June 22, 2004
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 Rundle presiding and members Dunfield, Hack, Highberger, and Schauner present.
CONSENT AGENDA
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to approve the City Commission meeting minutes of June 15, 2004. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to receive the Traffic Safety Commission meeting minutes of June 7, 2004; the Board of Electrical Examiners and Appeals meeting minutes of May 5, 2004; and the Library Board meeting minutes of May 16, 2004. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to approve claims to 375 vendors in the amount of $799,379.73. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to approve the Drinking Establishment Licenses for Jefferson’s Restaurant, 743 Massachusetts; Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts; and Carlos O’Kelly’s Mexican Restaurant, 707 West 23rd. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to concur with the recommendation of the Mayor and reappoint Kate Kelly, Brad Kemp and Constance Wolfe, to the Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board to additional terms which will expire July 1, 2004; appoint Truman Waugh to the Douglas County Emergency Management Board to an additional term which will expire July 30, 2005; reappoint Joe Helfert, to the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority, to an additional term which will expire June 30, 2008; appoint Ed Brunt to the Mental Health Board which will expire April 30, 2008; and appoint Cindy Strecker to the Recycling and Resource Conservation Advisory Board which will expire December 31, 2006. Motion carried unanimously.
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to set a bid date of July 6, 2004 for the 2004 Overlay and Concrete Repair Program, Phase 3 which includes: Arkansas, 24th Street to 25th Street; Belle Crest Drive, 25th Street to Belle Haven Drive, including Shelburn Place; Melrose Lane, 24th Terrace to 25th Street; 21st Terrace, Naismith Drive to Ousdahl Road to culd-de-sac; 24th Street, Alabama west to end of street; 24th Terrace, Melrose Lane to cul-de-sac; 28th Terrace, Belle Haven Drive to Alabama. Motion carried unanimously. (1)
Ordinance No. 7794 rezoning (Z-02-06-04) 11.5587 acres from B-3 (Limited Business District) to PCD-2 (Planned Commercial Development District), property located north of Clinton Parkway and east of K-10 Highway (SLT), was read a second time. As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to adopt the ordinance. Aye: Dunfield, Hack, Highberger, Rundle, and Schauner. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously. (2)
Ordinance No. 7790, establishing “no parking” along the east side of Kentucky Street from 15th Street south 85 feet, was read a second time. As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to adopt the ordinance. Aye: Dunfield, Hack, Highberger, Rundle, and Schauner. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously. (3)
Ordinance No. 7798, changing the street name of 16th Street, located between Wakarusa Drive and Research Park Drive) to Research Park Way, was read a second time. As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to adopt the ordinance. Aye: Dunfield, Hack, Highberger, Rundle, and Schauner. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously. (4)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to approve the site plan (SP-04-27-04) for a demolition and reconstruction of the east wing to an existing church located at 1629 West 19th Street, subject to the following condition:
1. Execution of a site plan performance agreement
Motion carried unanimously. (5)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to approve the site plan (SP-05-28-04) for outdoor seating at Jefferson’s Restaurant, located at 743 Massachusetts Street, subject to the following conditions:
1. Execution of a site plan performance agreement per Section 20-1433;
2. Approval of “permanent” sidewalk dining area to 743 Massachusetts;
3. The applicant shall obtain a sidewalk dining license from the City prior to occupying the public right-of-way per Chapter 6-1202; and
4. Execution of an agreement with the City of Lawrence for use of the right-of-way per Chapter 6-12.
Motion carried unanimously. (6)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to approve the site plan (SP-05-30-04) for outdoor seating at Thai House, located at 724 Massachusetts, subject to the following conditions:
1. Execution of a site plan performance agreement per Section 20-1433;
2. Approval of “permanent” sidewalk dining area to 724 Massachusetts;
3. The applicant shall obtain a sidewalk dining license from the City prior to occupying the public right-of-way per Chapter 6-1202; and
4. Execution of an agreement with the City of Lawrence for use of the right-of-way per Chapter 6-12.
Motion carried unanimously. (7)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to authorize renewal building/property insurance and Fire and Medical auto/professional liability insurance coverage with both St. Paul-Travelers and VFIS for the insurance period of July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005. Motion carried unanimously. (8)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with KDOT for $250,986 for bus shelters, cut-outs, and operating expenses for state fiscal year 2005. Motion carried unanimously. (9)
As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, to authorize the Mayor to sign a subordination agreement for Yana Reid. Motion carried unanimously. (10)
REGULAR AGENDA
Consider adopting joint City of Lawrence Resolution No. 6553, and Douglas County Resolution No.04-22 , establishing the ECO2 Commission.
Mike Wildgen, City Manager, said the County approved this resolution with amendments concerning appointment terms for ECO2 Commissioners and those changes were made to Sections 7 and 8 of the resolution.
Commissioner Schauner had a concern in Section 4 of the resolution. He said his initial reading of the resolution suggested the ability to enter into contracts were going to be some power that the ECO2 Commission would have from the very beginning, but he asked if that would only be possible by future separate agreement between the County and the City.
Corliss said correct. He said the only mechanism by which the ECO2 Commission would be able to have those additional assigned duties and responsibilities would be through a separate agreement or separate legislative authorization and a new resolution that would somehow empower that group to have the authority.
Commissioner Schauner asked what legal status the ECO2 Commission would have.
Corliss said the ECO2 Commission was a subdivision of the City and County and that Commission would not have any statutory authority like a Planning Commission.
Commissioner Schauner said the ECO2 Commission would be the City’s agent in a principle agent relationship.
Corliss said that was a good analogy. He said it was an entity that owed its existence solely to the City and the County. He said the City and County Commissions could give the ECO2 Commission such powers as deemed appropriate within the confines of the law as well as taking such powers away as deemed appropriate.
Mayor Rundle said the ECO2 Commission was working on bylaws and other issues, he asked if those bylaws and issues would come back to the governing bodies for approval.
Corliss said pursuant to that resolution the ECO2 Commission would prepare bylaws to govern that Commission’s structure in the decision making process in that it shall submit said bylaws to the City and County for joint approval.
Commissioner Schauner asked if the ECO2 Commission had any current funding expectation from either the City or County.
Wildgen said yes. He said the ECO2 Commission came to the City Commission in May with a 2004 and 2005 budget of approximately $16,000 and the City Commission granted $6,000.
Mayor Rundle called for public comment.
Alan Black, League of Women Voters, read a previously submitted letter to the Commission. The letter read, “We see a positive function for the ECO2 Commission as an advisory body to our local elected officials. However, Resolution No. 6553 goes beyond merely creating an Advisory Commission. It does this in ways that we believe were contrary to the public interests. Therefore, we asked that you deny approval of Resolution No. 6553 in its current wording for the following reasons:
Beyond the duties and responsibilities as an advisory body, the section for this resolution would allow our governing bodies to grant authority to the ECO2 Commission to enter into private contracts to do such things as obtain options and property and to buy and sell real estate and to obtain financing, presumably both public and private for un-named purposes described as “further into the goals of the ECO2 Commission.” It’s described in Section 2 of the resolution this includes “supports to expand job opportunities in Douglas County, Kansas, including financing.” The method which gives such authority to the ECO2 Commission by granting these “additional duties and responsibilities” was described in Section 4, “agreement between themselves.” There was no indication of who was involved in such an agreement or what form or how the agreement was to be made.
Section 10 required the ECO2 Commission to prepare and submit for approval bylaws governing the Commission’s structure and decision making process only. Bylaws should be more comprehensive, defined clearly the Commission’s purpose, method of reporting to governing bodies, requirements for audit, and other provisions for insuring the Commission’s accountability to the public.
The implication of Section 13 is that following the effective date of Resolution No. 6553, beyond the provisions of Section 4, the ECO2 Commission can not be modified within a five year period preceding its evaluation. There is no mention of any method by which the governing bodies may audit, supervise, oversee, or otherwise control the activities of the ECO2 Commission within this period of time. The only action the governing body may take was to withdraw support unilaterally.
There are other provisions in the resolution that for the sake of brevity were not mentioned in this letter, but which if not rewarded or reconsidered, have the potential for causing serious problems.
We asked that you support the formation of an ECO2 Commission, you limit its function to giving advice and provide adequate safeguards for public accountability.”
He added that there was no mention anywhere in the resolution of the Comprehensive Plan, Horizon 2020 and since this City Commission was going to be concerned with locating new industrial commercial land use, it would be important that the decision the ECO2 Commission made, did conform to the Comprehensive Plan and they believed that should be a limitation and made on the Commission’s activity.
Rex Buchanan, current member of ECO2 Commission, said they appreciated the number of comments made on this issue and they believed the ECO2 Commission could address those comments in the process of developing bylaws and an implementation plan that they would work on over the course of the coming year. He said they would also welcome input from a variety of other groups. He said they tried to be open in this process and involve a number of folks in the work that had been done so far.
Mayor Rundle said he appreciated the comments from the League. He said those comments were submitted to the ECO2 Commission and he suggested that the minutes reflect those comments. He said since this issue would come back to the City Commission, he hoped those comments could be addressed during the bylaw discussions and work on the implementation plan that was being developed.
Commissioner Dunfield said most of the concerns centered on Section 4 and as he read Section 4 it seemed clear that the only thing that was being authorized was for the ECO2 group to serve as an advisory body.
He said the sentence that read, “by separate agreement between themselves,” should read “among themselves.” He said that phrase seemed clear to refer back to the subject which was the City, County and other incorporated cities within Douglas County. He said anything beyond this initial advisory capacity, it seemed would need to be approved by the governing bodies and that was the safeguard.
Mayor Rundle said any funds were either going to come from this body or rose by some mechanism that the City and County Commission would approve, but more of a creature of the County. He said when they had that funding it would be with the guidance, direction, and parameters that govern spending.
Commissioner Schauner said he understood the League’s concerns and he said he had some of the same concerns. He said he would like to see the bylaws come back with some regular types of reporting to both the City and County governing, not necessarily audits, but progress reports, something significantly more frequent than every five years.
Secondly, he suggested that the bylaws also address the Horizon 2020 issue. He said it was important that they not have the ECO2 Commission working in way that was inconsistent with the City’s bigger picture plan of Horizon 2020. He hoped that the ECO2 Commission would take that into consideration and put something in writing to that effect so that any lack of specific agreement in that would be addressed.
Buchanan said the ECO2 Commission intended to develop bylaws over the next six months and would come back to the City Commission at that point.
He said their Commission would certainly take Horizon 2020 into account. He said there had been some discussions about Horizon 2020.
Vice Mayor Highberger said he had a question about the concern in Section 13 of the resolution. He said he assumed that the governing bodies would have inherent authority to modify the ECO2 Commission at any point.
Corliss said he agreed with that statement that the respective governing bodies had the ability to examine that issue at any time of their choosing. He said he did not read Section 13 in the resolution as a limitation.
Commissioner Schauner had a concern in Section 4 of the resolution which read, “the City, County, and other incorporated cities within Douglas County may by separate agreement between themselves.” He said it seemed that there were only three parties to this agreement, the City, County, and ECO2 Commission.
Corliss said there were only two parties which were the City and County.
Commissioner Schauner said other cities in the County incorporated or otherwise would need to speak through the County.
Corliss said Buchanan would be able speak to the issue involving the three other incorporated cities, Baldwin City, Lecompton, and Eudora. He anticipated that if those cities were ever interested in this process there would be a three of four way agreements.
Commissioner Schauner said as the agreement was currently written, it would be just the City and County making decisions about changing this agreement or providing additional assignment of duties or responsibilities.
Corliss said that was his interpretation.
Mayor Rundle said he read that by separate agreement to be an additional agreement and should be clarified. He said the ECO2 Commission wanted to make sure that all the other communities in the county were not left out.
Commissioner Hack said this resolution was comprehensive enough to provide direction, but not being so specific that it stifles the work of the group to allow the board to come up with their bylaws. She agreed with the other Commissioners as to the intent of Section 4 that it was an advisory board.
Vice Mayor Highberger said he appreciated the citizens that were taking the time to read those resolutions carefully. He said after reading the resolution more carefully and talking to a few people, he felt comfortable that the City Commission was doing the right thing.
Moved by Highberger, seconded by Hack, to adopt Resolution No. 6553, and Douglas County Resolution No. 04-22, establishing the ECO2 Commission. Motion carried unanimously. (12)
Consider adopting on second and final reading Ordinance No. 7791, establishing “no parking” along the east side of Wisconsin Street between 6th Street and 6th Street.
Chuck Soules, Public Works Director, presented the staff report. He said at the May 25, 2004 City Commission meeting, the Commission requested some additional information about the traffic safety commission recommendation to prohibit parking on the east side of Wisconsin Street in front of the Yacht Club area. He said staff took measurements and provided a brief report for the City Commission.
He said since that time, staff did receive an email from the Yacht Club and it did not look as though they were going to pursue any improvements in the area. He said the Yacht Club would like the City to initiate the curb and gutter process along with making the street permanent which could be done through a benefit district.
He said staff’s recommendation would have been if the Yacht Club wanted to maintain the parking like the City Commission suggested that staff would need a ten foot width so those vehicles would be pulled all the way off the street. He said there was some erosion and silting issues with the end of the pipe and with the establishment of the no parking, staff would ask the Yacht Club to address that issue.
Commissioner Schauner asked what would be needed to keep that erosion from happening.
Soules said the pipe could be wrapped at the bottom of the ditch to keep the sides from eroding into the ditch.
Mayor Rundle called for public comment.
After receiving no public comment, Commissioner Schauner said if there was going to be no parking at that location, staff should restore that side of the road to its proper condition rather than permitting an encroachment on the right-of-way.
Commissioner Hack said when looking at that area, that area was falling into the ditch and would create serious road problems. She suggested looking at the possibility of a benefit district in that area. She thought the ordinance should be adopted.
Vice Mayor Highberger said he approved going forward with the ordinance, but before restoring the curb cut, he would like to see a report from the Stormwater Engineer.
Commissioner Hack suggested that staff remove the four feet of parking and restore that ditch.
Ordinance No. 7791, establishing “no parking” along the east side of Wisconsin between 5th Street and 6th Street, was read a second time. As part of the consent agenda, it was moved by Schauner, seconded by Hack, Schauner seconded by Hack to adopt the ordinance. Aye: Dunfield, Hack, Highberger, Rundle, and Schauner. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously. (13)
Consider the following Traffic Safety Commission (TSC) items concerning traffic calming issues. Commission consideration and direction on funding sources (street maintenance funds or bonding) is needed.
a) Consider approving unanimous recommendation from the Traffic Safety Commission (TSC) for the construction of SPEED HUMPS on Winona Avenue between Barker Avenue and Massachusetts Street ;
Chuck Soules presented the staff report. He said at the June 7th Traffic Safety Commission meeting there were a number of hearings about a number of traffic calming devices that were requested to be installed. The Breezedale neighborhood requested speed humps to be installed in the area of Winona Avenue. A speed study of 246 vehicles was conducted by the Traffic Engineering Department and the 85th percentile speed was approximately 34 mph eastbound and 36.3 mph westbound. Since the 85th percentile speed met that threshold, speed humps could be installed on that street.
The motion to approve the speed humps on Winona Street was passed by the Traffic Safety Commission by a vote of 7-0 and it was being brought before the City Commission because there was no funding available.
Mayor Rundle said since there was no funding, he asked if staff was anticipating that the City Commission direct that issue in an upcoming budget cycle.
Soules said that idea would be one way. The speed humps that were placed on Arizona Street were less than $2,000 and done in-house, but the Street Division did not have any funding due to this winter and the additional maintenance. He said staff could decrease what they were spending on the street maintenance program.
Wildgen suggested monitoring the bids that came in this year. He said before adding a new project, staff needed to make sure the projects that were already in line were taken care of.
Commissioner Schauner said since the City was seeing an increased interest in controlling traffic speed through neighborhoods and since he was confident those were not the last three requests to do speed control, he asked if staff had any ability to prioritize putting those speed control devices in and having a line item allocating money for those projects.
Wildgen said staff could allocate a line item, but the problem was that those requests did not come in all at one time.
Commissioner Schauner suggested and “x” amount of money being placed in a speed hump pot and the City Commission prioritized, through some matrix, a list of warrants for speed humps. He said he was trying to make it fair to all the people who believed they had an interest in speed humps and at the same time provide some uniformity on prioritization.
Commissioner Dunfield said perhaps the City Commission should go to a system like the CDBG grants where there was a deadline date. He said after those street improvement requests were submitted, they could be placed into a pot and staff would come up with a way of ranking those requests.
He asked about the issue raised in the letter from the Barker Neighborhood Association concerning 23rd and Massachusetts. He said from past discussions he thought that issue was aligning the lanes across Massachusetts.
David Woosley, Traffic Engineer, said that was part of the discussion. He said when that intersection was improved, the preliminary plan showed some removal of parking on the south leg and lining up the left turn lanes. The neighbors, at that time, did not want to do those types of improvements so the entire intersection was designed based on leaving that street alone. He said even today, staff could not line up the left turn lanes because of the amount of off-set that was on the north side. He said staff was looking at some other options in the way that those left turns could be handled and the through traffic. He said staff might be able to split the phases northbound and southbound, but the problem was that it would take up more of the cycle and staff would need to take some time away from 23rd Street.
Commissioner Dunfield said from the City Commission’s last discussion of this issue, if a certain amount of parking was removed off of the south side of Massachusetts Street, south of the intersection, that alignment could be improved and that visibility would work a lot better.
Woosley said staff could improve that alignment, but it would not be quite lined up and there would be some off-set in the wrong direction and it would be hard to see around opposing left turns. He said that was an issue staff was looking at as well as signalization phasing.
Commissioner Dunfield said he would just be interested in continuing to look at that idea and continuing to talk with the neighborhood.
Mayor Rundle called for public comment.
After receiving no public comment, Commissioner Hack said since there was no funding for this traffic calming devices and depending on the level of concern that a neighborhood might have, she asked if there was a possibility of creating a benefit district.
Wildgen said the project was too small to form a benefit district.
Commissioner Hack asked if creating a benefit district would be something staff could explore because some of those areas had dangerous situation particularly on a small tree lined street.
Commissioner Schauner said he would like to see some staff thought on Commissioner Dunfield’s idea of the CDBG type of approach and he would like to see some type of prioritizing warrants.
Mayor Rundle said past City Commission’s recognized that the City’s transportation system was more than just the major street projects and maintenance. He said staff identified non-motorized transportation needs. He said this whole idea that the City expanded its budget to account for more of those needs.
Commissioner Schauner said the traffic department had traffic speed devices and those were effective in the short-term. He said that would be one way to raise people’s awareness.
Moved by Hack, seconded by Dunfield, to approve the unanimous recommendation from the Traffic Safety Commission for the construction of speed humps on Winona Avenue between Barker Avenue and Massachusetts Street (14)
b) Consider request from area residents to construct TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES along Goldfield Street between Eldridge Street and Prescott Drive. Recommend construction of Traffic Calming Circle at intersection of Goldfield Street and Prescott Drive. (Motion carried 7-0) and recommend construction of mid-block speed hump on Goldfield Street between Eldridge Street and Prescott Drive
Chuck Soules presented the report. He said this request was a similar issue. He said several neighbors on Goldfield Street signed a letter requesting that traffic calming devices be installed along Goldfield between Eldridge and Prescott. This request went before the Traffic Safety Commission and the TSC did approve the recommendation with a 5-2 vote in providing speed humps on Goldfield and 7-0 vote for providing a traffic circle and Goldfield and Prescott. Staff was in the process of installing a traffic circle along with the Harvard traffic calming project at Goldfield and Eldridge.
He said the one concerned from Matthew McClorey, a resident in the area, was that when he presented those options to the neighbors he was talking about speed humps. In the deliberation at the TSC, it was felt that the speed humps would slow the traffic down mid-block, but might not slow the traffic down at the intersection and the TSC recommended the installation of a traffic circle at that location.
Another concern McClorey raised was that the neighbors had not been able to get together and provide any concurrence on whether a traffic circle at Prescott and Goldfield would be acceptable to the neighbors.
He said the TSC had recommended that a temporary device be installed in that area to see if that device would be effective and if the neighborhood would want to request permanent installation of that device.
He said as far as funding of the speed hump, staff could try to squeeze that issue in if the bids came in well. He also suggested piggy backing this issue on to an existing project.
Commissioner Schauner asked if there was much to constructing a speed hump.
Soules said there had been two speed humps constructed with asphalt. He said one speed hump on Harvard Road would be constructed with concrete. He said staff did not have a specific design for those speed humps, but they would work that construction out with the Street Division.
Mayor Rundle called for public comment.
McClorey said his main concern was whether the TSC went beyond what the neighborhood considered. He said the neighborhood would like the traffic speed issue addressed in their area. He said there was a lot of support for some type of traffic calming in the area and the neighborhood suggested traffic humps.
He said he would like guidance from the City Commission in regards to piggy backing off the financing from the Harvard plan to get a permanent traffic circle at that location if that was the decision of the neighborhood and City Commission.
Commissioner Highberger asked how many persons signed the petition.
McClorey said 14 out of 16 residents signed the petition. He said Commissioner Schauner’s suggestion of placing some type of deadline and prioritizing those requests was a good idea.
Raymond Zwiener, resident in the area, said the temporary traffic calming circles were not attractive. He said those traffic calming circles sat in the middle of an existing intersection and allowed people to cut and turn left and was not unlikely that someone would crash. He said he would like to see what a permanent traffic calming circle would look like and did it actually change the contour of the street.
Wildgen said 8th and Michigan was an example of a permanent traffic circle.
He said the left turn on a circle was an allowed move, but a person needed to yield at the proper time.
Commissioner Dunfield asked about the particular circle at Eldridge and Goldfield that had been previously approved and was that circle part of the Harvard Project.
Soules said that circle was added into the Harvard project.
Commission Schauner said he thought one or more persons were concerned about the loss of yard to the circle.
Soules said staff met with the property owners on Harvard and Goldfield. He said on Goldfield and Eldridge, the neighbors did not want to be included, but staff resolved that issue and were proceeding with that project.
Commissioner Hack said on a street the length of Goldfield, she asked if that would necessitate one or two speed humps.
Soules said probably one hump.
Commissioner Hack said the concern she had was that even if a roundabout was placed at Prescott and Goldfield, there was still a long expanse of street, there would still be children playing in their yards, and there was still that concern of traffic speed. She said she would prefer a speed hump in the middle of that street and some type of traffic calming on Goldfield.
McClorey said two speed humps along Goldfield Street was discussed with some of the neighbors if the traffic circle was taken out of the equation. If that traffic circle was left in the equation, then one speed bump might be appropriate.
Commissioner Highberger said based on what he heard from the neighbors and City staff, he supported a speed hump on Goldfield with a temporary traffic circle at Goldfield and Prescott.
Commissioner Schauner said the idea of more than one speed hump on that block, he asked if McClorey ever had discussion about that concept in lieu of a traffic circle.
McClorey said no.
Rundle asked Woosley about the effectiveness on two well-spaced speed humps compared to a traffic circle.
Woosley said the only problem with that idea was that the closer those speed humps were to Prescott, those humps would create a four way intersection and only one approach would have controlled speed.
Moved by Highberger, seconded by Dunfield, to direct staff to proceed with constructing a speed hump on Goldfield Street and a temporary traffic calming circle at the intersection of Goldfield Street and Prescott Drive. Motion carried unanimously. (15)
Receive report regarding the University Place Neighborhood Traffic Calming Plan.
Chuck Soules presented the report. He said in April he presented the Street Maintenance Program to the City Commission. At that time, both Louisiana Street and 17th Street were proposed to be milled and overlaid. However, staff knew those two traffic calming circle were temporarily out in the neighborhood and staff was waiting on responses to whether the neighbors wanted a permanent traffic calming circle.
He said the traffic calming circle and pedestrian refuge on Louisiana Street were approved by the City Commission in 2003. He said at this time staff had all street maintenance projects out for bid and if staff came up with good bids, there might be enough money for that project. He said staff’s recommendation was to take those traffic calming devices along with the mill and overlay in that area and wait until next year with next year’s budget.
He said the University Place Neighborhood had additional requests to install temporary traffic calming circles at Indiana and Illinois and that neighborhood suggested to the TSC a diverter on 18th Street. He said the TSC vote was to approve all of the requests along 18th Street including the diverter.
Mayor Rundle called for public comment.
After receiving no public comment, Vice Mayor Highberger said he would like to proceed with making the 18th street diverter become permanent. He said the only two traffic calming devices he had concern about were the circles at 18th and Illinois and 18th and Indiana because the neighborhood had a split vote on those circles.
Moved by Highberger, seconded by Rundle, to approve the recommendations of the Traffic Safety Commission regarding the University Place Neighborhood Traffic Calming Plan. Motion carried unanimously. (16)
Commissioner Hack suggested that Soules notify those property owners to make it clear that there was no funding source at this time.
Soules said staff would contact the neighborhoods to make sure they understood that funding issue.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
Moved by Hack, seconded by Schauner , to adjourn at 7:40. Motion carried unanimously.
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Mike Rundle, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk
CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 21, 2004
1. Bid Date Set – 2004 Overlay & Concrete Repair Program, Phase 3, July 6, 2004.
2. Ordinance No. 7794 – 2nd Reading, Rezone (Z-02-06-04) 11.5587 acres from B-3 to PCD-2, N of Clinton Pkwy & E of K-10 Hwy (SLT)
3. Ordinance No. 7790 – 2nd Reading, “No Parking” E side of Kentucky from 15th, S 85’.
4. Ordinance No. 7798 – 2nd Reading, street name change from 16th, between Wakarusa & Research Park Dr., to Research Park Way.
5. Site Plan – (SP-04-27-04) demo & reconstruction, E wing of church, 1629 W 19th. charter Ordinance No. 37 – Municipal Court, trail proceedings.
6. Site Plan – (SP-05-28-04) sidewalk dining, Jefferson’s, 743 Mass.
7. Site Plan – (SP-05-30-04) sidewalk dining, Thai House, 724 Mass.
8. Bldg/Property Insurance – Fire/Medical, St. Paul-Travelers from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005.
9. Agreement - KDOT for $250,986 for bus shelters, cut-outs & operating expenses for 2005.
10. Subordination Agreement – 630 Locust, Yana Reid.
11. City Manager’s Report.
12. Resolution No. 6553 – Establish ECO2 Commission.
13. Ordinance No. 7791 – 2nd Reading, “no parking” E side of Wisconsin between 5th & 6th.
14. TSC – Speed humps on Winona Ave., between Barker & Mass.
15. TSC – Traffic calming devices along Goldfield between Eldridge & & Prescott.
16. University Place Neighborhood Traffic Calming Plan.