Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Department of Legal Services

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	R. Scott Wagner, Management Analyst
CC:	Cynthia Boecker, Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager Jonathan Douglas, Assistant to the City Manager Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of Legal Services
DATE:	March 4, 2008
RE:	Temporary Parking Agreement with Sunflower

Sunflower Broadband has 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 was extended on December 18, 2007 and again on January 29, 2008. Due to inclement weather in February, the Sunflower construction project was not completed by March 1, 2008 when the agreement expired. Sunflower Broadband has requested an additional extension until May 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 May 1, 2008.