Lawrence City Commission agenda set for June 21 meeting

Bottom line: City and Douglas County commissioners will give feedback to the Kansas Department of Transportation on KDOT’s recommendation for the intersection of Kansas Highway 10 and Kasold Drive.

Background: This winter, KDOT announced it was planning to close the intersection in advance of the opening of the South Lawrence Trafficway, which they said would push more cars onto the two-lane western leg of K-10.

The announcement raised concerns among residents and business owners in the area, who said it would limit their access points onto K-10. After hearing the concerns in February, KDOT paused the process to consider alternatives to closing it.

KDOT last week delivered a final report to local officials that recommended the intersection become right-in, right-out only. They made the recommendation after considering other options, including adding a traffic signal, closing it or doing nothing.

In the report, KDOT officials state that closing the intersection would be the safest option but the right-in, right-out proposal is a “compromise solution.” Minor modifications to establish the intersection as right-in, right-out would cost KDOT $70,000.

The City Commission will convene at 3 p.m. Tuesday for a work session on the 2017 budget. The work session will end at 5:15 p.m., and a joint meeting with the Douglas County Commission starts at 5:30 p.m. The City Commission’s regular meeting will start following the joint meeting.

Budget work session (3 p.m.)

Joint city/county meeting (5:30 p.m.)

• Receive final report form the Kansas Department of Transportation regarding alternatives for the East 1200 Road/Kasold Drive and K-10 intersection. Staff Memo & Attachments

After a short break, the City Commission will resume its regular meeting.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 06/14/16.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:

Affordable Housing Advisory Board meeting of 05/09/16

Horizon 2020 Steering Committee meeting of 03/07/16

• 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.

• Bid and purchase items:

a) Set a bid date of July 26, 2016 for Bid No. B1627, Project No. UT1602 – Protective Maintenance Coating, WWTP Influent Building and Bio-Solids Pumping Station.

b) Award Bid No. B1620, Project No. PW1612 – Salt Dome Roof Replacement, to Alpha Roofing LLC in the total amount of $27,615.00.

c) Award Bid No. B1621, Project No. UT1304 – purchase of 14 Magnetic Flow Meters for the Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Plant and Pump Station 10, to Siemens Industry in the amount of $34,843.10.

d) Award bid to replace the HVAC unit in the leisure pool at the Indoor Aquatic Center, to the sole bidder, P1 Group, Inc., for $415,000, utilizing the Sales Tax Reserve fund.

e) Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement in the amount of $182,890 with Bartlett & West for architectural and engineering design services for Project PW1406 – Phase 2 of the Solid Waste Facility, located at 2215 Kresge Road.

f) Authorize City Manager to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 3 in the amount of $656,158 with TREKK Design Group, LLC for Project UT1305 – Rapid Inflow and Infiltration Reduction.

g) Authorize staff to bind coverage for Property Insurance with Hartford and Arch Insurance Companies for $164,820 and the Emergency Service Organization Package insurance for $61,299 for the insurance period of July 1, 2016, through July 1, 2017, for a combined total of $226,119.

h) Authorize the City Manager to execute the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft, and approve a purchase order to Software House International in the amount of $105,730.87 for the annual software maintenance for the period from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

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

a) Ordinance No. 9222, amending Chapter XVII, Article 10, Sections 17-1001 and 17-1004, of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to federal motor carrier safety regulations, and repealing existing Sections 17-1001 and 17-1004.

b) Ordinance No. 9255, amending Chapter 8, Article 3, Sections 8-301, 8-304, 8-305, 8-306 and 8-309 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and Amendments thereto, pertaining to the Insurance proceeds fund and repealing existing Sections 8-301, 8-304, 8-305, 8-306 and 8-309.

c) Ordinance No. 9256, amending Chapter XIV, Article 3, Sections 14-304, 14-305, 14-306, 14-307, and 14-308 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to theft and theft of services, prima facie evidence of intent to permanently deprive an owner or lessor of property of the possession, use, or benefit thereof, property mislaid, lost or delivered by mistake, and criminal deprivation of property and repealing existing Sections 14-304, 14-305, 14-306, 14-307, and 14-308.

d) Ordinance No. 9257, amending Chapter XIV, Article 9, Section 14-904, of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to penalties for drugs and drug paraphernalia, and repealing existing Section 14-904.

e) Ordinance No. 9258, amending Chapter IV, Article 1, Section 4-103, of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to the possession, purchase, or consumption of alcoholic beverage by an underage person, and repealing existing Section 4-103.

f) Ordinance No. 9259, amending Chapter XV11, Article 9, Sections 17-905, 17-906, and 17-908 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to height and length of vehicles and loads, and repealing existing Sections 17-905, 17-906, and 17-908.

g) Ordinance No. 9260, amending Chapter XIV, Article 1, Sections 14-113, 14-114, and 14-115 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, pertaining to the distribution of handbills, and repealing existing Sections 14-113, 14-114, and 14-115.

• Authorize staff to negotiate an agreement with BG Consultants for engineering services for the Queens Road Improvements Project, Project No. PW1528. The agreement will be presented at a later date to the City Commission for approval.

• Approve as “works of art” as recommended by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, art screens for a new Qdoba Restaurant at 1714 W 23rd Street.

• Approve as “Signs of Community Interest”, a request from Friends of the Lawrence Public Library to place signs at various locations to promote book sale event from September 26 through October 3, 2016.

Receive public comment of a general nature

Regular agenda

• Conduct public hearing to consider the vacation of the right-of-way described as the easternmost 10′ of the Colorado Street right-of-way that abuts Lots 13, 14 and 15 of the Olmstead Subdivision of the East half of Block 47, aka 542 Colorado Street, submitted by Teenor Investments, LLC.

ACTION: Conduct public hearing and approve vacation of the right-of-way, if appropriate.

• Conduct public hearing to consider the vacation of the right-of-way described as the area designated as Frontage Road, 50′ north of the North property line of Lot 1, Commerce Park East, 2301 Ponderosa Drive, submitted by Commerce Park Investments, LLC.

ACTION: Conduct public hearing and approve vacation of the right-of-way, if appropriate.

• Conduct a public hearing and consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a certificate enabling Presbyterian Manor to utilize health care facility revenue bond proceeds issued by the City of Wichita at the Lawrence facility.

ACTION: Conduct public hearing. Authorize the Mayor to execute a certificate enabling Presbyterian Manor to utilize health care facility revenue bond proceeds issued by the City of Wichita at the Lawrence facility, if appropriate.

• Conduct a public hearing regarding 1231 Pennsylvania. Consider adopting Resolution No. 7166, declaring the house and accessory structure located on the property to be dangerous or unsafe, and ordering the property owner to commence and complete substantial repairs to the structures or to remove the structures by August 22, 2016.

ACTION: Conduct public hearing. Adopt Resolution No. 7166, declaring the house and accessory structure located on the property at 1231 Pennsylvania Street to be dangerous or unsafe, and ordering the property owner to commence and complete substantial repairs to the structures or to remove the structures by August 22, 2016, if appropriate.

Discuss future agenda items

Discuss commission items

Receive city manager’s report