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A. Approve Agenda:
1. The City Commission reserves the right to amend, supplement, or re-order the agenda during the meeting.
B. RECOGNITION/PROCLAMATION/PRESENTATION:
1. Proclaim Monday, January 19th, 2026, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
2. Proclaim the month of January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
C. CONSENT AGENDA:
C.1 Board and Commission Meeting Minutes:
a) Receive Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Board meeting minutes.
C.2 CLAIMS:
a) Consider approving all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the nex...
C.3 Licenses recommended by the City Clerk's Office:
a) Consider approving licenses as recommended by the City Clerk.
C.4 Bid and purchase items:
a) Consider awarding RFP-2500084 for On-Call Stormwater Engineering Services for 2026-2028 Stormwater Engineering Projects to Alfred Benesch & Company, Stantec Consulting Services Inc, and WSP USA In...
b) Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute Task Order No. 6 in the amount of $212,705 with SBB Engineering LLC., for engineering services for the 2026 Pedestrian Improvements Project.
C.5 Ordinances on second and final reading:
a) Consider adopting on second reading, Ordinance No. 10186, approving a text amendment, AMDT-25-0005, to Chapter 20 of the Development Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas to decrease the percentage of ...
b) Consider adopting on second and final reading Ordinance No. 10188 condemning certain real property interests needed for the improvement of the Pump Stations 44 & 45 Abandonment Project and authori...
C.6 QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS:
C.7 GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS:
D. Items removed for separate vote:
C.6(a) Consider approving a request to rezone, Z-25-0014, approximately 0.3 acres, located at 1045 Pennsylvania Street, from M-3 (Mixed Corridor) District to R-2 (Residential Low Density 2) District. Submitt...
C.6(b) Consider approving a request to rezone, Z-25-0016, approximately 3.7 acres, located at 530 Rockledge Road and 2222 W. 6th Street from M-3 (Mixed Corridor) District to R-4 (Residential High Density) Di...
C.7(a) Consider authorizing Mayor Finkeldei and Commissioner Sellers to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference in Washington D.C., March 16-18, 2026.
E. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:
1. Consider proposed funding agreement with Lawrence Community Shelter (LCS) for operations of Emergency Shelter and supportive services in the amount of $3,150,000.00 and authorizing the City Manager to...
F. COMMISSION ITEMS:
1. Commission items.
2. Review future agenda items.
G. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT:
1. Receive ex parte information regarding upcoming agenda items.
H. COMMISSION CALENDAR:
I. OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT:
J. ADJOURNMENT:
1.
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A. Approve Agenda:
1. The City Commission reserves the right to amend, supplement, or re-order the agenda during the meeting.
B. RECOGNITION/PROCLAMATION/PRESENTATION:
1. Proclaim Monday, January 19th, 2026, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
2. Proclaim the month of January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
C. CONSENT AGENDA:
C.1 Board and Commission Meeting Minutes:
a) Receive Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Board meeting minutes.
C.2 CLAIMS:
a) Consider approving all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the nex...
C.3 Licenses recommended by the City Clerk's Office:
a) Consider approving licenses as recommended by the City Clerk.
C.4 Bid and purchase items:
a) Consider awarding RFP-2500084 for On-Call Stormwater Engineering Services for 2026-2028 Stormwater Engineering Projects to Alfred Benesch & Company, Stantec Consulting Services Inc, and WSP USA In...
b) Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute Task Order No. 6 in the amount of $212,705 with SBB Engineering LLC., for engineering services for the 2026 Pedestrian Improvements Project.
C.5 Ordinances on second and final reading:
a) Consider adopting on second reading, Ordinance No. 10186, approving a text amendment, AMDT-25-0005, to Chapter 20 of the Development Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas to decrease the percentage of ...
b) Consider adopting on second and final reading Ordinance No. 10188 condemning certain real property interests needed for the improvement of the Pump Stations 44 & 45 Abandonment Project and authori...
C.6 QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS:
C.7 GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS:
D. Items removed for separate vote:
C.6(a) Consider approving a request to rezone, Z-25-0014, approximately 0.3 acres, located at 1045 Pennsylvania Street, from M-3 (Mixed Corridor) District to R-2 (Residential Low Density 2) District. Submitt...
C.6(b) Consider approving a request to rezone, Z-25-0016, approximately 3.7 acres, located at 530 Rockledge Road and 2222 W. 6th Street from M-3 (Mixed Corridor) District to R-4 (Residential High Density) Di...
C.7(a) Consider authorizing Mayor Finkeldei and Commissioner Sellers to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference in Washington D.C., March 16-18, 2026.
E. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:
1. Consider proposed funding agreement with Lawrence Community Shelter (LCS) for operations of Emergency Shelter and supportive services in the amount of $3,150,000.00 and authorizing the City Manager to...
F. COMMISSION ITEMS:
1. Commission items.
2. Review future agenda items.
G. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT:
1. Receive ex parte information regarding upcoming agenda items.
H. COMMISSION CALENDAR:
I. OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT:
J. ADJOURNMENT:
1.
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