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University Daily Kansan, April 15. 1981
Gleason's busy schedule includes new job
By STEVE ROBRAHN Staff Reporter
There's no secretary at Tom
Gleason's law office at 802%
Massachusetts St.
Gleason, a 32-year-old local attorney who took office as a Lawrence City Commissioner last night, takes his own
calls when he's at his office, but many of his working hours are spent on the road.
"I'm sort of the Lawrence branch of the family law firm," he explained yesterday. "I joined the firm just after receiving my law degree from KU in 1973."
The law firm is headquartered in Ottawa, where Gleason lived until
BOR GREENSPAN/Kansen staff
Trom Gleason, newly elected Lawrence city commissioner, listens attentively at what is going on at his first meeting as a commissioner.
moving to Lawrence in 1986, and is owned by his father and uncle.
IT ISN'T UNCOMMON for Gleason to go to Kansas City, Topeka, Ottawa and then back to Lawrence all in one day, he said.
"Those days are real killers," the new commissioner said. "Just the other day I had a hearing in Manhattan at 10:30, another one in Topeka at 1:30, and then I had to get back to Lawrence to take care of some things in the afternoon."
But Gleason's schedule has relaxed now that the campaign is over. He was in the April 7 election, only 80 votes ahead of secondplace finisher Barkley Clark.
Wednesday he left for Colorado to ski for the first time in more than a year. He said he was an avid but infrequent skier.
"It was nice and warm," he said. "We skied in T-shirts and jeans at Chelsea, got a little anty about my new job as commissioner and came back a day early."
The campaign was a lot of work and disrupted some of his regular activities, Gleason said.
GLEASON SAID he returned Saturday to begin preparing for last night's commission meeting.
He said he first talked seriously about running for the Commission in November and early December, but not immediately. He said start demanding large amounts of time
Now that he was on the commission, Gleason said, there weren't any burning issues that he wanted to take action on immediately.
"I'm not in in a big push to do everything all at once," he said, "but I must find to see an Oread neighborhood use plan developed in the near future."
THE FORMER Oread Neighborhood Association president noted that a plan for the area had been approved by the planning commission two years ago, and that the City Commission. No other plan has been developed, he said.
Gleason has been a member of the citizens' advisory group, which makes downtown planning recommendations for new developments, and is a member of Citizens for a Better
Although he has been active in the Oread association and downtown groups, Gleason, who lives at 1647 W. 35th St., has been called a "neighborhood commissioner."
Downtown, the Downtown Lawrence Association and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
"I have lived in different parts of Lawrence and have gotten to know various parts of the city," he said. "And although I received substantial support from portion of Lawrence, I don't think this will make any difference as to my attitude toward the city as a whole."
GLEASON'S OTHER PRIORITIES include assembly in writing all the city's policies, some of which are now merely verbal. Then, he said, the Community Affairs and analyze, review change those policies which it don't approve of.
He said he favored going ahead with building a solid waste recycling center in Lawrence similar to one now operating in Rolla, Mo.
The value of the material recycled at Rolla supports the entire cost of the system, Gleason said. A decrease in the volume of solid waste should decrease costs to the city and would be sound ecologically, he said.
He also said he wanted to make sure the Commission studied the final effects of projects rather than waiting for problems to surface.
The problems surrounding the demolition of a building at 600 Massachusetts St. are examples of this kind of situation, he said.
"600 Mass, was symbolic of an attitude the old commission had of we'll make our decision and don't bother us about it." *Gleason said.*
CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS should become a more coherent forum for citizen impot. be said,
Gleason moved to Ottawa when he was two years old and attended Ottawa public schools until he graduated from high school in 1966. He was born in Topeka while his father was a student at Washburn University.
Gleason, who is unmarried, received a bachelor's degree in journalism from KU in 1970 and studied three more years for his law degree.
Commission chooses Francisco as mayor
By PAM HOWARD Staff Reporter
The new City Commission elected Marci Francisco mayor of Lawrence at last night's meeting, filling the position of Ed Carter.
Francisco's nomination by Commissioner Barkley Clark was seconded by Commissioner Nancy Shontz. Commissioner Tom Gleason moved that nominations cease, and Francisco was elected on a 4-1 vote. Commissioner Don Binns voted against Francisco.
Clark was elected vice mayor on a 5-0 vote.
Installed as city commissioners last night were Gleason and Shontz, who filled the vacancies left by the commissioner Bob Schumm and Carter.
A PUBLIC HEARING on the extension of West 24th Street at Ousushi drew many members of the Commission and only Commission crowd last night.
The Commission considered a plan that would extend 24th Street across Oudushi and route it out to the city to effort to relieve traffic on Ausa.
The Commission decided to defer public hearing on the matter until the commission of Glason and Shontz would have time to look at the site of the proposed road.
Clark and Shontz were displeased that the road would cross the Naismith valley ditch because it lowered the equivalent grading and drainage work.
Earl N, Gates, 2423 Arkansas,
presented a petition signed by
residents in 1978 when a similar
proposal was made.
"We have serious concerns about the grading problems," Gates said.
Alan J. Moore, 2113 Harvard, spoke on behalf of the owners of vacant land adjacent to the proposed road.
HE SAID he was concerned about increased traffic and increased surface water.
"My main objection is that your storm drainage will be sprayed out on our land," Moore said.
"I suggest you go with the plan," said State Ken. Jane Eldredge, R.A. Lawrence, who represented homeowners in the 5th and Ousidiah aisle.
Moore said that he was not against the extension, but was concerned about the storm drainage.
ELDREDGE SAID the area homeowners favored the plan because it would reduce traffic on Ousdahl.
"I'm not at all happy about fooling around with that Naismith Valley drainage area," Short said.
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"Everything's been running smoothly with the elections," Derek Davenport, Wichita freshman and elections committee co-chairman, said yesterday. "Usually the second day is better than the first."
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