Bottomline

Lawrence city commissioners will consider approving a contract with Kansas City-based el dorado incorporated to conduct preliminary design work on a project to convert a portion of Ninth Street into an arts-based corridor.

Background

The proposed contract is for about $294,000, plus out-of-pocket expenses, for el dorado and its team of consultants to do preliminary design work for the project, which is the portion on Ninth Street east of Massachusetts. The contract includes multiple meetings, steering committees and other efforts to get feedback from the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association, artists, downtown businesses and residents and other stakeholders.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 12/16/14 and 12/30/14.

• 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) Set a bid date of February 17, 2015 for Bid No. B1502, Project UT1409 – Avalon Road Water Replacement, 9th Street to Cambridge Road.  

 b) Set a bid date of February 24, 2015 for Bid No. B1501, Project UT1416 – Kaw & Clinton Water Treatment Plant Roof Replacements.    

 c) Authorize a purchase order, in the amount of $80,249.40, to Harris ERP Software, for 2015 Innoprise ERP Software maintenance.    

• Adopt the following ordinances on second and final reading:

 a) Joint City Ordinance No. 9069/County Resolution No. 15-3, for Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA-14-00459) to Horizon 2020, Chapter 14 (West of K-10 Plan) to change designations from Low Density Residential, High Density Residential, and Residential Office, to Commercial Center – CC600, located at 6200 W. 6th Street. ( 

b) Ordinance No. 9070, to rezone (Z-14-00458) approximately 120.6 acres located at 6200 W. 6th St.

• Accept dedication of access easements for a Minor Subdivision, MS-14-00487, for 27 Iowa Addition, located at 2727 Iowa Street.  Submitted by Landplan Engineering, for Michael Boyd, property owner of record.    

• Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with BridgePointe Community Church for easements related to Project UT1304 Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Plant and Conveyance Corridor Facilities.  

• Authorize the City Manager to execute a License Agreement permitting ELR, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, to install and maintain two groundsoil monitoring wells within the City’s rights of way at the intersection of Ninth Street and Highland Street.    

1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a License Agreement permitting Presto Convenience Stores, LLC, a Kansas limited liability company, to install and maintain ten ground water monitoring wells within the City’s rights of way in the vicinity of 602 West Ninth Street.    

 • Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute the contract with el dorado, inc., for the 9th Street Corridor (Art Place) Project.    

•. Consider adopting Resolution No. 7097, establishing a fiber policy and fiber leasing framework for the City of Lawrence and continue discussion on the Wicked Fiber economic development request.