Bottomline

Commissioners will approve a closure of Massachusetts Street between North Park and South Park streets from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Aug. 24 to accommodate the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships. Commissioners also will consider closing the top deck of the New Hampshire Street parking garage from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 13 for a fundraising event for the Lawrence Arts Center.

Executive Session 5:15 p.m.

• Consider motion to recess into executive session for approximately 45 minutes for the purpose of discussion of matters relating to employer-employee negotiations and for the purpose of discussing possible property acquisition.  

Regular meeting: 6:35 p.m.

Recognition

• Proclaim Tuesday, July 22, 2014 to be The City of Lawrence, Kansas Celebration of the 24th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• Presentation by the Lawrence Police Foundation of five new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDS) for the Lawrence Police Department.

Consent agenda

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:

• Approve all claims.

• Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.

• Bid and purchase items:

 a) Set bid date of August 5, 2014, for PW1330 – Construction of Regional Detention Basin and Interceptor Trench for Lawrence VenturePark.   

b) Authorize the City Manager to enter into a cost share agreement with the Kansas Water Office and approve payment to the Kansas Water Office in the amount of $28,171 for the City’s portion of the ongoing Kansas River Algal Study.  

 c) Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Engineering Services Agreement with Professional Engineering Consultants in the amount of $42,406 for Project UT1419 Eighth Street Waterline Replacement, Indiana to Kentucky streets.  

 d) Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to a professional services agreement with Olsson Associates to include the development of traffic mitigation strategies associated with potential transit center site at 2201 Stewart Drive for $23,900.

 e) Approve the purchase of US Army Corp of Engineers approved Rip-Rap for use on the Kansas River Levee not to exceed $50,000.00 from Mid-States Material.

 f) Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Treanor Architects for a police facility program and site study in the amount of $32,525.00. 

• Adopt the following ordinances on second and final reading:

 a) Ordinance No. 9020, allowing increased occupancy during cold weather periods at the Lawrence Community Shelter (LCS), located at 3655 E. 25th Street.  Special Use Permit 1-3-10 for LCS, currently caps the shelter’s occupancy at 125 people.  Ordinance No. 9020 would permit up to 140 guests when nighttime temperatures are 40 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.

 b) Ordinance No. 8994, annexing (A-14-00155) approximately 54.31 acres surrounding the proposed K-10 & Bob Billings Parkway interchange. 

 c) Ordinance No. 9018, rezoning (Z-14-00170) approximately 2.52 acres from RM32 (Multi-Family Residential) District and MU-PD (Mixed Use-Planned Development) District to MU-PD (Mixed Use-Planned Development) District, located at 1101 and 1115 Indiana St. (PC Item 1A; approved 10-0 on 6/23/14). 

d) Ordinance No. 9019, designating 1000 New York St. as a landmark on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places. 

• Authorize Mayor to sign the ITS Set-Aside Project Agreement with KDOT for the Sixth Street, Wakarusa Drive and Clinton Parkway ITS Project PW1337.   

• Approve Resolution 7078 which amends Resolution 7038 to include Wakarusa Drive, Clinton Parkway and 23rd Street for use of bonds for fiber related projects included in the ITS Set-Aside Project Agreement and grant.  Resolution No. 7078

• Consider authorization of a 90-day temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO), if appropriate, to allow occupancy and use of the Kansas Athletics facilities at Rock Chalk Park, conditioned on final completion and City approval of various site plan requirements, public infrastructure improvements and minor building and fire code elements.

• Approve a Special Event Permit, SE-14-00273, for over-flow parking, to be located on the west portion of VenturePark property adjacent to the Douglas County Fairgrounds on August 1 and 2, 2014, for the demolition derby and ATV races at the Douglas County Fair, located at 2110 Harper St.   

• Authorize the Mayor to sign documents for the sale and transfer of title for city lot 91 and the south 25 feet of lot 89 on New Hampshire Street, commonly known as 947 New Hampshire to 9-10, L.C.  

• Approve the initiation of a performance audit of financial indicators to be conducted by the City Auditor.  

• Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Conduct a public hearing regarding a distance limitation waiver; Approve a street event permit and closure of the top deck of the New Hampshire Street Parking Garage for Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM; and, Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9002, allowing the possession and consumption of alcohol on Saturday September 13, 2014 from 12:00 am to 11:59 pm on the top deck of the New Hampshire Street Parking Garage located at 927 New Hampshire Street for the Lawrence Arts Center Fall Fundraiser Event.     

• Conduct a public hearing regarding distance limitation waiver; Approve a street event permit and closure of Massachusetts Street between North Park and South Park Streets from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Sunday August 24, 2014; and, Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9012, allowing the sale, possession and consumption of alcohol on Sunday August 24, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in South Park and on Massachusetts Street between North Park and South Park Street for the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship Event.  

• Consider authorizing publication of the 2015 Budget Summary and establishing August 5, 2014 as the public hearing date.  This establishes the maximum budget authority and property tax mill levy for the 2015 budget.  

• .Receive architect’s report on proposed police department facility.  

• City Auditor will present a Performance Audit:  Rock Chalk Park infrastructure improvement monitoring.