Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager
CC:	Cynthia Boecker, Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager
DATE:	December 4, 2007
RE:	Temporary Parking Agreement with Sunflower

Sunflower Broadband has had an agreement with the City for temporary use of metered Lot 16, located south of the Riverfront Parking Garage and east of the old Reuter Organ buildings on New Hampshire Street, during Sunflower’s construction project. Per the agreement Sunflower pays the City at the rate of $10 per month per metered parking space for 43 spaces, for a total of $430 per month. The current agreement expired December 1, 2007, and the City has received a request from Sunflower to extend the agreement until February 1, 2008. This lot was one of the least used lots in downtown and the City views this agreement as appropriate assistance to the downtown business during their construction and as a means to recover funds beyond our costs. Staff recommends approval of the extension with the same terms as the previous agreement.

ACTION:      Approve extension of parking agreement with Sunflower Broadband to use City Lot 16 at the monthly rate of $10 per metered space for 43 spaces, for a total of $430 per month, until February 1, 2008.