Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

 

TO:

Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:

City Manager David L. Corliss

 

DATE:

September 19, 2013

 

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. 

                  

10/01/13

·         Commissioner comments concerning draft rental registration ordinance due to staff.

 

10/08/13

·         Approve Comprehensive Plan Amendment, CPA-13-00272, to Horizon 2020, Chapter 8-Transportation, to incorporate the Goals, Objectives and Strategies in the new T2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Initiated by City Commission on 6/11/13. Adopt on first reading, Joint City Ordinance No. 8910/County Resolution No. ____, for Comprehensive Plan Amendment, CPA-13-00272, to Horizon 2020, Chapter 8-Transportation, to incorporate the Goals, Objectives and Strategies in the new T2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. (PC Item 3; approved 9-0 on 8/26/13)    Staff Report   Initiation Memo   Draft Chapter 8   Current Chapter 8

 

10/15/13

·         Rental Registration Ordinance, direction to staff on changes to draft ordinance.

 

TBD

·         Discuss results of EPA study of parking in the Oread Neighborhood.   Staff Memo & Attachments

 

·         Adopt the Bed Bug Infestation Procedures.   Staff Memo & Attachments

 

·         Consider approving the purchase of three (3) fixed-route vehicles as replacements for three (3) existing fixed-route transit vehicles which have surpassed both the manufacturer and Federal Transit Administration useful life requirements. These vehicles would be purchased off of the existing Brownsville, Texas Contract with Gillig Corporation for a total cost of $1,275,000.  Federal Grants will pay for $1,058,205 and the local match of $216,750 will be paid for by the City.   Staff Memo & Attachments

 

ACTION:      Approve the purchase of three (3) fixed-route vehicles for a total of $216,750, if appropriate.

 

·         Approve Memorandum of Intent with Douglas County and the University of Kansas creating the Campus Village Initiative, a mechanism to implement the recommendation in the Retiree Attraction and Retention Task Force recommendation of establishing an intergenerational long-life community with diverse housing options in Lawrence for KU Alumni and Friends, Haskell Alumni and Friends, and Baker University and Friends within five years.

                         

·         Receive the recommendations from the joint HRC/PC discussions regarding the issues outlined in the 11/29/12 Downtown Redevelopment Issues & Opportunities Memo.   Staff Memo & Attachments   Staff Memo - 06/20/13      HRC Minutes - 06/20/13   Correspondence

 

·         Receive a staff report on the history of investment thresholds in the property tax abatement policy and provide direction to staff regarding possible revisions to the policy.   Staff Memo & Attachments