Agenda highlights ¢ 6:35 p.m. Tuesday ¢ City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets ¢ Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 ¢ Meeting documents online at www.lawrenceks.org

Intersection improvement suggestions to be heard

Bottom line

Commissioners will be presented with an idea for improving the intersection of Ninth and Iowa streets.

Background

City staff members want to find out whether the commission is interested in beginning talks with the owner of the former Citgo gasoline station at the intersection. One possible idea for improving the intersection is to remove the “spur” that northbound motorists use to turn right onto Ninth Street. If the spur were to be removed, that would allow the former Citgo station to move farther to the south and provide more room for the intersection to be expanded.

Other business

Consent agenda

¢ Approve City Commission meeting minutes from Jan. 15.

¢ Receive minutes from various boards and commissions.

¢ Approve all claims.

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

¢ Bid and purchase items:

a.) Approve 2008 annual software maintenance fee to SunGard HTE for $86,440.

b.) Approve repairs by Midway Sterling to Unit 489, Refuse Truck for the Solid Waste Division of Public Works, up to $15,147.90.

¢ Approve extension of parking agreement with Sunflower Broadband to use City Lot 16 at the monthly rate of $10 per metered space for 43 spaces, for a total of $430 per month, until March 1.

¢ Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

¢ Receive report from the Lawrence Alliance.

¢ Consider request from Lawrence Freenet for city support for “Freenet-Kids”. Receive update on the status of the BusQuest Proposal.

¢ Consider the following items related to The Links at Lawrence, a planned residential development containing 40 multi-dwelling buildings with 12 dwelling units per building for a total of 480 dwelling units, located at the intersection of Queens Road and Wakarusa Drive.

a.) Consider approval of the requested annexation of approximately 81.13 acres

b.) Consider approval of the requested rezoning Z-11-28A-07, a request to rezone a tract of land approximately 80 acres, from A (Agricultural) to RM12 (multi-dwelling residential).

c.) Consider approval of the requested rezoning Z-11-28B-07, a request to rezone a tract of land approximately 80 acres, from RM12 (multi-dwelling residential) to RM12-PD.

d.) Consider approving, subject to conditions and use restrictions, PDP-11-06-07, a preliminary development plan for The Links at Lawrence, located at the intersection of Queens Road and Wakarusa Drive.

e.) Discussion of possible Queens Road special assessment benefit district formation.

¢ Consider authorizing the city manager to enter into an engineering services agreement with Professional Engineering Consultants in the amount of $285,680 for completion of the design and construction phase services for the West Baldwin Creek Interceptor Sewer and initiation of condemnation proceedings, if appropriate.

¢ Consider authorizing the city manager to execute a contract in the amount of $1,131,654 with Burns & McDonnell for design and construction phase engineering services for Phase I of the Kaw Water Treatment Plant Transmission Main and additional services associated with property acquisition along Phases II & III, and the design and construction of the Kansas River crossing associated with Phase II.

¢ Receive briefing from director of public works on request for possible geometric changes at southeast corner of Ninth and Iowa Streets.