Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

 

TO:

Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:

City Manager David L. Corliss

 

Date:

November 13, 2008

 

RE:

Future Agenda Items

 

 

The items listed below are planned for future agendas.  I have listed the date of items as they are known.  Dates are subject to change. 

 

11/25/08

·         Approve revisions to Downtown Design Guidelines. (PC Item 6; approved 8-0 on 10/20/08)

 

·         Adopt maximum assessment ordinance for Stoneridge and Kelly Drive Right Turn Lane Benefit District

 

·         Adopt maximum assessment ordinance for improvements along 6th Street at  Wakrusa Drive for Bauer Farms Benefit District.

 

12/09/08

·         Conduct public hearing to discuss the condition of the dilapidated structure at 1207 E. 13th Street and to consider declaring the structure unsafe and ordering its repair or removal within a specified period of time.    Staff Memo & Attachments

 

·         Receive staff report on economic development issues and policies.  Staff Memo & Attachments

 

·         Consider changes recommended by the Eco2 Commission to be adopted into the Eco2 Plan for Douglas County.   Plan with Changes

 

·         Status update on Baldwin Woods Open Space Project.   Eco2 Request

 

 

12/16/08

·         Receive staff report on the structure at 617 W. 4th Street.

 

TBD

·         Consider approving Comprehensive Plan Amendment CPA-2008-6, amending Horizon 2020, Chapter 14 Specific Plans, to add a reference to and incorporate the West of K-10 Plan and adopt on first reading, Joint City   Ordinance No. 8340/County Resolution No. ____, approving CPA-2008-6.  (PC Item 5; approved 6-2 on 10/20/08)   Staff Report    West of K-10 Plan - Exhibit 1   September Correspondence to Planning Commission   October Correspondence to Planning Commission   1st and 2nd Draft Correspondence   PC Minutes   Power Point Presentation

 

ACTION:      Approve CPA-2008-6, a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Horizon 2020, Chapter 14 Specific Plans, and adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 8340 approving CPA-2008-6, if appropriate.

 

·         Consider the following items related to Lawrence SmartCode (this item will be heard after the November 18, 2008 Study Session):

Staff Memo & Draft Smartcode   Correspondence

 

a)  Consider approval of CPA-2007-6, a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Horizon 2020 by creating Chapter 15 – Place Making to ensure proper comprehensive plan language is in place for the proposed Lawrence SmartCode in the City of Lawrence. (PC Item 13; approved 8-0 on 5/21/08)   Draft PC Resolution 2008-01    Correspondence

 

ACTION:      Approve CPA-2007-6, an amendment to Horizon 2020 by creating Chapter 15 - Place Making, if appropriate.

 

b) Consider approval of CPA-2007-7, a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Horizon 2020, Chapter 14 Specific Plans, to add a reference to the Lawrence SmartCode Infill Plan. (PC Item 14; approved 8-0 on 5/21/08) Draft PC Resolution No. 2008-02 

 

ACTION:    Approve CPA-2007-7, an amendment to Horizon 2020, Chapter 14 Specific Plans, if appropriate.

 

c) Consider adopting Text Amendment TA-11-24-07 regarding the Lawrence SmartCode and, Pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. Chapter 12, Article 7, enacting a new Chapter 21 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, establishing comprehensive zoning regulations and other land use regulations. The “Lawrence SmartCode” is an optional development code that is parallel to the City’s existing zoning and subdivision regulations and affects all property within the corporate limits of the City of Lawrence, Kansas. Copies of the “Lawrence SmartCode” are available for review at the Office of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Department, City Hall, 6 E. 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas. The “Lawrence SmartCode” is also available at www.lawrenceplanning.org. Adopt Ordinance No. 8286 on first reading regarding TA-11-24-07 for the Lawrence SmartCode. (PC Item 15; approved 8-0 on 5/21/08)

 

ACTION:     Approve TA-11-24-07 regarding the Lawrence SmartCode and adopt Ordinance No. 8286, if appropriate.

 

·         K-10 and Farmer’s Turnpike Plan.  10/06/08 Draft Plan

 

·         Approve Text Amendment TA-06-12-08, to Section 20-810 of the Subdivision Regulations to clarify the natural resources and environmentally sensitive areas that are to be protected or preserved. Initiated by County Commission June 23, 2008. Adopt Ordinance No. 8317 on first reading for TA-06-12-08, to Section 20-810 of the Subdivision Regulations. (PC Item 3; approved 7-0 on 8/25/08)    Staff Report   PC Minutes

 

·         Consider approving Text Amendment TA-12-27-07, revisions to multiple sections of the City Development Code to revise the Protection Standards for Environmentally Sensitive Areas and to provide more precise definitions. TA-12-27-07 with revisions to Sections 20-1101, 20-1109 & 20-1701 PC; item 18; approved 7-1-1 on 7/23/08 meeting. TA-12-27-07 with revisions to Sections 20-701 and 20-702 to maintain consistency throughout the Code; PC item 9; approved 7-0 on 9/24/08)    Staff Memo   Supporting Documents   Correspondence   PC Minutes

 

ACTION:      Approve Text Amendment TA-12-27-07, revisions to Sections 20-701, 20-702, 20-1101, 20-1109 and 20-1701 of the City Development Code to revise Protection   Standards for Environmentally Sensitive Areas and provide more precise definitions, if appropriate.

 

·         Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 8300, incorporating by reference, a Text Amendment (TA-04-03-08), to Chapter 20 of the Lawrence City Code (Land Development Code) to define and permit various homeless facilities.  (Text Amendment approved by City Commission on 10/14/08).

 

·         2009 Legislative Priority Statement.

 

·         Review items related to keeping of live fowl and domesticated hedeghogs.   Staff Memo & Attachments