CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Week ending November 13, 2015

Solid Waste Holiday Toy Drive

‘Tis the season of giving! On Monday, December 7^th and Monday, December 14^th (weather permitting), the City’s Solid Waste Division crews will be picking up new, unwrapped toys for donation along the regularly scheduled yard waste collection routes. All toys collected will be donated to the Lawrence Police Department’s Blue Santa Program. Residents may set out donation items next to their yard waste on either Monday.  If residents do not wish to set out toys at the curb, they may drop off donation items directly at any Toys for Tots collection bins. Note, if yard waste collection is cancelled due to inclement weather on either December 7^th or 14^th, the toy collection will not occur either. Instructions will be posted with the notice of service cancellation at www.lawrenceks.org/swm.

Residential trash and recycling collection schedule over Thanksgiving holiday

There will be no trash or recycling collection on Thursday, November 26th. The City of Lawrence Solid Waste Division is moving its Thursday residential trash and recycling collection day due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Thursday residential customers living north of 23rd Street/Clinton Parkway will have their trash and recycling picked up on Tuesday, November 24th and those living south of 23rd Street/Clinton Parkway will have their trash and recycling picked up on Wednesday, November 25th. For recycling routes, only recycling week #2 customers who live west of Kasold Drive will be affected. There will be no change for customers with Friday collection. Friday collection will occur on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.  Plan

October 2015 Monthly Building Permit Reports

The Building Safety Division issued 247 building permits in October, with total construction for the month valued at $12,045,661.  Total permit fees assessed for the month were $95,954.  Permits were issued for thirty (30) new residential projects, including twenty-eight (28) single-family dwellings and two (2) duplexes.   Staff Report Monthly Permit Report Year to Date Report

City Provides $50,000 in emergency matching funds to Lawrence Community Shelter

On November 6, the City provided the Lawrence Community Shelter (LCS) with $50,000 of emergency funding. The payment was authorized by the City Commission in July in response to a request from LCS.  The emergency payment was not to exceed $50,000 and was provided on a dollar for dollar matching basis for donations actually received and deposited by LCS on or after July 14, 2015.    LCS provided the City with documentation to support the amount of the payment.  An agreement, outlining the use of the emergency funding and the documentation requirements for payment, is attached.