation and Training Center to Huxtable L.T. Service Inc. for $15,490.

¢ Adopt Resolution No. 6619 , for issuance of General Obligations Bonds for Mechanical Systems Renovation Project, Phase Five, for City Hall.

¢ Award Mechanical Systems Renovation Project, Phase Five, for City Hall to Huxtable L.T. Service, Inc. for $199,680.

Adopt the following ordinances on first reading:

¢ Ordinance No. 7932 , establishing new bus zones along the south side of 15th Street.

¢ Ordinance No. 7944 , establishing an “all way stop” at Constant Avenue and Becker Drive.

Adopt the following ordinance on second and final reading:

¢ Ordinance No. 7942, an ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 7883, and extending the temporary moratorium for the issuance of building permits for certain properties until Feb. 1, 2006.

Authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with TranSystems Inc. in the amount of $231,822 for the engineering design of the reconstruction of the intersection at North Second and Locust streets; approve Resolution 6620 authorizing the issuance of bonds in the amount of $240,000 for this project.

Authorize Mayor to execute KDOT Form 1303 (Certification of Real Property Acquisition Procedures) for the reconstruction of the bridge over the Kansas Turnpike on Kasold Drive; approve Resolution No. 6621, verifying right-of-way clearance and utility arrangements.

Approve selection of Lowenthal Singleton Webb and Wilson for city audit services.

Authorize the issuance of a Request for Proposal for the design and construction of Sixth and Kentucky sanitary sewer lift station improvements.

Authorize the issuance of a Request for Qualifications for the Development Review Process Project.

Receive request from Normandy Park Homeowners Assn. concerning private street maintenance; refer to staff for report.

Adopt findings of fact, approve rezoning requests, and authorize drafting of ordinances for placement on future agenda.

Consider a request to rezone a tract of land approximately 1.35 acres from M-2 to RS-2; located on the south side of the 200 block of Perry Street. Requested by the North Lawrence Neighborhood Assn. and initiated by the Planning Commission at their July 25 meeting.

City manager’s report

Regular agenda

Receive draft request for proposals for reuse of Fire Station No. 4, 2819 Stonebarn Terrace, and Fire Station No. 2,1839 Mass.