Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

DATE:	5/12/2011
TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Casey Toomay, Budget Manager
CC:	Cynthia Wagner, Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk
RE:	Miscellaneous Funding Requests Received for 2012

Each year, the City receives miscellaneous funding requests as part of the budget process.  Some requests are from vendors such as the Humane Society or Douglas County Legal Aid.  Other requests are from economic development agencies such as the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce or the Lawrence Douglas County Bioscience Authority. 

Links to the 2012 funding requests received to date can be found below.  Recommendations regarding these requests will be included in the City Manager’s Recommended Operating and Capital Improvement Budget.

¦ Convention and Visitors Bureau ($756,000)

¦ Douglas County Legal Aid ($40,000)

¦ Downtown Lawrence ($47,500)

¦ Lawrence Arts Center ($134,850)

¦ Lawrence Chamber of Commerce ($218,500)

¦ Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission - Added 05/16/11 ($81,500)

¦ Lawrence Douglas County Bioscience Authority ($275,000)

¦ Lawrence Humane Society ($332,000)

¦ Pinckney Underpass - Updated 05/16/11 ($670,000)