Lawrence City Commission meeting agenda, 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22

Bottom line: The City Commission will hold a public hearing to decide whether to condemn the home at 912 Chalk Hill Court. Commissioners will consider ordering the property owner to make substantial repairs or raze and remove it.

Background: After receiving complaints from neighbors about the exterior of the single-family home for years, city staff executed a search warrant in July and found mold growth and water damage, among other things. According to a memorandum, the property owner, Karen Braley, has not responded to city notices. City staff thinks the home is abandoned and recommends the City Commission declare it dangerous and unsafe. Capitol Federal Savings, which olds a mortgage for the property, is pursuing foreclosing the property.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 05/19/15 and 05/26/15.

• 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 appointments as recommended by the Mayor.  

• Bid and purchase items:

a) Set a bid opening date of October 6, 2015 for the 2015 Master Street Tree Project.   Staff Memo

b) Set a bid opening date of October 13, 2015, for Bid No.B1548 for new/spare pump purchase for Pump Station 5B.  Staff Memo

c) Approve Change Orders in the amount of $17,000.20 for Project No.  PW1437, Bob Billings Parkway Turn Lane Improvements at Corpus Christi Church (Benefit District).   Staff Memo

d) Authorize the Interim City Manager to sign Supplement No. 1 with BG Consultants for engineering services for the design of stormwater and geometric improvement plans at 23rd Street and Ousdahl Road in the amount of $22,250, Project No. PW1134.   Staff Memo & Attachments

e) Authorize the sole-source purchase of one ABB Variable Frequency Drive from Logic, Inc. for $61,505 for the Kaw Wastewater Treatment Plant Pump Station 5B Pump #1.   Staff Memo

f) Authorize payment to Johnson County Sherriff’s Office, in the amount of $22,375.97, for reimbursement of law enforcement training and expenses.   Staff Memo & Attachments

g) Authorize a change order totaling $78,650 to RD Johnson Excavation for installation of additional concrete trail on the Burcham River Trail Project.   Staff Memo

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

a) Ordinance No. 9147, allowing the sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol on W. 29th Terrace, between Iowa Street frontage road and Four Wheel Drive, on Friday, October 2, from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. during the Rock the Block, Kick Cancer event.

b) Ordinance No. 9150, allowing the sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic liquor on public property on the 100 block of East 8th Street on Friday October 30, 2015 from 1:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., for the KU Homecoming Pep Rally event.

• Accept dedications of rights-of-way and easements for Final Plat, PF-15-00279, of Westwood Hills 8th Plat. Submitted by BG Consultants, Inc., for Wedman Construction, Inc., property owner of record.    Staff Memo & Attachments

• Approve a Site Plan, SP-15-00052, for a building addition and expansion of a parking area for Sunset Hill Elementary School located at 901 Schwarz Rd. Submitted by Gould Evans, for the Unified School District #497, property owner of record.    Staff Memo & Attachments

• Accept easements for Minor Subdivision, MS-15-00342, for University Field Subdivision No. 5, located at 1745 W 19th Terrace. Submitted by Mountain Top LLC, property owner of record.    Staff Memo & Attachments   Staff Memo to Planning Commission

• Approve as signs of community interest, a request from Friends of the Library to place temporary signs around the City to advertise the Friends of the Lawrence Public Library Book Sale, from September 28 through October 5, 2015.

Receive city manager’s report.

Receive public comment of a general nature.

Regular agenda

• Conduct public hearing regarding the property at 912 Chalk Hill Court, and consider adopting Resolution No. 7139, declaring the house to be unsafe and dangerous and to order the owner to repair or remove the structure within the specified time.   Staff Memo & Attachments

ACTION: Conduct public hearing. Adopt Resolution No. 7139, declaring the house at 912 Chalk Hill Court to be unsafe and dangerous and order the owner to repair or remove the structures within the specified time, if appropriate.