Bottomline

City commissioners will consider issuing $17.4 million in new debt to fund water and sewer improvements.

Background

Commissioners previously have approved the projects that will use the new debt. They include: $4.5 million to improve taste and odor issues at the Clinton Water Treatment Plant; $4 million for water main repairs; $2.5 million to reduce stormwater leaking into city sewer pipes; and $1.4 million in maintenance work to the Kaw Water Treatment Plant and the Clinton Water Treatment Plant.

Recognition

1. Proclaim Tuesday, March 17, 2015, for the day of the City of Lawrence’s Twenty Eighth Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
2. Proclaim the City of Lawrence, Kansas a Fair Trade Town USA.   Staff Memo

Consent agenda

1. Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:
2. Approve all claims.  The list of approved claims will be posted to the agenda the day after the City Commission meeting.
3. Approve licenses as recommended by the City Clerk’s Office.
4. Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.
5. Bid and purchase items:

a) Set a bid date of March 24, 2015, for Bid No. B1518, Project No. PW1513 – 2015 Overlay, Patch, and Microsurfacing Program.  

b) Set a bid date of March 31, 2015, for Bid No. B1517, Project No. UT1428 – 10th Street and New York Street Watermain Relocation.  

c) Award the bid for two (2) rear load refuse body trucks for the Solid Waste Division to the low bidder, Downing Sales and Service, for a total of $190,532.    

d) Award the construction contract for Bid No. B1501, Project No. UT1416 – Kaw and Clinton Water Treatment Plants Roof Replacement, to low bidder, Diamond Everley Roofing Contractors, for the base bid in the amount of $297,180, and authorize the City Manager to execute the construction contract.  

e) Award bid for one (1) half ton 4 x 4 truck for the Parks and Recreation Department, to the low bidder, Laird Noller Ford, for $21,854.  

f) Award bid for two (2) half ton 2 X 4 trucks for the Parks and Recreation Department, to the low bidder, Laird Noller Ford, for $40,780.  

1. Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9090, prohibiting the possession of glass bottles and other glass containers in the downtown district during specified hours.
2. Adopt on second and final reading, Ordinance No. 9087, establishing No Parking along both sides of George Williams Way from 6th Street, north to its end; and along the north side of Rock Chalk Drive from George Williams Way, west to the City Limits.
3. Approve a Special Use Permit, SUP-14-00488, for Precious One’s Learning Center, located at 1100 Kasold Drive. The proposal includes four (4) pre-school classrooms accommodating approximately 50 children on weekdays. Submitted by Precious One’s Learning Center, for Christ Community Church, property owner of record. Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9089, for a Special Use Permit (SUP-14-00488) for Precious One’s Learning Center, located at 1100 Kasold Drive. (PC Item 2; approved 8-0 on 2/23/15)
4. Approve a Text Amendment, TA-14-00535, to the City of Lawrence Land Development Code to add a Use that provides incubator space for business/entrepreneurial collaboration and prototyping. Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9091, for Text Amendment (TA-14-00535) to the City of Lawrence Land Development Code to add a Use that provides incubator space for business/entrepreneurial collaboration and prototyping.
5. Authorize staff to submit grant applications for the restoration of the receiving/holding vault at Oak Hill Cemetery and for the documentation of Oak Hill Cemetery using in-kind matching including staff salaries.
6. Approve a street event permit for the 2015 Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade to close various streets downtown on Tuesday March 17, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
7. Authorize staff to request that the Kansas Department of Transportation develop an Exchange Agreement for FFY 2015, enabling the City to exchange federal funds at ninety percent (90%) for state transportation funds.
8. Authorize the City Manager to sign an agreement with Christine Harris Connections and Creative Community Builders to complete a city-wide cultural plan for Lawrence.
9. Receive city manger’s report.

Regular agenda

1. Conduct public hearing to consider the vacation of a public access easement at 1301 W. 24th Street as requested by property owner Collegium KU 1301, LLC.   Staff Memo & Attachments
2. Consider adopting on first reading, Ordinance No. 9092, amending section 6-108.17, repealing existing Chapter VI, Article 6, and enacting in its place Chapter VI, Article 6 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition and amendments thereto, pertaining to taxicabs businesses and taxicab vehicles.
3. Consider rejecting the bids received for the Maple Street Pump Station – Project PW1133 – Bid No. B1503.
4. Consider rejecting all bids and set a new bid date of April 7, 2015, for Bid No. B1467, Project No. UT1304 – Contract 4 Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Plant and Conveyance Corridor.
5. Consider the issuance of debt related to Water and Wastewater Master Plan Improvements and consider adopting Resolution No. 7107, authorizing the amount of $17,400,000 to fund the projects in the water and wastewater master plans, pay for issuance costs, and establish a debt service reserve fund.  Consider adopting Resolution No. 7108, authorizing the issuance of Water and Sewage Revenue Bonds, Series 2015-A, in the amount of $90,680,000 and setting a sale date for April 7, 2015.