CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Week ending August 18, 2006

Lawrence and Douglas County Honored for Innovation in GIS

The City of Lawrence and Douglas County were recently awarded a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award at the Twenty-sixth Annual ESRI International User Conference. The SAG award recognized the efforts of the City and County to share data between the organizations and make GIS widely accessible and useful to personnel in all departments. The attached supporting materials include information on the project and the team that completed it.

Kasold Construction Update

Work is currently progressing on the East side of Kasold from 15^th Street to 22^nd Street. The water line is nearly complete and the storm sewer should be finished during the first part of September. Paving should begin in late September. From August 23^rd though September 1^st traffic will be reduced to one lane controlled by flag crews while deep excavations for storm sewers are underway. Attached are some photos of the project from this week.

eGov Update Presented to Management Team

On Wednesday, August 16, eGov Coordinator Eric Gruber, GIS Coordinator Bryce Hirschman, and Information Systems Director Ron Hall updated the Management Team on the City’s efforts to improve e-government. The attached documents are summaries of the eGov II initiative and completed projects.

Streets Projects Completed

The Public Works Department has recently completed a number of street improvement projects in areas where there were base failures. The street division removed and repaired deteriorated areas at the following locations:

§ Riviera Dr

§ Turnberry and Inverness

§ 19^th and Alabama

§ Nathan Dr

§ 1300 block of Tennessee alley

§ 2100 block of Ohio

§ 23^rd and Vermont

§ 22^nd St

§ 1100 block of Indiana

§ 2300 block of Barker

Benefit/Cost Report for KDOT Safety Program Projects

KDOT has submitted the attached report (also see Public Works staff memo) to the Federal Highway Administration regarding two projects completed through the KDOT Safety Program. The projects involved adding left turn lanes and upgrading the signals at 27^th & Iowa and 23^rd & Barker.

Watershed Protection Meeting Attended by City Staff

Representatives from the City of Lawrence recently attended a meeting sponsored by the Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance/WRAPS coordinator to discuss watershed protection for the Upper Wakarusa Watershed Basin. Water Quality Manager Shari Stamer has been involved with the WRAPS (Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy) group in developing watershed protection strategy over the last few years. The attached staff memo contains information and topics of discussion from the meeting.