[Electronic-lan] REVISED DRAFT June 2017 LAN minutes

[Charlie Bryan]

The revised draft minutes for the June 2017 LAN meeting are attached and
pasted inline below.





REVISED DRAFT Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods (LAN) Meeting
Minutes – June
1, 2017

LAN met at 7:00 p.m., June 1, 2017, in Meeting Room C of the Lawrence
Public Library, 707 Vermont Street with Co-Chair Courtney Shipley presiding.




The following attendees were present: Becky Pepper, City of Lawrence
Planning and Development Services; Bill Winkler, Barker Neighborhood
Association; Bonnie Uffman, Barker Neighborhood resident; Candice Davis,
Oread Residents Association representative; Charlie Bryan, Monterey; Cindy
Suenram, East Lawrence Neighborhood Association representative; Courtney
Shipley, Dad Perry Park/Kasold; David Mosher, Schwegler Neighborhood
Association representative; Dustin Stumblingbear, Pinckney Neighborhood
Association; Gary Webber, Sunset Hill Neighborhood Association co-
representative; Jane Gibson, Barker Neighborhood Association representative;
Jim Carpenter, Planning Commission member; Kirk McClure, Old West Lawrence
Association representative; Lisa Larsen, Lawrence City Commission; Matthew
Herbert, Lawrence City Commission; Melinda Henderson, Brook Creek
Neighborhood Association representative; Pam Burkhead, University Place
Neighborhood Association co-representative; Rachel Sudlow; Rick Lahm, West
Hills Homes Association representative; Robert Lewis, West Hills Homes
Association representative; Steve Braswell, Pinckney Neighborhood
Association representative; Ted Boyle, North Lawrence Improvement
Association representative.



Announcements. Melinda announced the death of Jon Josserand, a former
lobbyist for KU who was also a former member of the Planning Commission.
Jon was also very involved with Sister Cities. Jon was good for political
gossip – state and local. Jon will really be missed. Jon was very
supportive of Lawrence and LAN.



May minutes. It was moved by Kirk McClure, seconded by Cindy Suenram, to
approve the May 2017 minutes. Motion approved by unanimous consent with no
abstentions.



Treasurer's report. Cindy Suenram reported $2,355.11 is in the LAN bank
account. It was moved by Steve Braswell, seconded by Robert Lewis, to
approve use of $50 in LAN funds for a donation to a charity to be decided
on by Candi on behalf of Jon Josserand. Candi will inquire about possible
donation to Sister Cities.



Update from City Planning and Development Services. The June 1, 2017
Neighborhood Update for LAN, available at https://lawrenceks.org/pds/
neighborhood_information/, was reviewed by Becky Pepper. The update was
also sent out via the LAN listserv. Please note, plans have once again been
submitted for KTen Crossing, a major retail development at the intersection
of the South Lawrence Trafficway and south Iowa Street; the preliminary
development plan will be going to the Planning Commission in July. Also,
the next H2020 Steering Committee meeting will be on July 31; a draft plan will
be reviewed at that time. Regarding a parking regulation text amendment, Steve
Braswell expressed concern by residents of the Pinckney neighborhood that
parking is not being considered for entire area inclusive of both Lawrence
Memorial Hospital and surrounding medical-related offices.



Neighborhood reports.

   -

   Barker. Jane reported that Barker Neighborhood Association called a
   meeting at Babcock Place to discuss the project to widen 19th Street east
   of Harper Street and connect 19th to O'Connell Road. Dave Cronin and
   Michael Almon were invited. Cronin reported that there is no city plan
   to widen 19th from Harper to Naismith Drive. Michael expressed concern that
   widening 19th east of Harper would make 19th a traffic generator.
   Neighbors noted that the current plan predates important changes,
   including the extension of the South Lawrence Trafficway (K-10) and
the City's
   control over 23rd Street. Michael suggested that alternative access to
   VenturePark could be created. Lisa Larsen also reported that she has
   attended several neighborhood meetings along 19th. She has met with
   Chuck Soules, Dave Cronin and Brandon McGuire to discuss the
matter. The City
   has done a model traffic study at VenturePark. Lisa will ask that the
   traffic data be shared publicly. Also, the City is researching traffic
   counts, including historical counts, to see changes over the years on
   19th Street. Also, KDOT is close to getting post K-10 traffic count data
   for 23rd. All traffic count data should be available by the end of
   summer. Traffic calming on 19th could be requested. In other matters,
   Jane also asked how other neighborhoods bring people together to discuss
   and vote on issues, such as 19th Street. Please contact Jane with any
   suggestions or to share information about neighborhood communications
   strategies.
   -

   Pinckney. Steve reported that Pinckney uses CDBG funds to mail a
   newsletter as a means of neighborhood communications. Also, the annual
   Pinckney Neighborhood Potluck Picnic is Saturday, June 3 in Clinton Park.

   -

   East Lawrence and Brook Creek. The East Lawrence Neighborhood
   Association and the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association are
holding the East
   Side Yard Sale, a combined neighborhood garage sale, on Saturday June 3 from
   8 a.m. to noon; the same day as the Intersection Repair 2.0 project that
   involves painting a new community street mural on the East 14th Street
   cul-de-sac, just east of the Burroughs Creek Rail Trail.
   -

   Sunset Hill. Gary reported about efforts to develop the Neighborhood
   Watch program in Sunset Hill. The program requires that half of people on
   the blocks of interest sign a petition requesting the program. The next
   step involves being trained by Lawrence Police Department and then placing
   the Neighborhood Watch signs. Neighborhood Resource Officer Drew Fennelly
   said there are currently no more signs, as the signs used to be
made by people
   in prison and are not available any more. Matthew Herbert reported that the
   City has its own sign shop that might be able to be used to create
   Neighborhood Watch signs.
   -

   North Lawrence. Ted reported on Neighborhood Watch. North Lawrence has 13-15
   streets with Neighborhood Watch program. CDBG funds were used to buy
   signs. Also, Ted reported that ICL donated $1500 to buy weather radios
   for anyone that wanted them in North Lawrence; about 40-50 people have
   them now. With leftover funds, about $400, NLIA is going to buy smoke
   detectors. Finally, Ted reported NLIA is now working on a Quiet Zone.
   -

   University Place. Pam reported on Neighborhood Watch. Officer Fennelly
   gave presentation on Neighborhood Watch. Also, Pam reported that
after having
   temporary traffic calming for 13-14 years, the City is now installing
   permanent traffic calming in the University Place neighborhood.



Sidewalk update from Gary Webber, Lawrence Pedestrian Coalition (PedCo)
facilitator. Gary reported that efforts have been underway for several years
to change how the City addresses sidewalks. PedCo held a meeting on May 8
to discuss development of a proposal for sidewalk maintenance funding.
About 50 people were invited; about 20 attended. Initial thought was
to use property
tax, but the attendees expressed concern that a property tax was politically
untenable because of recent and expected property tax increases (school
bond, city, county). The next option discussed was sales tax. The group
agreed on a plan to follow the recommendation of the Pedestrian and Bicycle
Issues Task Force to allocate 1/6 of the 0.3% infrastructure sales tax
(would be 0.05%) to fund sidewalk repair. This would generate about $1
million per year. Next step was to talk with all five city
commissioners. Larsen,
Herbert and Boley have all been interviewed. Soden and Amyx haven't yet
responded. Lisa clarified (interviewed by Dee Boeck) that she would use 0.05
% for affordable housing. Gary explained that the 0.05% recommended by PedCo
was not from the same source as the 0.05% proposed for affordable housing.
PedCo recommends using 1/6 of the 0.3% infrastructure sales tax, which
would be 0.05%, for sidewalk repair funding. The 0.05% proposed for
affordable housing would come from the 0.05% sales tax currently use for
transit operations. Herbert expressed concern that the 0.05% sales tax for
sidewalk repair would not generate enough revenue to address the problem.
Adjusting for newer cost data, the sidewalk repair estimate is closer to $12
million. Gary reported that PedCo will present a formal proposal to the
City Commission on June 13 and June 20. Ted mentioned that voters have not yet
approved renewal of the infrastructure sales tax.



Commission Herbert Q & A. Commissioner Herbert presented himself for an
open questions and answers discussion about topics of interest to LAN
meeting attendees. Steve Braswell asked about the budget for the police
station, specifically asking about the 2014 vote on the matter. Herbert
explained that the previous vote was regarding whether to have a sales tax
increase to fund the police station. The current proposal for funding a
police station is to use property taxes. Candi expressed concern that a transit
hub would be very expensive and perhaps not necessary. Herbert explained
how the transit hub study will help answer those concerns. The first
transit hub study focused on the question of where to locate a transit hub.
The new study will address the question of whether a transit hub is needed.
Gary thanked Herbert (and Larsen) for supporting improvement in multi-modal
transportation infrastructure.



The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
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