[E-minutes] City Commission meeting minutes of Feb 25, 2003

[Diane Trybom]

				                 February 25, 2003

The Board of Commissioners of the City of Lawrence met in regular =
session at
6:35 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers in City Hall with Mayor Hack
presiding and members Dunfield, Henry, Kennedy, and Rundle present.  =
Student
Commissioners Elmore and Nobo were present.         =20
Mayor Hack proclaimed Saturday, March 1, 2003 as "Kiowa Elder's Day."=20
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by =
Henry,
to approve the City Commission meeting minutes of February 18, 2003.  =
Motion
carried unanimously.=20
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by =
Henry,
to approve the Sister Cities Advisory Board meeting minutes of January =
8,
2003; the Public Health Board meeting minutes of January 27, 2003; the
Library Board meeting minutes of January 20, 2003; and, the Human =
Relations
Commission meeting minutes of November 20, 2003.  Motion carried
unanimously. =20
	As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Henry, to approve claims to 335	 vendors in the amount of $1,350,011.84 =
and
payroll from February 9, 2003 to February 22, 2003 in the amount of
$1,338,520.78.  Motion carried unanimously. =20
	As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Henry, to approve the Drinking Establishment Licenses for Mass Street =
Deli,
941 Massachusetts Street (Contingent Upon State License); Shenago =
Lounge,
2907 West 6th Street; Abe & Jakes Landing, 8 East 6th Street; The Pool =
Room,
925, Iowa Street; Paradise Caf=E9, 728 Massachusetts; Free State =
Brewing Co.,
636 Massachusetts Street; Old Chicago, 2329 Iowa Street; Westside Deli =
&
Market, 4931 West 6th Street, Ste: 106; and, Mexi-Kans, 2412 Iowa =
Street.
Motion carried unanimously.
  	As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by
Henry, to approve the Taxi Cab License for Midwest Transportation, 2120 =
West
25th Street, Ste: H.  Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by =
Henry,
to concur with the recommendation of the Mayor and appoint Greg Hickam =
to
the Historic Resources Commission which will expire on March 1, 2006;
appoint Pat Donahue to the Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging which will =
expire on
September 30, 2005; and, appoint Michael Kennedy as the Friends of =
Hiratsuka
representative for the Sister Cities Advisory Board which will expire =
on
December 31, 2005.  Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by =
Henry,
to authorize the Finance Department to negotiate and execute a contract =
with
AB Data for utility billing printing services for an estimated cost of
$21,870 and estimated postage cost of $121,407.  Motion carried =
unanimously.
(1)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by =
Henry,
to approve the subordination agreement for Craig Nowatzke, 838 Oak =
Street.
Motion carried unanimously.
(2)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Kennedy, seconded by =
Henry,
to approve the request that fiberglass Jayhawks on Parade be considered =
as
community signs of interest.  Motion carried unanimously.
(3)
Mayor Hack presented a walk-on item for the consent agenda concerning a
drinking establishment license for  "Bada Bings" at 913 North 2nd =
Street.
The business is in the process of being sold and new ownership will =
operate
under the name "Allstars."  The closing date for this sale is February =
28,
2003 at which time "Bada Bings" license will expire and "Allstars" has
requested that the license be approved so that the new license will be
effective at that time.  The new owners have applied for both State and =
City
drinking establishment licenses and the City license will be contingent =
upon
receiving their license from the State. =20
Commissioner Kennedy requested that the "Allstars" license request be =
pulled
from the consent agenda for discussion.=20
Commissioner Kennedy said as a City Commission, they had discussed this
establishment before in regards to nudity along with the consumption of
alcohol in the City limits.  He said there had been problems at that
location at certain times and he wanted to make sure that these =
problems had
been addressed.  He asked if the City inspected this business at =
appropriate
times to ensure that along with the alcohol that there is no =
inappropriate
removal of attire. =20
Mike Wildgen, City Manager, said yes.  =20
It was moved by Kennedy, seconded by Rundle, to approve the drinking
establishment license for "Allstars."  Motion carried unanimously.
(4)
During the City Manager's report Wildgen reported that the 2004 Budget
Process will begin next week with the mailing of notices to Outside =
Agencies
of the deadlines for submission of funding request.  The notices and =
request
forms are available via the City's website.
Wildgen reported that the federal appropriation for $500,000 was =
approved
from the Bus and Bus Facilities category.  He said there is a question =
of
whether this money would be used for a transit center because the =
evaluation
of the Santa Fe Depot location did not work out.  He said Karin =
Rexroad,
Public Transit Administrator, would work with Public Transit Advisory
Committee to suggest appropriate use of that money.  He said it might =
be
better appropriated for a bus center that the City would own and =
maintain.
Wildgen also reported that David Guntert, Planner, has produced maps =
that
are being used by the school district for planning purposes.
Finally, Wildgen reported to the Commission that staff had produced a =
report
on recent activities by the various departments relative to the =
objectives
established to accomplish the City Commission's goals.
Commissioner Kennedy asked Wildgen if one of the top priorities =
concerning
the Public Transit System was the transfer station being located =
downtown.
Wildgen said yes.
Commissioner Kennedy said the use of the Santa Fe Depot was not =
feasible
according to PTAC.
Wildgen said that was certainly one of the groups that had looked at =
that
issue.  He said the City had the building inspected and studied in =
terms of
physical problems and the Santa Fe Depot has shown no interest in this
issue.
Commissioner Kennedy said the transit system was currently in a =
temporary
facility.  He asked if part of that funding for the Transit System =
would be
used for improvement in this area or used to expand the lease.=20
Wildgen said yes these were possibilities.
Commissioner Kennedy asked if the City was limited on how long we could =
hold
this money.
Wildgen said there would be some limit, but staff would have time to
properly plan for the use of this money.
Mayor Hack commented on the objectives relative to the City =
Commission's
goals.  She said the report was an incredible outline of staff's =
activities
with relationship to the City Commission's goals.  She said the goal =
setting
process continues to benefit the City Commission.
(5)
  Lynn Parman, Vice President, Economic Development, Lawrence Chamber =
of
Commerce, addressed issues concerning the 2002 Activity Report, updated =
the
City Commission on the 2003 Activity Report, informed the Commission on =
the
programs and marketing efforts, and finally, discussed the economic
development element of the Horizon 2020 Strategic Plan that the =
Economic
Development Board had been updating.
She said there was only 6 months of data that was tracked for the 2002
Economic Development Activity because prior to her working for the =
Chamber,
they did not track this type of information.  Next year, when they =
address
this issue, the information will be much more powerful because they =
would be
able to compare 2002 data with 2003 data.  Therefore, by having this =
type of
information, you would be able to see more trends in activity levels =
and in
terms of planning efforts and what types of new initiatives that they =
would
want to explore as a result of this information.=20
The presentation was divided into two sections.  The first section =
would
focus primarily and inclusively on business attraction activity and the
second half of the presentation was on existing business activity.
Since July of 2002 they worked on a total of 45 business attraction
inquires.  There were 45 different types of companies that contacted =
the
Chamber in some manner and asked for information for a business =
attraction
type of project.  She said they thought it would be informational for =
the
Commission to see what types of companies were looking at Lawrence and
Douglas County.  She said 49% of their inquiries in 2002 were in the
manufacturing sector.  There was also 9% of inquires relating to =
research
and development types of companies.  With regard to the manufacturing
prospects, 30% were general manufacturers and 23% were life sciences =
and
biotech industry.
She said the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing and Kansas City =
Area
Development Council are their State and Regional allies.  She said 33% =
of
their leads are from these two entities and produce the most active
projects.  When a company is looking to locate somewhere in the United
States, they call a State or Regional organization to collect =
information on
a location.  She said 33% of their leads were these types of searches.  =
The
Chamber also does advertisements in different site selection journals =
and
13% of their leads were from this type of advertisement.  27% of their
prospect activity leads came from direct contact through their website =
or
calls directly to their office asking for information.
Parman said 24% of their projects materialized into an active phase.  =
In
business attraction in particular, a lot of the projects stay in that
preliminary phase.  These prospective businesses ask for the Chamber's
general relocation packet, information about general real estate, and
business climate or workforce demographics.  In business attraction, =
for 24%
of their project to materialize into an active phase was good. =20
She said they were eliminated in projects 49% of the time for not =
having a
specific site or building to meet their needs.  Typically business =
searches
start with a building or acreage and if it did not meet their criteria, =
they
were eliminated.  She said the concern for the Chamber was the lack of
business park space, but may be available in the future.  As far as
buildings, a lot of companies are specific about the types of building =
they
are looking for.   =20
Parman said when they find out about a project, they ask, "Who is their
competition?"  She said in 60% of their projects, they were competing
against a community in the Midwest.  The border states are the ones =
they
compete with most such as Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma. =20
She said they are the City/County Economic Development Organization so =
they
try to respond as Douglas County and not specifically for Lawrence, =
Eudora,
Baldwin City, or Lecompton.  65% of the time they were able to respond =
as
Douglas County Economic Development, 33% of the time they inquired =
about
Lawrence specifically, and 2% of the time it was the City of Eudora.
Baldwin City and Lecompton was 0% because they did not have any sites =
or
buildings on their data base system, but they were working with them
proactively to try to identify some areas that would work for business
locations.  She said they hoped to see these numbers increase next year =
in
terms of specific communities as well as the activity levels.
 Parman said 54% of their acreage requests were in the 6 to 10 acre =
range.
She said they track that information because it was important in terms =
of
planning purposes.  There was a 13% request rate for 100 acres and up.  =
As
far as square footage request, 50% were less than 75,000 square feet =
and
were evenly distributed.                                  =20
The spec. building is something they continue to market.  There is a =
spec.
building located in the East Hills Business Park.  In 2002, they showed =
the
spec. building 15 times to prospective clients.  Now that the building =
is
completed, they are advertising that building and would like to see =
activity
increase.
Concerning prospect site visits, in 2002, 13 companies took the time to =
come
to Lawrence or Douglas County to look at real estates options and the
community.
She said in 2002, if all of the 45 projects the Chamber had worked, =
there
would have been a potential of over 6,400 new jobs and over =
$629,000,000 in
new investment. =20
Parman said there were 2 companies in 2002 that they assisted in the
location to Lawrence/Douglas County which were Serologicals and Extreme
Sports.  She said they worked with different sized companies.  As a =
result
of these 2 companies located to Lawrence/Douglas County, 64 new jobs =
would
be created and over $28,000,000 in new investment.
In 2002 there were 13 business expanding projects.  She said 19% of =
those
were in the active phase, 25% were actually completed, and 50% stayed =
in the
preliminary phase. =20
She said in the existing business activity, 53% were in the =
manufacturing
sector, 27% in office, 13% in the technology sector, and 7% in =
distribution.
With regard to competition for existing business expansion projects, =
when
existing businesses are looking at doing an expansion, most of the time =
it
is as competitive as a business attraction project because for an =
existing
company to look at an expansion project, most likely they are competing =
with
another one of their companies to get that additional building =
expansion.
She said 50% of the time they were competing with other communities in =
the
Midwest for those projects.
Parman said they conducted 83 business retention visits from July until
December of 2002 and they are continuing these visits. =20
She said there were 4 existing business expansion projects, which were
Classic Eagle Distribution, Star Signs & Graphics, PROSOCO, and NCS =
Pearson.
Those actual jobs amount to 175 new jobs and over $14,000,000 in new
investment.
Parman said in 2003, in terms of business attraction, they had fielded =
over
27 inquiries of companies looking to locate in Lawrence/Douglas County. =
 To
put that into perspective for 2002, they doubled the amount of requests =
for
the whole 4th Quarter of 2002, just in the first 6 weeks of 2003.  =
Everyday
they are getting new projects that want information about demographics,
workforce or real estate options.  She said they are pleased with the =
level
of interest, but they would like to see some of these materialize into
active projects. =20
She said there had been one project announcement, which was a small
pharmaceutical company called Decithera.  She said the Chamber was =
involved
with helping Decithera with the State resources that were available =
along
with a lot of involvement from the Lawrence Regional Technology Center =
and
K.U.   This company will produce 5 new jobs and $500,000 in investment.
This is a small company right now, but they will grow and had a lot of
potential. =20
She said the level that she was most excited about was the level of =
existing
businesses.  They have 5 new existing businesses projects that they =
were
working on and 4 of those 5 projects are active.  They are in the
manufacturing sector and are viable projects.  She said their office is =
busy
working with these companies on everything from comparative analysis of
doing business in Lawrence compared to their sister plant location, to
helping them be plugged into all the State resources that are available =
with
the training funds as well as the training programs and other incentive
programs.  They are seeing a good amount of activity from the City's
existing businesses. =20
Commissioner Henry asked Parman if the companies were contacting her
directly or through consultants.
Parman said both.  The majority of business attraction projects come =
through
site selectors and consultants.  The national trend is 90% of the time =
that
a business is looking at doing a site search and locating their =
facilities
somewhere in the United States, they use a site selector and =
consultant.
Commissioner Henry said the site selectors are looking at a number of
communities based on what the community is offering.
Parman said yes, and also the criteria of their search. =20
Parman said concerning marketing information, they were still working =
on
their marketing brochures.  It took a while to get to find something =
they
thought encapsulated how wonderful Douglas County is.  The brochures =
should
be completed by April 1st.   The brochures will feature the people of
Douglas County and they would be sending different messages that the =
Chamber
wanted to convey to their site selection audience such as quality of =
life,
business climate, workforce, technology, and the cultural amenities.=20
She said they recently had completed a direct mail campaign to those =
site
selectors about the Serologicals announcement and wanted to convey to =
them
that Lawrence/Douglas County had a recent success.  They are also doing
one-on-one visits with Kansas City site selectors and real estate =
brokers to
make sure they did not forget about Lawrence/Douglas County when they =
are
working with clients.
Parman also participated in a trip with Kansas City Area Development =
Council
and the State to New York, where they called on 10 different =
consultants and
site selection firms.  New York is the hot area for biotech site =
selectors.
They had talked to these site selectors about Serologicals, the Kansas =
City
Metro area and Lawrence.
In terms of the existing business surveys, they were going well.  50% =
of
these surveys were completed and she was trying to broaden the =
companies
that they visit to do the existing business surveys.  They would be =
calling
on a lot of the companies that are in the Lawrence Technology =
Association.
She said the existing business survey would be completed the 2nd =
quarter of
2003.     =20
She said the Chamber has formed a manufacturers network.  A meeting =
that
took place at Hallmark in January focused on plant managers and the
manufacturing sector to get together on a quarterly basis and take =
tours of
each other's plants and form a network.  She said the Chamber invited
approximately 60 different manufacturers in Douglas County and 20 =
attended.

She said last fall the Chamber invited the Commission on a tour to =
Sauer
Danfoss as part of a government tour program and they had been working =
with
AMARR (Garage Door Group) and they would be hosting a tour in March.  =
She
would work with the City Manager to find a time that worked for =
everyone.
This is a program where the companies invite local elected officials to =
tour
the plants and see their operations.
Finally, she wanted to provide the Commission with an update on the =
economic
development element of the Horizon 2020 Strategic Plan.  The Economic
Development Board had conducted public hearings around Douglas County =
and
received good input.  They also asked a lot of different groups and =
entities
to submit strategic plans so they could see what everyone else was =
doing
such as the K-10 Corridor Association, Lawrence Regional Technologies
Center, and various groups that are allies and partners in economic
development.  A subcommittee that was focused on developing the draft =
and
encompassing all of this data has released that draft to the Economic
Development Board.  The Economic Development Board then had a study =
session
and had great comments and feedback, but they were still working on =
that.
They wanted to make sure they encompassed all the public comment and =
put
forth a draft strategic plan that the Commission would take note.  The
Economic Development Board will have a public hearing in April on this
issue.  She said they did not expect to have this to the Planning =
Commission
until May. =20
Commissioner Rundle wanted to make positive comments about this report,
which was a comprehensive format.  He was appreciative of the 83 =
business
retention contacts and that they were on track with those surveys.  He =
said
we would need all this data to make future decisions.  He particularly =
liked
the trip to New York because the City needed to be focusing on its =
strengths
and going after the biosciences was a positive.  =20
Commissioner Kennedy asked Parman in regards to the prospect lead =
sources,
the two groups that she worked with, the KDOCH & KCADC, did this cost =
the
Economic Development Board money to be on their list?
Parman said the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing is a State
organization for Economic Development.  It doesn't necessarily cost the =
City
money to be part of their efforts, although they did participate =
monetarily
in some marketing endeavors with them such as tradeshows.  With the =
Kansas
City Area Development Council, they did spend money out of their =
economic
development marketing budget to be an investor in the Kansas City Area
Development Council.  It cost the Chamber $7,500 annually and it was
probably the best use of their marketing funds.  Without KCADC they =
probably
would not have been on the radar screen for Serologicals.  She said =
those
site selectors have a great relationships and go to KCADC first and the
Chamber would be included in that search. =20
Commissioner Kennedy asked how many acres Serologicals took in the East
Hills Business Park.
Parman said 12.5 acres.  She said their original search was 6 to 10 =
acres.
She said they decided to buy additional acres for future expansion
opportunities.
Commissioner Kennedy said the reason for project elimination was the =
lack
and availability of marketable land.  He wanted to ensure that ECO2 is
continuing in this process to designate specific areas knowing that we =
have
both an obligation for land use and acreage available for both economic
incentives as well as greenspace.

Parman said the County Commission has designated ECO2 to be an interim
committee or an interim board of the County.  Instead of being a =
grassroots
effort, primarily through the Chamber of Commerce, now the County is
providing staff support to them and they are going to spend a year =
going
over what that original committee developed as well as pursing and =
finding
other different funding resources that may be available. =20
Mayor Hack appreciated all the information.  She especially liked the
graphic on project elimination.  It is important to note that we do not
always have a spot to put a company, but that is not the only thing a
company considers. =20
She said it was interesting to hear that Lawrence was not even on the =
radar
screen for biotech companies.  She said Serologicals is going to be
tremendous for this community and hoped it was the beginning of many =
more of
these companies.  =20
Parman thanked City staff for their hard work on the Serologicals =
project. =20
Commissioner Henry appreciated Parman's professionalism in her role at =
the
Chamber.
=09
(6)
Mayor Hack thanked staff for their hard work on the 31st Street =
project. =20
David Corliss, Assistant City Manager/Legal Services Director, =
presented the
final agreement for 31st Street property acquisition.  He said Jane
Eldredge, attorney, representing Pine Ridge Plaza LLC, had provided a =
signed
copy of an agreement.  Essentially there had been a dispute about some =
of
the provisions of this agreement.  The dispute involved the =
interpretation
of whether or not the document was going to require them to dedicate
right-of-way or what they wanted to call an easement of right-of-way.
Staff's opinion was that they wanted to receive right-of-way, but the
applicant was worried about setback issues.  He would attempt to make =
the
setback and right-of-way issues clear. =20
The other issue was how to measure the left turn stacking lane. In
Eldredge's draft agreement, it stated that they wanted cars counted, =
but
staff wanted to measure it by feet.  Eldredge was standing on the fact =
that
only so many cars could generally fit in there, but car lengths vary =
and it
was staff's goal to have it measured.  He said the agreement stated =
now,
that the left turn median cut allowing left turns into the Pine Ridge =
Plaza
shall be constructed with a minimum length of 117 feet of storage lane. =
=20
He presented a map to the City Commission explaining the right-of-way =
issue.
Right-of-way is a superior property interest.  When you own property, =
in
most cases, its called "fee simple" or "fee simple absolute."  =
Right-of-way
is a step down from fee simple, which was essentially that the City =
owns the
property where there is right-of-way, but the City had to use it for =
public
purposes and would have a reversionary interest.  He said other =
interests
that exist are called easements.  The City has an existing utility =
easement
and a 30-foot peripheral parking and building setback requirements.  =
What
setback requirements meant was that buildings and parking must be set =
back
from that right-of-way line, in this case, 30 feet.   The parking lot =
for
the International House of Pancakes and the Kmart site roughly hugs the =
30
foot peripheral line.  In their earlier discussions, staff wanted 30 =
feet to
be dedicated as right-of-way.  Staff then backed off and asked for 25 =
feet
and last week talked about the dedication of 12 feet.  The value of 12 =
feet
would be that it would at least place the deceleration lane and some of =
the
sidewalk into the right-of-way.  Eldredge, on behalf of her client,
indicated that this was not acceptable and her argument was if you look =
at
the proposed access easement of 25 feet, that 25 feet would now be all
right-of-way.  He said from that line, you would measure a hypothetical =
30
foot parking setback if the 25 foot public access easement was =
right-of-way
line.  If staff had received what they originally requested that would =
mean
that building setback line would then be into the parking, both at IHOP =
and
the Kmart properties.  He said IHOP and Kmart are tenants of Pine Ridge
Plaza LLC who owns the property.  That would mean that they would be a
non-complying use and would be allowed to continue until such time that =
the
Kmart site or any other part of the site was redeveloped.  He said =
staff
believed that the Kmart site was being reviewed for redevelopment =
purposes.

He said Eldredge's client's concern was that they were essentially =
reducing
the area that would be available for additional development and if this
property would have to be redeveloped and replatted, they would then =
lose
some of the parking.  Eldredge's clients wanted to be held harmless by =
this
project.  There were also concerns about the bankruptcy trustee having =
the
leasehold interest as an asset in bankruptcy proceedings.  He said the =
Kmart
lease was an asset and they had a concern about diminishing the value.  =
He
said they worked on a public access easement and they function largely =
as
right-of-way. =20
He said they worked on an instrument that grants the property as a =
public
access easement, but with all of the functions of right-of-way except =
that
setbacks and peripheral boundaries are not taken from the public access
easements.  In essence, for $150,000 the City will be buying a public =
access
easement that would allow the City to build a deceleration lane, =
sidewalks,
bus stop and shelter as planned.  The agreement provides for the sale =
of
some right-of-way at the mid-block intersection for the traffic signal, =
and
if you look at the set back issues, you see that there is not any =
problem as
far as the parking or where the building is located.  The public access
easement lists all of the possible uses that it would allow, but it is =
not
right-of-way.  This is not the kind of precedent the City would like to =
see
when we acquire property or when we receive property as dedicated.  It =
may
be fair to say that this is a unique enough project that it would not =
be
setting that kind of precedent, but he thought it was setting a =
precedent
because of its nature. =20
Commissioner Kennedy asked if this agreement would allow the =
reconstruction
of this street to continue without further delay.
Corliss said yes.  The delays have been primarily with some of the =
utility
relocation issues from the post office site. =20
Commissioner Rundle said Corliss's email recognized that the City may
request that the public access easement be dedicated as right-of-way.  =
He
asked if this was serving as a notice of concern.
Corliss said staff anticipated that there would be a redevelopment =
proposal
and that would trigger a replatting or at least a revised preliminary =
and
final development plan.  He wanted to put on record that the City would =
be
asking for this in right-of-way.
Mayor Hack said this was truly an unusual project and agreement that =
went
along with this project.  The alternatives of condemning property or =
walking
away and not making the improvements, neither of these alternatives is
palatable.  Ultimately, what will happen, is an improved intersection =
to
serve the citizens of Lawrence as well as the individuals that will
eventually use the Pine Ridge Plaza property.
Vice Mayor Dunfield said there were times during this process that he =
was
extremely frustrated with the pace of the discussions and issues, but =
at the
same time having the perspective to step back from that and say what =
they
are really after was the best possible street improvement given the
circumstances.
Commissioner Kennedy said with this improvement comes redevelopment and =
the
developer paying a large portion of the redevelopment of this street.  =
Now
the City can look forward to the rest of 31st Street in the future, =
which
will be at the City and County's expense.   =20
	Moved by Kennedy, seconded by Dunfield, to approve an agreement with
Pine Ridge Plaza LLC regarding 31st Street property acquisition.  =
Motion
carried unanimously.	        (7)
Wildgen reported that Black & Veatch was ready to discuss the =
alternatives
to the Master Plan for water and wastewater.
Moved by Dunfield, seconded by Kennedy, to adjourn at 7:40 p.m.   =
Motion
carried unanimously.


							APPROVED:
=09
_____________________________
									Sue
Hack, Mayor
ATTEST:

___________________________________            =20
Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk


CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES - FEBRUARY 25, 2003

	1.	Contract - Utility Billing printing services to AB Data for
$121,407.

	2.	Subordination Agreement - 838 Oak St., Craig Nowatzke.

	3.	Community Signs of Interest - Jayhawk on Parade. =20

	4.	Drinking Establishment License -  Allstars (previously Bada
Bings)

	5.	City Manger's Report.
=20
	6.	2002 Economic Development Activity Report.

	7.	Agreement - 31st St. property acquisition.
	=20