Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

 

TO:

Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:

City Manager David L. Corliss

 

Date:

November 12, 2009

 

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. 

 

11/24/09

·         Adopt on first reading the following ordinance(s):

 

a)  Ordinance No. 8471, for the annexation (A-8-3-09) of approximately 34.38 acres and adjacent right-of-way for Wesleyan Church Development, located southeast of 31st and Kasold Drive.  (PC Item 4A; approved 9-0 on 10/26/09) 

 

b)  Ordinance No. 8472, for the rezoning (Z-8-14-09) of approximately 30.14 acres, located southeast of 31st and Kasold Drive, from A (Agricultural) to RM12 (Multi-Dwelling Residential). (PC Item 4B; approved 9-0 on 10/26/09)  

 

c)  Ordinance No. 8473, for the rezoning (Z-8-15-09) of approximately 4.24 acres, located southeast of 31st and Kasold Drive, from A (Agricultural) and V-C (Valley Channel) to OS (Open Space). (PC Item 4C; approved 9-0 on 10/26/09)  

 

d)  Ordinance No. 8474, for the rezoning (Z-8-16-09) of approximately 10.24 acres, located southeast of 31st and Kasold Drive, from RM12 (Multi-Dwelling Residential) and OS (Open Space) to the Floodplain Overlay District. (PC Item 4D; approved 9-0 on 10/26/09)

 

12/01/09

·         Receive staff report regarding the Pavement Maintenance Program Update (Cycle Two Status Report) and 2010 Street Maintenance Program.   

 

12/08/09

·         Conduct public hearing to discuss the condition of the fire damaged structure at 2137 Tennessee and to consider declaring the structure unsafe and ordering its repair or removal within a specified period of time.

 

·         Resolution establishing the Lawrence-Douglas County Joint 2010 Census Complete Count Committee

 

TBD

·         Receive staff memo regarding possible annexation of Westar Energy Center and adjacent properties.

 

·         ICS Training.  DGCO Emergency Management Memo

 

·         Receive request from Mark Andersen, on behalf of Inverness Park, LP, property owner of record, to reconsider the denial of the rezoning request (Z-7-11-09) to rezone approximately 10.97 acres, located on the SE corner of Inverness and Clinton Parkway, 4300 W. 24th Street, from RSO (Single-Dwelling Residential Office) to RM15 (Multi-Dwelling Residential).  This item was originally heard by the City Commission on 10/06/09.   Staff Memo & Attachments

 

·         Receive staff report regarding the Pavement Maintenance Program Update (Cycle Two Status Report) and 2010 Street Maintenance Program.

 

·         Discussion of financing methods for traffic calming devices.

 

·         Fairfield East maximum special assessment hearing

 

·         Recycling report with comments from SAB

 

·         Consider a request from the Oread Neighborhood Association to enact a moratorium that would prohibit permitting Boarding Houses in the City of Lawrence while a text amendment to the Land Development Code to revise standards pertaining to Boarding Houses is processed.

 

·         Staff report regarding potential annexation of Westar Energy Center.

 

·         Follow-up to 10/27/09 Commission discussion of Downtown issues, including regulations for panhandling, downtown planning and redevelopment, marketing and incentives for retail establishments and related issues.

 

·         Conduct public hearing and consider approving Site Plan SP-6-26-09, and the sidewalk dining and hospitality license, for the Granada, located 1020 Massachusetts Street. Submitted by Paul Werner Architects for Granada LLC., property owner of record.          Staff Report   Staff Memo   Site Plan   Site Plan Elevations  

 

ACTIONS:    Hold a public hearing. Find that the proposed sidewalk dining and hospitality use is in the public’s interest, if appropriate.

 

Approve Site Plan SP-6-26-09, for a sidewalk dining and hospitality area for Mike Logan, Granada LLC, d/b/a The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts Street (submitted by Paul Werner for Granada LLC, property owner of record), if appropriate.

 

Approve sidewalk dining and hospitality license for The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts Street, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a right-of-way agreement with the applicant, if appropriate.   

 

Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 8459, allowing possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages on certain city property pursuant to The Granada Sidewalk Dining and Hospitality License, if appropriate.