Bottomline

Commissioners will consider creating a citizen advisory committee for the 9th Street Corridor/Art Place project. This committee would be comprised of stakeholders with the project including a city commissioner, East Lawrence Neighborhood Association members, a Downtown Lawrence Inc. member, a representative from the Warehouse Arts District, representatives from the Lawrence Arts Center, representatives from businesses along the corridor and a representative from the Cultural Arts Commission.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 01/06/15.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:

• Joint Economic Development Council meeting of 12/19/14

• Mental Health Board meeting of 12/02/14

• Public Incentive Review Committee meeting of 09/09/14

• 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.

• Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.

• Bid and purchase items:

• Reset bid date of February 17, 2015 to February 24, 2015 for Bid No. B1467, Project UT1304 – Contract No. 4 Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Plant and Conveyance Corridor. Staff Memo

• Set a bid date of March 3, 2015 for the Burcham Park River Trail project. Staff Memo & Attachments

• Approve purchase of one (1) Police Utility Vehicle from Laird Noller Ford, for $26,702. This unit replaces a unit that was totaled in an accident and the prices are based off a previous bid for police vehicles in January. Staff Memo

• Approve the purchase of US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) approved rip-rap from Mid States Materials not to exceed $50,000. Bid Memo & Attachments

• Authorize the Utilities Department to sole source purchase meters for the 2015 15-Year Large Water Meter Replacement Program, from Midwest Meter, Inc. in the amount of $20,476. Staff Memo

• Adopt on second and final reading, the following ordinances:

• Ordinance No. 9071, establishing No Parking along the west side of Quail Creek Drive between 22nd Street and the northerly drive to Quail Creek Apartments.

• Ordinance No. 9072, establishing No Parking along the west side of Tennessee Street for 50 feet north of the exit from Melrose Court, 1605 Tennessee Street.

• Ordinance No. 9074, establishing 5:45 p.m. as the time for the beginning of City Commission meetings.

• Approve Special Use Permit, SUP-14-00509, for Lawrence Creates, a multi-use facility that includes the following: Personal Improvement and Limited Manufacturing and Production uses, located at 512 E. 9th Street. Submitted by Lawrence Creates Inc., for Hill Family Investments LLC, property owner of record. Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9082, for Special Use Permit (SUP-14-00509) for Lawrence Creates, a multi-use facility that includes the following: Personal Improvement and Limited Manufacturing and Production uses, located at 512 E. 9th Street. (PC Item 2; approved 8-0 on 1/26/15) Staff Report Site Plan Map of Area PC Minutes Lawrence Creates Brochure

• Authorize staff to execute a contract with Pre-Qualified Plumbing Contractors to complete I/I Defect Removal on private property. Staff Memo & Attachments

• Authorize staff to send Request for Proposals to engineering firms for the engineering design of the Baldwin Creek Trail Project. Staff Memo & Attachments

• Authorize the City Manager to execute license agreements for the use of city property for agricultural use in the Common Ground Program for: 1313 Pennsylvania, 1304 Pennsylvania, and Douglas County Parcel Number(s) N08024-10. Staff Memo & Attachments

• Approve as “signs of community interest”, a request from the Lawrence Home Builders Association to place directional signs in specified rights-of-way throughout the City for the 2015 Lawrence Annual Home Show, for the period February 16 – February 23, 2015.

• Authorize the Mayor to sign the a Release of Mortgage for Tristan A. Westphal and Papri B. Westphal (Barman), 255 N. Michigan #3-12. Staff Memo

Regular agenda

• Receive briefing from Dan Partridge, Director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, on a recent accreditation site visit.

• Consider a request from Lawrence Habitat for Humanity to transfer a city owned lot at 815 Oak Street.

• Consider authorizing the creation of and membership framework for a Citizen Advisory Committee for the 9th Street Corridor/ArtPlace Project.

• Continue discussion on proposed City Fiber Policy and fiber leasing framework. CTC representative presentation and consider adopting Resolution No. 7097, adopting the city fiber policy and fiber leasing framework.

• Consider adopting Resolution No. 7103, authorizing the issuance of up to $14.5 million in industrial revenue bonds for the Pioneer Ridge project for the purpose of obtaining a sales tax exemption on acquiring, construction and equipping a senior independent living facility near Harvard Road and Wakarusa Drive.

• Consider the following items related to 705 Massachusetts Street.

a) Receive request from Eldridge Hotel, LLC, for a Neighborhood Revitalization Area and Industrial Revenue Bond financing for a hotel expansion project and receive recommendation from Public Incentives Review Committee.

b) Conduct public hearing on the establishment of a Neighborhood Revitalization Area (NRA) at 705 Massachusetts Street and consider adopting on first reading, Ordinance No. 9086, establishing the revitalization area and approving the NRA plan, and consider adopting Resolution No. 7104, authorizing Industrial Revenue Bond (IRB) financing for the purpose of accessing a sales tax exemption on project construction materials.

• Consider approving Comprehensive Plan Amendment, CPA-14-00516, to Horizon 2020: Chapter 14 (An Area Plan for the Intersection Area of West 6th Street & Wakarusa Drive) to revise the maximum retail cap from 127,487 square feet to 137,490 square feet to permit a commercial/retail development, located at 525 Wakarusa Drive. Submitted by Schwerdt Design Group, Inc., for CPC Ventures, Inc., property owner of record. Consider adopting on first reading, Ordinance No. 9083, for Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA-14-00516) to Horizon 2020: Chapter 14 (An Area Plan for the Intersection Area of West 6th Street & Wakarusa Drive) to revise the maximum retail cap from 127,487 square feet to 137,490 square feet to permit a commercial/retail development, located at 525 Wakarusa Drive.

• Consider approving a request to rezone, Z-14-00515, approximately 2.982 acres from CO (Office Commercial) District to CC600-PD (Community Commercial with Planned Development Overlay) District, located at 525 Wakarusa Drive. Submitted by Schwerdt Design Group, Inc. for CPC Ventures, Inc., property owner of record. Consider adopting on first reading, Ordinance No. 9084, to rezone (Z-14-00515) approximately 2.982 acres from CO (Office Commercial) District to CC600-PD (Community Commercial with Planned Development Overlay) District, located at 525 Wakarusa Drive. (PC Item 4A; approved 8-0 on 1/26/15)

• Consider approving, Preliminary Development Plan, PDP-14-00517, for a Restaurant and Retail use located on approximately 2.982 acres at 525 Wakarusa Dr. Submitted by Schwerdt Design Group, Inc., for CPC Ventures, Inc., property owner of record. (PC Item 4B; approved 8-0 on 1/26/15)