RESOLUTION NO. 7207

A RESOLUTION CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR THE GIVING OF NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADVISABILITY OF THE MAKING OF CERTAIN INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-6a01 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED; AND PROVIDING FOR THE GIVING OF NOTICE OF SAID HEARING.

            WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq. (the “Act”) authorizes the governing body of any city to make or cause to be made municipal works or improvements which confer a special benefit upon property within a definable area of the city and the levying and collecting of special assessments upon property in the area deemed by the governing body to be benefited by such improvements for special benefits conferred upon such property by any such improvements and to provide for the payment of all or any part of the costs of the improvements out of the proceeds of such special assessments; and

            WHEREAS, the Act provides that before any contract is let or any work is ordered or authorized for an improvement, the governing body shall by resolution direct and order a public hearing on the advisability of the improvement, and to give notice of the hearing by not less than two (2) publications in a newspaper, such publications to be a week apart and at least three (3) days shall elapse between the last publication and the hearing; and such notice shall be given as to (a) the time and place of the hearing; (b) the general nature of the proposed improvements; (c) the estimated or probable cost of the proposed improvements; (d) the extent of the proposed improvement district to be assessed for the cost of the proposed improvements; (e) the proposed method of assessment; and (f) the proposed apportionment of the cost between the improvement district and the city at large; and

            WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas (the “City”), hereby finds and determines it to be necessary to direct and order a public hearing on the advisability of certain improvements in the City pursuant to the authority of the Act; and further to provide for the giving of notice of said hearing in the manner required by the Act.

            THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

            Section 1.        Public Hearing.  It is hereby authorized, ordered and directed that the governing body of the City shall hold a public hearing on the advisability of the following described improvements (collectively, the “Improvements”):

the construction of Queens Road from 6th Street to Eisenhower Drive, including street, curb and gutter, sidewalks, bike lanes, shared use path, storm sewer, water main, sanitary sewer relocation, and roundabout, and

the installation of a traffic signal at 6th Street and Queens Road, including signals, poles and mast arms, controller, emergency vehicle detection system, video detection, sidewalks, handicap ramps, pedestrian crossing, curb and gutter, and pavement marking,

and any necessary and appurtenant improvements, all in accordance with City standards and specifications prepared or approved by the City Engineer.

            Such public hearing will be held on June 6, 2017, at 5:45 p.m., at 6 East 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044, under the authority of the Act.

            Section 2.        Notice of Hearing.  The City Clerk is hereby authorized, ordered and directed to give notice of said public hearing by publication of a Notice of Public Hearing substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A two (2) times in the official City newspaper, such publications to be one (1) week apart, and the last publication to be at least three (3) days prior to the date of the hearing.

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ADOPTED by the governing body of the City on May 16, 2017.

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                                                                                                Leslie Soden, Mayor

ATTEST:

Sherri Riedemann, Clerk

Attached legal descriptions approved by:

Charles F. Soules, P.E., Director of Public Works