Meeting Information
CITY COMMISSION MEETING ROOM -- CITY HALL
-Convene
-Pledge of Allegiance
CONSENT AGENDA
(1) (a) Consider approval of Commission Orders
REGULAR AGENDA
(2) Joint City/County Commission meeting to discuss the Southeast Area Plan
(3) Consider resolution changing qualifications for appointments to ECO2 Committee (Craig Weinaug)
(4) Other Business
(a) Consider approval of Accounts Payable (if necessary)
(b) Appointments
(c) Miscellaneous
(d) Public Comment
(5) Adjourn
The Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas met jointly with the Lawrence City Commission on Monday, March 7, 2005 with all members present. The purpose of the joint meeting was to discuss the Southeast Area Plan. Mayor Rundle opened the meeting with comments.
Jones summarized activities to date.
Lynn Parman, Vice President of Economic Development, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, talked about industrial land absorption and what the current demand is for industrial lots.
Laverne Squier, President of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, presented overlay maps.
Roxanne Miller, ECO2 Chair, conducted a presentation including an appeal that any effort to acquire industrial land would have a parallel open space program. Miller also briefed the Board's process to date and noted a full report would be available in April.
Miller then produced a blob map that was used to test criteria, stressing that these were not necessarily the sites that would be considered.
Keith Browning, Director of Public Works/County Engineer, conducted a presentation about the County's current access management initiative. The decision was made not to have different schemes inside and outside the Urban Growth Area.
Browning then presented a map showing a draft classification of roads with different frontages on different classifications of roads.
Jones then turned the meeting over to John Haase, Chair of the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission, for discussion of the Southeast Area Plan.
Haase presented an introduction of the Southeast Area Plan.
The general discussions from the City & County Commissions indicated there was an issue over how much land in the area should be industrial.
Jones discussed the appointment of a joint commission to resolve the number of industrial acres. There was extensive discussion regarding the strategy on industrial development and initiatives to determine transportation.
It was the consensus that the Boards determine who should be on the joint commission.
The joint meeting adjourned by consensus.
APPOINTMENTS & RESOLUTIONS 03-07-05
The Board discussed a joint resolution amending the qualifications for members of the ECO2 Commission. No action was taken.
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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 03-07-05
Johnson moved approval of accounts payable in the amount of $487,352.14 to be paid 03/07/05; accounts payable manual checks in the amount of $1,368.24; payroll in the amount of $625,981.73; and electronic funds transfers in the amounts of $45,987.09 for FICA and $41,549.58 for KPERS to be paid 03/04/05. Motion was seconded by Jones and carried unanimously.
Jones made a motion to adjourn; Johnson seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
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Charles Jones, Chairman Bob Johnson, Member
ATTEST:
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Jamie Shew, County Clerk Jere McElhaney, Member
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