Memorandum

City of Lawrence

TO:	Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM:	City Manager David L. Corliss
CC:	Toni Wheeler, Director of Legal Services
Date:	November 5, 2008
RE:	Implementation items for Sales Tax

As you know, Lawrence voters provided overwhelming support for the three sales tax initiatives on the November 4, 2008 ballot.   Attached please find several items which will be placed on the November 18, 2008 City Commission agenda for consideration; these include:

· Ordinance No. 8347, levying transit sales taxes

· Ordinance No. 8348, levying infrastructure sales tax

· Ordinance No. 8349, establishing a Sales Tax Audit Committee

· Resolution No. 6811, authorizing General Obligation or Sales Tax Revenue Bonds for transit projects

· Resolution No. 6812, authorizing General Obligation or Sales Tax Revenue Bonds for capital improvement projects

Staff is preparing implementation plans for both the infrastructure sales tax and the transit sales taxes.  A transportation memo is attached. The Commission will consider the approvals for the KDOT grant on the Burroughs Creek Trail.  We are continuing to pursue property acquisition and we will do the design of the trail with City staff in consultation with interested parties and adjacent property owners.  We anticipate beginning construction of this facility in the second half of 2009  (see attached memo).  Additional implementation plans will be forthcoming as appropriate.

Thank you for your support of this new vital revenue source for these important City services.