Bottomline

City commissioners will consider temporarily closing a portion of the 800 block of New Hampshire Street to accommodate the construction of a multistory apartment and office building.

Background

Commissioners will consider a plan that will close the northbound lane of the street for up to two years to accommodate construction equipment needed for the project. The closure would be for the portion of the street north of Ninth Street and south of the mid-block crosswalk. During portions of the project, the southbound lane also would be closed to traffic while crews do utility work in the street.

Special 5:30 p.m. start time.

Consent agenda

• 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 City Clerk’s Office.    

• Bid and purchase items:

a) Approve the sale of surplus equipment on GovDeals.  

b) Authorize the City Manager to Execute Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Walter P. Moore in the amount of $18,000 for Project UT1416 – Kaw and Clinton Water Treatment Plant Roof Replacements.  

c) Approve the purchase of wing plow retro-fitting for snow removal for the Public Works Department to American Equipment Co., in an amount not to exceed $25,000, utilizing the City of Olathe cooperatively bid contract #14-4398.  

d) Authorize payment of $18,511 to the Lawrence Journal World for the printing and dissemination of the 2015 Winter/Spring Activities Guide.  

• Adopt the following ordinances on second and final reading:

a) Ordinance No. 9029, exempting the Carma and CarmaHop ridesharing programs for a period of six (6) months from the provisions of STO 69(a).

b) Ordinance No. 9045, installing a stop sign on 9th Street at Delaware Street. 

c) Ordinance No. 9046, adding Delaware Street, from 8th Street to 11th Street, to the Truck Delivery Route Schedule. 

d) Ordinance No. 9047, rescinding Ordinance No. 8814 that was established on October 23, 2013 that established a yield on eastbound 9th Street at Delaware Street. 

e) Ordinance No. 9048, designating the speed limit of 20 mph on Delaware Street from 8th Street to 11th Street. 

• Adopt on second and final reading, Ordinance No. 9040, establishing a Neighborhood Revitalization Area at 900 Delaware Street.  Authorize the City Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement between the City, County, and School District on NRA Administration and authorize the City Manager to execute a Performance Agreement between the City and the applicant.    

• Accept vacation of certain utility easements and dedication of new utility easements shown on Minor Subdivision, MS-14-00415, for Diamond Heights, a Minor Subdivision Replat of Lot 10, Block One, Diamondhead and Lots 10 & 11, Block Two, Langston Heights Addition. The property is located at 6208 Blue Nile Drive, 6304 Serenade Drive and 810 Silver Rain Road.     

• Accept dedications of right-of-way and easements for Final Plat, PF-14-00143, for Kellyn Addition, located on the northwest corner of Queens Road and Overland Drive. Submitted by Grob Engineering, for Prairie Rose Holdings LC, property owner of record.    

• Authorize the Mayor to execute a Termination of Base Lease Agreement, Lease Agreement and Bond Trust Indenture for the Neuvant House II project.    

• Authorize the Mayor to sign a Mortgage Subordination for Clayton McHenry, 936 Pennsylvania.  

• Authorize the Mayor to execute a purchase contract with 1106 Rhode Island, LLC for the purchase of the property located at 1106 Rhode Island Street for $90,000, with the understanding that within one year of signing the purchase contract, the new owner will seek designation on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places for the property.   Staff Memo & Attachments

• Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Consider request to approve a street event permit for the Kansas Half Marathon and 5K to close various streets in downtown and throughout Lawrence from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Sunday November 2, 2014.  

• Consider approving a right of way permit for First Construction, LLC, to partially close a portion of the 800 block of New Hampshire Street and to partially close the 200 block of East 9th Street for a 24 month period for the construction of a building on the northeast corner of the intersection of 9th Street and New Hampshire Street.    

• Consider a request to revise the Preliminary Development Plan, PDP-14-00183, for HERE @ Kansas, located at 1101 & 1115 Indiana Street to reduce total parking spaces provided for the project from 683 to 583 (all 100 spaces requested to be removed are located within the onsite parking structure) and to affirm staff’s interpretation of the plan that the structure complies with the maximum height allowed per the zoning district.