Bottom line: The City Commission will decide whether to allow Greyhound 90 more days to find a permanent pickup and drop-off location in Lawrence.

Background: Greyhound, which has buses stopping in Lawrence three times every day, used to have an agreement with a gas station near Sixth Street and Crestline Drive to use it as its local pickup and drop-off spot. When the gas station closed last year, Greyhound was forced to find another location.

Buses began stopping at Santa Fe Depot in East Lawrence. The city received complaints about the location, with riders unsure where it was stopping and owners of nearby nonprofit Van Go, Inc. saying riders were stopping in their building to use the telephone and restrooms. In December, the City Commission asked Greyhound to find another spot and granted the company permission to use a bus turn-off where Sixth Street curves into New Hampshire Street. At the time, commissioners asked that Greyhound find another, permanent location by June 30.

Greyhound notified the city June 14 that the area manager tasked with finding a new location in Lawrence left the company. Greyhound is seeking a 90-day extension to find a new location, and Greyhound officials have said they plan to visit Lawrence soon to find one.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 06/21/16.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:

Aviation Advisory Board meeting of 04/13/16

Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting of 04/18/16

Historic Resources Commission meeting of 05/19/16

Mental Health Board meeting of 03/29/16

Planning Commission meeting of 05/23/16

• 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) Set a bid date of July 26, 2016, for Bid No. 1618, Project No. UT1517, El Dorado Drive, Bob Billings Parkway (east) to Bob Billings Parkway (west) Waterline Replacement Project.

b) Approve purchase of 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe Pursuit Rated SUV for the Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical Department, to Robert’s Chevrolet for $38,521, utilizing the KC Metro Cooperative purchasing contract.

c) Award Bid No. 1622, Project No. PW1601 – KLINK Iowa Street (U.S. 59 Highway) from north of 31st Street to south of 23rd Street – Mill and Overlay, to Hamm, Inc., for $790,867.15.

d) Authorize the City Manager to execute a supplemental agreement with BG Consultants in the amount of $19,500.00 for the design of the necessary Utility Relocations (UT1505) related to the 23rd and Ousdahl Storm Sewer Project (PW1134).

e) Authorize the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2 with Crossland Heavy Contractors for the Clinton Water Treatment Plant Phase 1 Improvements Project No. UT1209 increasing the construction contract by $64,213.00 and 14 days.

f) Approve the purchase of five (5) used fixed-route vehicles as replacements for six (6) existing fixed-route transit vehicles for $11,900 each, or a total of $59,500 from Master’s Transportation, Inc. Funding for these vehicles will be provided by the State of Kansas Comprehensive Transportation Program and there is no local match required for these funds.

g) Authorize the Parks and Recreation Department to make asphalt repairs to the parking lots at Clinton Lake Softball Complex, the Rotary Arboretum, and the Youth Sports Complex, and the roads at Memorial Park Cemetery, using unit pricing from the 2016 Microsurfacing, Patch, Overlay, and Concrete Maintenance Program, City Bid No. PW1612 awarded to Sunflower Paving Inc., using the Sales Tax Reserve to fund $50,000’s worth of repairs.

h) Authorize the Parks and Recreation Department to use the City Park Memorial Fund to fund a $24,100.00 mill and overlay project at the 8th and Oak Boat Ramp, using the unit price bid provided by Sunflower Paving Inc. from the 2016 Microsurfacing, Patch, Overlay, and Concrete Maintenance Program, City Bid No. PW1612. The City will be reimbursed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism once the project is completed.

• Adopt on first reading, the following Ordinances:

a) Ordinance No. 9261, amending Sections 9-412.1, 9-412.2, 9-412.3, 9-412.4, 9-412.6, and 9-413 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to the collection, removal, transportation, and disposal of solid waste.

b) Ordinance No. 9265, amending Section 16-504 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to the equivalent residential unit (ERU) rate in determining the stormwater drainage charge and repealing existing Section 16-504.

• Approve rezoning, Z-16-00145, approximately .78 acres from RM32 (Multi-Dwelling Residential) District to GPI (General Public and Institutional Use) District, located at 1220 Oread Avenue to accommodate replacing City water tanks. Submitted by the City of Lawrence, property owner of record. (PC Item 2; approved 9-0 on 6/20/16) Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9263, to rezone (Z-16-00145) approximately .78 acres from RM32 (Multi-Dwelling Residential) District to GPI (General Public and Institutional Use) District, located at 1220 Oread Avenue.

• Approve rezoning, Z-16-00154, approximately 1.56 acres located at 706 E. 23rd Street from IG (General Industrial) District to CS (Strip Commercial) District, to accommodate a microbrewery. Submitted by Lockwood Craft Brewing, Co. LLC, for Lawrence Brothers LLC, property owner of record. (PC Item 4; approved 9-0 on 6/20/16) Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9262, to rezone (Z-16-00154) approximately 1.56 acres located at 706 E 23rd St from IG (General Industrial) District to CS (Strip Commercial) District.

• Initiate a Text Amendment to the Land Development Code regarding Public Notice Procedures.

• Approve a 90 day extension of the 6th Street and New Hampshire turn out to service the Greyhound Bus Stop until September 28, 2016. Staff Memo & Attachments

• Authorize the Mayor to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 5 with the Kansas Department of Transportation for reimbursement of state funds in the amount of $5,695.50, for 23rd Street Access Management Improvements at 2246 Ohio Street.

• Authorize staff to negotiate an Engineering Services Agreement with EmNet for the Wastewater Flow Optimization, Project No. UT1605. Staff Memo

• Authorize the City Manager to execute the Third Amendment to Commercial Lease Agreement with Riverfront Plaza, L.L.C., extending the lease of office space for the Development Services Division at One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 110, through August 31, 2017. Staff Memo & Attachments

• Authorize the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with Community Wireless Communications Co., d/b/a Wicked Broadband, permitting Wicked Broadband to lease five (5) miles of strands of dark fiber in the City’s Verizon conduit, in accordance with the City’s Fiber Policy, but subject to an audit being done on all existing agreements between the City and Wicked Broadband to ensure that Wicked Broadband is in compliance with those agreements.

• Authorize the Mayor to sign Releases of Mortgage for:

• Shirley Mae Walker, 2735 Maverick Lane;
• Kendra E. Hatfield, 1603 Bullene Avenue; and
• Roger A. Thomas and Irene H. Thomas, Ethel D. Unfred, Stephen C. Thomas and Virginia L. Thomas, 706 Lincoln Street.

Receive public comment of a general nature

Regular agenda

• Presentation by Tenants to Homeowners of a monetary donation to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

ACTION: Accept monetary donation for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund from Tenants to Homeowners, if appropriate.

• Consider adopting on first reading, Ordinance No. 9266, concerning the penalties for certain overtime parking violations.

ACTION: Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9266, concerning the penalties for certain overtime parking violations, if appropriate.

• Receive reconsideration request from Robert Schumm for economic development assistance to support a mixed-use development to be located at 815 Vermont Street.

ACTION: Receive request and refer to staff for analysis, specifying the Neighborhood Revitalization Area rebate percentage level and duration that can be examined, and refer request to the Public Incentives Review Committee for review and recommendation, if appropriate.

• Receive request from Adam Williams for economic development assistance to support a mixed-use development to be located at 820-826 Pennsylvania Street.

ACTION: Receive request and refer to staff for analysis, specifying the Neighborhood Revitalization Area rebate percentage level and duration that can be examined, and refer request to the Public Incentives Review Committee for review and recommendation, if appropriate.

• Receive report by the Sustainability Action Network on Bicycle Transportation and the Lawrence Budget.

ACTION: Receive report.

• Consider motion to recess into executive session for approximately 50 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 upon completion of the executive session.

ACTION: Approve motion to recess into executive session for approximately 50 minutes, if appropriate.

Discuss commissioner items

Receive city manager’s report