-----Original Message-----
From: Ruona,
Lew T NWK
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008
12:26 PM
To:
Cc: Mark Hecker; Ernie Shaw
Subject:
Dave,
This email is reference to the 1
1/2 mile long
east side of the
I've discussed the issue for
several years with former director Fred DeVictor
of adding this road to the City
of Lawrence Parks and Recreation lease that
we have with you. The lease was signed on April 17, 1996 and
runs through
December 31, 2021. Your leasehold consists of 1612 acres which
includes all
Federal lands east of the
This road primarily provides
access to City operated dog park, golf course,
Point. It will also provide access to future City
recreational development
as proposed in your master plan.
We have just recently secured
special Congressional funding to repair this
road and our dam road. Our intent is to widen the toe road from it's
present
nineteen feet to twenty three
feet to make it safer. As I told Mark
Hecker,
we will design the improvement
of that road to satisfy your public works
engineers. We've already meet with Assistant Public
Works Director Dena
Mezger regarding this
issue. It is my intent to make sure the
City approves
our design before we let a
contract. Since we plan on spending
approximately
$450,000 on this road, I want to
make sure the fix will satisfy everyone.
I believe the timing is now for
the city to accept this road as part of your
lease. If the city doesn't accept this road, my plan
is to leave the road at
the nineteen feet width and chip
and seal it. Our on-site project funding
has been flat for several years
and we have no means to continue to provide
maintenance for a road that
primarily services your recreational facilities.
The City has always been an
outstanding partner at
I feel the City needs to take
responsibility of this road.
If you have any questions, feel
free to contact me.
Lew
Lew T. Ruona
Operations Project Manager
785-843-7665 (office)
816-389-3297 (direct)
lew.t.ruona@usace.army.mil