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Thursday, July 12, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Commission Delays Policy Change
by JOHN IN HINE
Kansan Staff. Writer
By JOHN A. KING
An open discussion on the development policy for newly expanding areas in Lawrence resulted in two opposing views on how the policy should be handled at this week's Lawrence City Commission meeting.
The policy deals with the building of streets, storm sewers, sanitary sewers and other facilities.
The current policy is for the city to build and finance all facilities with payment plans. The program provides financial support.
CITY CREDIT is used to build these facilities and bonds are used to finance such projects. City, municipality, city management
The main change in the policy would be to require the developers to pay for the development of the system.
Mayor Nancy Hambleton said that it was not advisable to reach a decision yet because there was a need to digest the material.
The commission voted to delay action on the policy for two weeks.
HAMBLETON SAID that the major theme pertained to how to use city funds
Margaret McKinney, a member of the League of Women Voters, said that the league thought the city should get out of the development and new development involvement.
and participate in the right amount, neither too much or nor too little.
"We think that the way the city has held development in the past has caused rise in the delinquency rate and a rise in our taxes," she said.
If the city withdrew from development finance it would mean more money for improvement in the established areas in town, McKinney said.
THE MISTAKE IS to emphasize new development at the cost of those areas already under construction.
reduce the city's participation in land development.
Richard Ruppert, associate professor of economics at KU and representing the Douglas County Environmental and Improvement Council said, developers should also have a financial stake in the new subdivisions.
If the tax problem could be solved without change, the city could keep the present
Pence said that the policy had been good in the past and could be good in the future. Commissioner Jack Rose said that development was a traditional function of the city, and cautioned against getting completely away from street and sewer construction.
Commissioner Burkley Clark said that it comes down to where the city wants to be.
Earl Nerlhing, 1946 Avalon Rd., said that other cities in Kansas didn't have a support system for his children.
The commission approved the rezoning request after hearing arguments from both
Richard Ruppert, associate professor of economics at the University of Kansas and the representative for the council said he believed the rezoning should be considered through a review of the comprehensive plan.
Turner Chevrolet, Jim Clark Motors and K-Mart were the three businesses seeking rezoning of the land so that they could establish businesses there.
In other business, the commission adopted a joint resolution that provides the city will commit $500,000 in federal revenue to establish a new district of the judicial law enforcement building.
HE ALSO SAID that the position of the council was that the city planning staff would be responsible for the city.
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Watson said the city would receive a minimum of 10,000 square feet of space and the rights to that particular part of the building, exclusive of the jail.
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ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL item on the agenda was a request for the rezoning of approximately 79.5 acres of land located at southeast corner of 31st and Iowa streets.
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The request created a confrontation between the Douglas County Environmental and Improvement Council and people involved in buying and selling the land.
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Commission Accepts 31st & Iowa Rezoning
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The new policy, if accepted, would shift the financial responsibility to the developers, according to Buford Watson Jr., the city manager.
By JOHN A. KING
The debate took place on whether the commission should accept a new policy of development in new areas. The commission voted to take his decision on the rattler for two weeks.
Kansan Staff Writer
The first item on the agenda, pertaining to the development policy for newly developing areas, caused much discussion by a night's Lawrence City Commission meeting.
Another rezoning request was denied by the commission. The request was for approximately 4.5 acres at 2701 Haskell Ave. to be changed from a single family to a multi-family detention petition signed by the owners of the adjacent property opposed the rezoning.
In other business, the commission approved Lawrence Good as the architect in connection with renovation of the community building located at 11th Street.
The KU Reclamation Center hired a truck driver Wednesday, Allen said. An effo, as being made to clean up the old Firestones Warehouse now used as the Reclamation Center.
The Whomper does not recycle bottles, but Allen thought that Lawrence needed a means of disposing of them. The Reclamation Center will buy the bottles and resell them to centers that do recycle glass and plastic.
—the commission passed an ordinance adopting a revised version of the Minimum Wage Act.
The Whomper is operating at 8th and New Hampshire streets but the University of Kansas Reclamation Center is having some administrative difficulty.
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that a hearing before the commission would be required before the demolition of any building.
The center will not begin to buy soft drink bathes as planned until next week. Kathy Ahyle said she had decided that the center's manager quit because of a physical injury, and it takes at least a week to train new personnel. The soft drink bathes are because of extra administration necessary.
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—The commission approved revision of certain portions of the ceralm milk beverage license requirements. The major revisions are that any Douglas County resident may apply for a City of Lawrence ceralm milk beverage license, even if either revoked or suspended if the license is in violation of any of a number of provisions.
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