Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works

TO:	David L. Corliss, Cynthia Boecker, Diane Stoddard, Jonathan Douglass
FROM:	Chuck Soules
CC:	Scott McCullough, Sheila Stogsdill, Shoeb Uddin, Dena Mezger, John Miller, Toni Wheeler
Date:	January 24, 2008
RE:	Queens Road Development

The surface of Queens Road is currently a combination of chip seal, but mostly gravel. The development/construction of Queens Road will include:

Intersection Improvements

§ Signalization of the intersection at 6^th and Queens Road

§ Right-turn lane from 6^th Street onto Queens Road

South of 6^th Street

§ Approximately 450’ of street 31’ wide, sidewalks on both sides, storm sewer, and waterline improvements

§ Entrance treatment (island)

§ At the intersection, widening to four lanes to provide for turning movements

North of 6^th Street

§ At the intersection the traffic volume would require a five-lane section to accommodate through and turning traffic. Just north of the intersection the street section will taper down to a two-lane collector street.

§ Roundabouts will provide traffic control at Overland Drive and Wakarusa Drive

§ Multi-use path (10’) and sidewalks (6’)

§ Stormwater improvements and water main

§ Approximate length of one mile to north city limits

Project Financing

The construction of Queens Road will be paid for through benefit district financing.

§ The northeast corner of 6^th and Queens is owned by KDOT.

§ There are a few rural residential properties on the east side that may need deferral of assessments.

§ The Park West Addition and Westwood Hills III Addition have petitions not to protest improvements. These areas have developed predominately as single family residential.

§ Overland Pointe Addition (multi-family) located on the southeast corner of Overland and Queens) and Seventh Day Adventist Church (located at the southwest corner of 6^th and Queens/Branchwood) have also signed agreements not to protest.

§ A condition on the Links plat is agreement not to protest improvements to Queens Road.

§ There are not any agreements for the Fox Chase Addition properties which lie south of 6^th Street.

§ The property on the west side of Queens, north of the proposed Links project, is not within the city limits.

Attached is a map of the area, copies of the agreements not to protest, and a table of how past benefit districts have been formed. Typically, for straight streets, the city has used a front footage method of assessment dividing the cost equally to each side of the street. The costs are then spread based on square footage.

At this time a tentative project schedule would include:

Development of Benefit District	Summer 2008
Design	Winter 2008/2009
Bid	Spring 2009
Construction	Summer 2009
Completion	End of 2009

Please let me know if additional information is needed.

Respectfully submitted,

Charles F. Soules, P.E.

Director of Public Works

Attachments: Area Map

Agreements

Benefit District Formation