Bottom line: City commissioners will consider designating seven properties as landmarks on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places.

Background: Lawrence’s Historic Resources Commission is recommending all of the seven locations be designated as landmarks. Before they can go onto the register, a public hearing has to be held on Tuesday, and the City Commission has to vote. The locations are: the Wilder-Clark House, 2301 Massachusetts St.; Union Pacific Depot, 402 N. Second St.; Carnegie Building, 839 Vermont St.; Fire Station No. 1, 745 Vermont St.; Oak Hill Cemetery, 1604 Oak Hill Ave.; Carl A. Preyer House, 2301 Massachusetts St.; and Clinton Park, 901 W. Fifth St.

The City Commission will convene for a study session on the 2017 budget from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

The regular City Commission meeting will start at 5:45 p.m.

Recognitions and Proclamations

• Recognition of the City of Lawrence being awarded the BlueCHIP Award from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas and the Kansas Recreation and Park Association.

• Proclaim May 1 – 7, 2016 as National Travel and Tourism Week.

• Proclaim Saturday, May 7, 2016 as the Sertoma Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Day.

• Proclaim the month of May, 2016 as Community Action Month.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 04/26/16.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:

Community Development Advisory Committee meeting of 03/10/16

Joint Economic Development Council meetings of 01/20/16 and 04/11/16

• Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the next business day.

• Approve licenses as recommended by the City Clerk’s Office.

• Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.

• Bid and purchase items:

a)Award Bid No. B1604, Project No. UT1502, Sunnyside Avenue Waterline Replacement Project, to Banks Construction, in the amount of $284,000 and authorize the City Manager to execute the construction contract. Bid Memo & Attachments

b)Authorize the City Manager to execute Supplemental Agreement No.5, in the amount of $44,338, to the Engineering Services Agreement with Black & Veatch for additional Engineering Design Services for Project No. UT1603 – Pump Station PS5 Electrical and Mechanical Improvements and to execute Supplemental Agreement No.6, in the amount of $49,833, to the Engineering Services Agreement with Black & Veatch for Engineering Services related to Project No. UT1606 – Clinton Zebra Mussel Impacts and Control at the Clinton Raw Water Pump Station and Transmission Main.

c)Approve the purchase of laboratory instruments and equipment for the Department of Utilities, from Fisher Scientific, in the amount of $42,847.48, utilizing the State of Kansas contract.

d)Authorize payment to ICL Performance Products, LC, in the amount of $33,585 for waterline easement acquisition for the Kaw Transmission Main project.

• Adopt on second and final reading, Ordinance No. 9206, for a Text Amendment (TA-15-00346) to the City of Lawrence Land Development Code, to add Urban Agriculture as a permitted use and establish standards.

• Approve a Special Event Permit, SE-16-00119, for Henry T’s 25th Anniversary Party, located at 3520 W 6th Street. Submitted by Henry T’s Bar & Grill, for James N. Baggett and Marguerite H. Ermeling, property owners of record.

• Authorize City Manager to adjust staffing levels in Finance Department resulting in decrease in salary expenditures.

• Authorize the City Manager to execute a License Agreement, permitting the owner of 945 Missouri Street, Geneva L. Swartzel, Trustee, to use a portion of the City’s Right of Way on West 10th Street for parking in accordance with the terms and conditions of that Agreement.

• Authorize the Parks and Recreation Department to submit a Sunflower Foundation Grant Application for construction of a concrete bike path in Rock Chalk Park.

Receive city manager’s report

Receive public comment of a general nature

Regular agenda

• Receive the Pedestrian Bicycle Issues Task Force Report.

ACTION:Direct staff as appropriate.

• Reopen a public hearing regarding 1231 Pennsylvania St. to review the owner’s progress in abating both the unsafe or dangerous structure conditions and the exterior premise conditions. Consider adopting Resolution No. 7160, setting a new public hearing date of June 21, 2016 to consider ordering repair or removal of the unsafe or dangerous structures and consider adopting Resolution No. 7161, ordering the owner to abate accumulated debris, scrap and salvage materials from the property by July 22, 2016, and directing the Enforcing Officer to abate the exterior premise conditions if the owner fails to abate, with incurred costs and expenses assessed against the property.

ACTION:Reopen the public hearing to review the owner’s progress in abating the unsafe/dangerous structure conditions and the exterior premise conditions and adopt Resolution No. 7160, setting a new public hearing date of June 21, 2016 to consider ordering repair or removal of the structure and adopt Resolution No. 7161, ordering the owner to abate the exterior premise by July 22, 2016, if appropriate.

• Conduct a public hearing and consider recommendations from the Historic Resources Commission to designate the following properties as Landmarks on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places:

a)L-15-00631: 643 Indiana Street, Wilder-Clark House

b)L-15-00632: 2301 Massachusetts Street, Carl A. Preyer House

c)L-16-00053: 402 N 2nd Street, Union Pacific Depot

d)L-16-00054: 839 Vermont Street, Carnegie Building

e)L-16-00055: 745 Vermont Street, Fire Station No. 1

f)L-16-00121 1605 Oak Hill Avenue, Oak Hill Cemetery

g)L-16-00122 901 W 5th Street, Clinton Park

ACTION:Conduct public hearing. Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9226, Ordinance No. 9227, Ordinance No. 9228, Ordinance No. 9229, Ordinance No. 9230, Ordinance No. 9231, Ordinance No. 9232 for landmark designations of 643 Indiana Street, 2301 Massachusetts Street, 402 N 2nd Street, 839 Vermont Street, 745 Vermont Street, 1605 Oak Hill Avenue, and 901 W 5th Street to the Lawrence Register of Historic Places, if appropriate.

• Consider scheduling May 10, 2016 as the date to consider the first reading of ordinances adopting code changes regarding city elections and mayoral terms

ACTION:Schedule May 10, 2016 as the date for first readings of ordinances adopting code changes regarding city elections and mayoral terms, if appropriate.