Memorandum
City of Lawrence
Public Works Department
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TO: |
David L. Corliss, Cynthia Boecker, Diane Stoddard, Jonathan Douglas |
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FROM: |
Charles F. Soules, Director of Public Works |
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CC: |
Dena Mezger, Shoeb Uddin, David Cronin |
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Date: |
March 18, 2008 |
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RE: |
March 25, 2008 Consent Agenda Item Project No. 21-BS1-607(C) Ohio Street, 6th Street to 8th Street, Brick Street Reconstruction Ordinance 8248 Designating Ohio Street from 6th Street to 9th Street as a Trafficway Connection |
Please include the following item on the City Commission consent agenda for consideration at the March 25, 2008 meeting:
ORDINANCE 8248 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17-502 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, 2008 EDITION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO PERTAINING TO THE DESIGNATION OF TRAFFICWAY CONNECTIONS AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
Project History/Status. The City received a grant from the KDOT Transportation Enhancement Program for the reconstruction of Ohio Street from 6th Street to 8th Street. The project includes the restoration of the pavement to brick with limestone curbs. On February 12, 2008 the city opened bids and on March 4, 2008 the City Commission awarded the bid to GSR Construction in an amount of $669,988.92.
The project is included in the City’s 2008 CIP. Funding is an 80%/20% split (KDOT, $535,991.14; City, $133,997.78). The city will need to issue bonds for its share of this funding split/expense. In order to issue bonds a street needs to be designated a main trafficway or trafficway connector. Ohio Street is a connection between 6th Street and 9th Street.
Pending publication of this ordinance a resolution for issuance of bonds will be presented for City Commission review and approval.
Action Request. Approve Ordinance 8248 designating trafficway connections in the City of Lawrence.
Respectfully Submitted,
Charles F. Soules, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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Attachments: Ordinance No. 8248