Bottomline

Lawrence residents will have another chance to provide comments about what priorities the City Commission should address in the upcoming 2016 budget.

Background

Commissioners will spend much of the summer crafting a budget for 2016. Commissioners previously have had two budget forums, where participants were asked to rank how the city is doing in a variety of areas, such as infrastructure, police, fire, and other basic city services. Tuesday’s public hearing will give residents a chance to address the commission about any budget topic they so choose.

STUDY SESSION: (3:00 – 5:15 p.m.)

• City Commission Study Session on public safety and mental health

  RECOGNITION/PROCLAMATION/PRESENTATION: (5:45 p.m.)

• Proclaim May 29 – 31 as The Official Weird Weekend.

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.    

• Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.

• Bid and purchase items:

a) Set a bid date of June 9, 2015, for the completion of O’Connell Road street and storm sewer improvements for the entrance of Lawrence VenturePark – Project No. PW1518.    

b) Award bid for 4,000 tons of de-icing salt for the Public Works Department to the low bidder, Central Salt, LLC, for $203,080.  

c) Authorize purchase of 85 Self Contained Breathing Apparatus and related equipment, to Feld Fire Equipment, for a total of $565,996.81, utilizing the City of Springfield, MO open bid from December 2014.  

d) Approve Change Order for the purchase and installation of 17 street trees to Preferred Lawn Service and Landscaping for $5,716.76.  

• Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9113, amending Chapter V, Article 5-18 of the City of Lawrence Code to allow limited off-premise advertising signs for businesses located on lots within multi-lot unified developments of five (5) acres or more.  

• Adopt on second and final reading, Ordinance No. 9101, to rezone (Z-15-00022) approximately 0.27 acres from CS-UC (Commercial Strip with Urban Conservation Overlay) District to CS-UC (Commercial Strip with Urban Conservation Overlay) District with modification to the zoning restriction to permit a bar use without a food sales requirement, located at 804 Pennsylvania St. (PC Item 4; approved 6-2 on 3/23/15)

• Adopt Resolution No. 7121, establishing June 16, 2015, as the public hearing date on the advisability of the making of certain improvements and signalization of 6th Street and Champion Lane.   Staff Memo & Attachments

• Accept dedications of easement associated with Minor Subdivision, MS-15-00181, for Simpson’s Subdivision No. 2, located at 815 Oak St. Submitted by Grob Engineering Services, for the City of Lawrence, property owner of record.  

• Approve final elevations for the HERE mixed use project, FDP-14-00446, located at the southeast corner of 11th and Mississippi streets.  

• Approve a Special Event Permit, SE-15-00230, for The Selection’s Inventory Liquidation Sale, a used vehicle sales event, located at 565 Wakarusa Drive. The event will occur June 11-21, 2015. Submitted by The Selection, for 6Wak Land Investments LLC, property owner of record.  

• Concur with the following recommendations from the Traffic Safety Commission:

a) To establish a Multiway Stop at the intersection of Ninth Street and Crestline Drive and adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9114, establishing a Multi-Way Stop at the intersection of Ninth Street and Crestline Drive (TSC item #2; approved 6-0 on 4/6/15).    

b) To establish Reserved Parking for persons with disabilities in front of 3920-22 Overland Drive and adopt of first reading, Ordinance No. 9115, establishing Reserved Parking for persons with disabilities in front of 3920-22 Overland Drive (TSC item #3; approved 6-0 on 4/6/15).    

c) To establish No Parking in front of 4 Westwood Road and adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9116, establishing No Parking in front of 4 Westwood Road (TSC item #4; approved 6-0 on 4/6/15).    

d) To establish No Parking along the north side of 24th Place, the south side of 25th Place, and the west side of Jacob Avenue, west of Inverness Drive, and adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9117, establishing No Parking along the north side of 24th Place, the south side of 25th Place and the west side of Jacob Avenue, west of Inverness Drive (TSC item #5; approved 6-0 on 4/6/15).    

• Authorize the acquisition of property for affordable housing by the Lawrence Douglas County Housing Authority at 1725 New Hampshire Street.   Staff Memo

• Authorize the Mayor to sign a Subordination Agreement for Joel and Deborah McDaniel, 1229 Laura Avenue.  Staff Memo

• Authorize the Mayor to sign a Release of Mortgage for Michael Lechtenberg, 1318 Rhode Island Street.   Staff Memo

• Approve as signs of community interest, a request from the Douglas County Master Gardeners’ 2016 Garden Tour to place directional signs in the various rights-of-way throughout the City from June 5 – 7, 2015.

• Receive city manager’s report.

• Receive public comment of a general nature.

 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:

• Receive public comment on 2016 budget.

• Conduct a public hearing regarding a sidewalk dining license for KC Smoke Burgers, 1008 Massachusetts Street.  

• Receive staff report and recommendations regarding 27th Street traffic and pedestrian safety.  

 • Presentation of Public Library 2014 Annual Report.

• Consider the following street maintenance projects:  

a) Consider authorizing additional expenditures in the amount of $607,000 from Infrastructure Sales Tax for 2015 contracted street maintenance, and award City Bid No. B1532, Project No. PW1514 – 2015 Overlay and Concrete Rehabilitation Program and Alternates PW1519 & PW1520 – Mesa Way Street Improvements – Pioneer Ridge Center/Subdivision Benefit Districts, to Sunflower Paving, Inc., in the total amount of $1,731,518.65.   

b) Consider authorizing additional expenditures in the amount of $250,000 from Infrastructure Sales Tax for maintenance rehabilitation of Louisiana Street, from 23rd Street to Tie-in with the 31st Street KDOT project. 

 • Consider a motion to recess into executive session for approximately 20 minutes for the purpose of consultation with attorneys for the City deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship.  The justification for the executive session is to keep attorney-client matters confidential at this time.  The City Commission will resume its regular meeting in the Commission Room immediately following the executive session.