Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Administrative Services Department

To:	Dave Corliss, City Manager
From:	Diane Trybom, Deputy City Clerk
cc:	Frank Reeb, Director of Administrative Services/City Clerk
Date:	March 9, 2009
Re:	February 24, 2009 City Commission Meeting Minutes Revision

A member of the public requested a wording correction in the draft February 24^th City Commission meeting minutes regarding Ordinance No. 8370, rezoning (Z-11-18-08) 11,715 square feet located at 1245 Connecticut Street from RS5 (Single-Dwelling Residential) to RSO (Single-Dwelling residential Office), and the League of Women Voters testimony. Specifically, Betty Lichtwardt requested the word “conditional” zoning be changed to “original” zoning on Page 4, of the February 24, 2009, minutes to read as follows:

She said the problem with this rezoning was a use category, in the district, that was being adopted for this rezoning case.  There were also two conditions that excluded two uses which had happened with staff and the Planning Commission for several years.  She said they could not figure out how staff would handle the property once the property was sold and the use was supposedly reverted back to original zoning.  She said what they realized, in reading the Planning Commission minutes, was staff’s interpretation that this was a permanent change which changed the zoning district without proper procedure.  This was actually a new district that was being created when staff recommended a condition on a zoning district.  She said there was concern that staff was not following process.