Bottom line

City commissioners will consider approving a lease that would allow Ottawa-based Hawkeye Helicopter to move its headquarters and flight operations to the Lawrence Municipal Airport.

Background

Commissioners previously had given tentative approval to the lease, but asked staff members to add language ensuring that the company would pay 100 percent of property taxes on its proposed $700,000 hangar and office building, or lose several city incentives to move here. The main incentive being offered the company is a reduction in lease payments based on the number of new jobs the company creates, which could be about 15.

Other business

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from Jan. 5.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions.

• Approve all claims. The list of approved claims will be posted to the agenda the day after the City Commission meeting.

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

• Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor.

• Adopt the following ordinance(s) on second and final reading:

a.) Ordinance No. 8487, authorizing the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages at Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., on Feb. 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. as part of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Mixer.

b.) Ordinance No. 8407 designating as a landmark on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places, 1515 University Drive, the Fernand Strong House.

c.) Ordinance No. 8408 designating as a landmark on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places, 1204 Oread Ave., the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Building.

d.) Ordinance No. 8409 designating as a landmark on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places, 714 Miss., the John Robert Greenlees House.

• Adopt Resolution No. 6875, ordering the transfer of reserve funds in the amount of $80,000, from the Capital Improvements Fund to the Library Fund for operations for the 2010 budget year.

• Initiate Text Amendment TA-1-1-10 to Sections 20-403, 20-509(3), and 20-524 of the Development Code for MU (Mixed Use) Districts Bars & Restaurants.

• Initiate Text Amendment TA-1-2-10 to Sections 20-403, 20-601(b) and 20-601(b)(1) of the Development Code for hotel/motel/extended stay use to become an allowed use in IL (Limited Industrial) Zoning.

• Approve request by Paul Werner Architects, on behalf of the owner, Boardwalk Apartments LC, for a variance from City Code 19-302(1)(B). which states that apartment houses having 12 living units or less shall have a water meter for each living unit, unless the installation of a single meter for all units is applied for by the owner and approved by the City Commission.

• Approve request by Dan Hermreck Residential Design, on behalf of the owner of the property at 1223 Ohio, Odyssey Rentals, LLC, for a variance from 19-214B of the city code that states a private sanitary sewer service line shall not be in a city public right of way for greater than 15 feet.

• Authorize the distribution of a Request for Qualifications for the design, administration, and project inspection of the Lawrence Public Library roof and adopt Resolution No. 6876, authorizing the issuance of General Obligation Bonds for $500,000.

• Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Consider authorizing the city manager to execute the revised Land Agreement and revised Job Creation Credit Agreement with LWC Partners LLC.

• Consider approving Text Amendment TA-6-17-09 to various sections of the city of Lawrence Land Development Code to review standards related to Boarding House Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 8482, for text amendment TA-6-17-09 various sections of the city of Lawrence Land Development Code to review standards related to Boarding House.

• Receive city auditor’s comparison of accumulated infrastructure depreciation ratio for Lawrence and similar communities.

• Receive city auditor’s solid waste performance audit report.

• Receive recycling matrix report related to curbside recycling options.

• Receive draft Resolution No. 6877, on establishment of a Task Force on growing the Retail Economy.

• Receive report on state legislative items.