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

Use of 8 parking spaces requested

Bottom line

City commissioners are being asked to allow eight parking spaces in a downtown lot to be temporarily taken out of service to accommodate a building project.

Background

Developers who plan to remodel the multi-story office building at 123 W. Eighth St. are asking to use spots in the public parking lot on the east side of the 800 block of Vermont Street for a construction staging area.

The builders want to use the spots – which are on the north end of the lot – for nine months.

Previously, the development group had wanted to purchase the lots from the city to accommodate an expansion of the building. The development group is no longer pursuing that idea.

Other business

Consent agenda

¢ Approve City Commission meeting minutes from Oct. 28 and Nov. 4.

¢ Receive minutes from various boards and commissions.

¢ Approve all claims.

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

¢ Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor.

¢ Adopt the following ordinances on second and final reading:

a.) Ordinance No. 8345, rescinding Ordinance No. 7022 that established no parking on the east side of Jana Drive between Harvard Road and Holiday Drive.

b.) Ordinance No. 8346, establishing no parking along the north side of Eisenhower Terrace and no parking along the east side of Emerald Drive.

¢ Approve a request to rezone (Z-08-15-08) a tract of land approximately .134 acres from U-KU (University) to RM32 (Multi-Dwelling Residential), at 1232 La. (initiated by City Commission on 8/12/08) and adopt on first reading Ordinance No. 8343, rezoning 1232 La. from U-KU to RM32.

¢ Approve Comprehensive Plan Amendment CPA-2008-04 to amend Chapter 6, Commercial Land Use Lawrence/New Commercial Areas and Map 6-1 to correct inconsistencies between map and text (initiated by Planning Commission in April 2008 as part of the annual review) and adopt on first reading joint City Ordinance No. 8341/County Resolution No. ____, amending Chapter 6, Commercial Land Use of the Comprehensive Plan, CPA-2008-04.

¢ Approve Comprehensive Plan Amendment CPA-2008-5, to amend Chapter 6, Commercial Land Use, to correct policy numbers under Goal 3 (duplicate numbers). Initiated by Planning Commission in April 2008 as part of the annual review. Adopt on first reading, joint City Ordinance No. 8342/County Resolution No. ____, amending Chapter 6, Commercial Land Use of the Comprehensive Plan, CPA-2008-05.

¢ Accept dedication of easements and rights of way for PP-08-10-08, a preliminary plat for Alexeis Addition, a one-lot, 0.16 acre subdivision at 825 Ill. Submitted by Dean Grob for Paula Minetti, property owner of record.

¢ Approve Text Amendment TA-08-15-08, an amendment to Section 20-403 and 20-1766 of the Development Code to permit light equipment sales/rental uses, which includes car rental agencies, as a permitted use in the CN2 (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning district, and to clarify that this use includes an accessory wash bay and storage of vehicles onsite.

¢ Receive third quarter report from Lawrence Freenet.

¢ Authorize staff to negotiate an engineering services contract with Black & Veatch for Design and Construction Phase Engineer services in conjunction with Project WW0601, improvements to the anaerobic digester process at the Kaw Wastewater Treatment Plant.

¢ Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

¢ Consider approving request from Paul Warner Architects to use eight (8) public parking spaces at 123 W. Eighth St. for construction staging.

¢ Conduct public hearing to consider the vacation of an unused utility easement in Lot 2, Block A, Haddock Addition as requested by property owner McDonald’s Corporation.

¢ Conduct public hearing to consider the vacation of the east 10 feet of right-of-way of Arkansas Street adjacent to Lot 70 and the west 25 feet of Lot 68, in Block 34, West Lawrence Addition, as requested by property owners Lawrence E. and Patricia G. Graner.

¢ Consider adopting Ordinance No. 8350, repealing Ordinance No. 8293 and re-enact its provisions rezoning approximately 155 acres (Z-04-08-08) located on the northwest corner of North 1800 Road and East 900 Road; I-70/K-10 Business Park, from A (Agricultural) to IG (General Industrial). Because valid protest petitions were received, a super-majority vote (at least 4 votes) is needed.

¢ Conduct public hearing for the dilapidated structure at 617 W. Fourth St. Consider adopting Resolution No. 6813, declaring the structure unsafe and dangerous and ordering property owner to repair or remove the structure within a specified period of time. Should the property owner fail to comply, the city would contract for the removal of said structure.

¢ Consider changes to the sidewalk snow and ice removal ordinance and enforcement program.

¢ Consider approving the submittal of the KDOT Five Year Plan and authorize the mayor to sign Request for Construction Project.

¢ Consider changes to the city’s regulations regarding panhandling.

¢ Receive public comment and City Commission direction concerning homeless camping.

¢ Receive staff report regarding sales tax referenda items.