Template for agenda items that include requests for action on project bids:

Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Chuck Soules, Director of Public Works
CC:	Diane Stoddard, Cynthia Wagner, Jonathan Douglass
DATE:	May 22, 2013
RE:	Authorize Mayor to sign a letter of support for the University of Kansas’ Tiger Grant Application

Tiger Grant Applications are due the first of June. The University of Kansas is developing an application that would reconstruct Jayhawk Boulevard, Naismith Road (to Sunnyside), 15^th (Naismith to Burdick), and the intersection at Chi-Omega Fountain (see attached application summary). The project would include pavement, pedestrian and transit amenities. The Tiger Grant Application is a minimum $12 million project with 20% match. KU is requesting a letter of support from the City.

Action Request: Authorize Mayor to sign a letter of support for the KU Tiger Grant Application.

Respectfully Submitted,

Charles F. Soules, P.E.

Director of Public Works

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