University Daily Kansan, November 22, 1983
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CAMPUS AND AREA
Commission may review church plan
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
The Catholic Center, at the corner of Engel and Crescent roads, announced plans in April to build a church and expand an existing student center.
The Lawrence City Commission is scheduled to review a site plan for the ST Lawrence Catholic Center church at 10am, but will probably defer the action.
THE CITY COMMISSION has to approve the site plan before construction can begin. However, Bill Barr, president of the Engel-Crescent neighborhood association, has filed a mot., with the courts saying the site plan is in violation of city ordinances because it doesn't have enough parking spaces.
The residents in the neighborhood, which is near campus, have objected to having the church built in their neighborhood and have formed the Crescent-Engel neighborhood association to oppose construction.
The church is required to have one parking space for every four seats in the church, and the plan calls for 106 seats for 424 seats, which is a ratio of 4 to 1.
However, Barr has maintained that extra parking spaces must be provided for the 100-seat chapel and the student center, which could house about 150
Price Banks, city planning director, said he thought the site plan was properly filed and that the parking lot would be locked only to the main building on a site.
The church has promised the residents that the chapel would not be used during church services and that no one should attend in the student center during services.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission delayed action last week on an amendment to a city zoning ordinance that would require additional review of plans to build churches.
UNDER THE AMENDMENT, certain public structures — including churches, cemeteries and museums — could be built to use permits before they could be built.
Under a use permitted upon review, the city would have the power to monitor the use and revoke the permit if the City Commission determined that use of the building was interfering with the neighborhood.
Because of the delay by the planning commission, the City Commission will not have to consider the ramifications of the amendment at its meeting at 7 p.m. today at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
CAMPUS Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 1116 Indiana St.
CAMPUS CRUSADE for Christ will meet at 7 p.m. in the Big 8 Room of the Kansas Union.
TAU SIGMA DANCE Club will meet at 7 p.m. in Dance Studio 242 in Robinson Center.
CHAMPIONS! will meet at 7 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
Two KU students have died since October from severe injuries suffered in automobile accidents. One died from massive head injuries and the other from severe internal chest injuries from the vehicle and pinned underneath.
By CHRISTY FISHER Staff Reporter
Local safety campaign to stress value of seatbelts
Neither were wearing safety belts.
Neither were wearing safety belts. "Statistically, one would have lived it," said Brad Baker, coordinator for Lawrence Coalition's "Make
Economic Task Force studies ways to boost local economy
By the Kansan Staff
The Lawrence Economic Task Force yesterday continued efforts to identify problem areas in the local economy and setting that the city needs to improve.
"Are we going to give it lip service or are we going to do something?" he asked. "The city has been beating its gums for too long."
The Task Force is preparing a report for the Lawrence City Commission on how to improve the city's effectiveness in attracting new industry.
Angino said the city would have to pick targets to work on, such as the addition of an industrial park. He also added playing up the city's strengths.
Commissioner Ernest Angino said that businesses were not coming into Lawrence and would have to be encouraged to build in the city.
Among the strengths listed by the task force were:
*The city's central location in the United States. A central location cuts down on transportation costs, Angino said.
*The existence of two transcontinental railroad lines and one national highway running through the city.
*The city's location between Topeka and Kansas City.
- The extended entertainment and artistic opportunities, because of the University of Kansas and superior teaching such as the Lawrence Public Library.
- The presence of an underemployed workforce and the existence of good vocational-technical training for work-related aid the needs of a manufacturer.
Baker said that more than 60 percent of the nation's traffic fatalities could have been avoided if the passengers had been wearing safety belts.
The Connection — Buckle-Up" campaign.
HE PLANS ON driving seat belt awareness into the Lawrence community as part of Seat Belt Awareness Week, Nov. 16 through Nov. 29. Lawrence was one of five cities nationwide to receive a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the project.
Nationwide, about 50,000 people die in motor vehicle accidents annually. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among young people than 45 years old.
passed a bill to allocate $281,000 to the program. The money was distributed through Board of Regents' institutions and Washburn University.
The University was allocated $89,000 by the state to pay 50 percent of working students' wages. Houston said. KU is not the only school having trouble filling these jobs, Houston said. Other schools are in the same situation
Beverly Peaseley, program manager for the office of traffic safety of the Kansas Department of Transportation, said that he was slightly below the national average.
To apply for the program, students do not have to be receiving financial aid, but must be eligible for it. If they have not filed for financial aid, they must fill out an American College Testing Service family financial aid packet and send a copy of their 1040 tax form to the financial aid office.
Students pass up career-related jobs offered by KU office of financial aid
THE NATIONAL SEAT belt usage is about 10 to 14 percent, Peasley said, but
She attributed this low safety belt usage to the lack of myths that traffic safety
Kansas statistics are below average at about 9 percent.
When students keep an eye on placement office bulletin boards for internships, they could be passing up an opportunity to get career-related work through the KU office of student financial aid.
Many people get a false sense of security from being in an enclosed car, she said. And many drivers say that they can avoid the brown free of a car than be strapped in.
But according to NHTSA statistics, being thrown from a car results in 25 times more deaths. Safety belts can keep people from plunging through the windshield, from being thrown out of the car, from being scraped on the ground and from being crushed by the person's own car.
ram Houston, coordinator for the student employment center, said yesterday that she had not had a lot of students express interest in the State Work Study program. In this program students can get career-related, off-campus jobs, which usually pay more than minimum wage.
Last year the Kansas Legislature
trapped by seat belts and that people who wore safety belts were more likely to be conscious to free themselves.
Another myth that many drivers have about safety belts is that if they are careful drivers, they won't be involved in accidents, she said.
STATISTICS SHOW that only a half percent of all accident victims were
By the Kansan Staff
She also said many people did not wear safety belts on short trips near home.
Traffic figures show that in four out of five accidents, the people involved have never had an accident before.
But 80 percent of all traffic deaths occur at speeds less than 40 mph, and 75 percent of all traffic-related deaths occur less than 25 miles from home.
Baker plans to heighten seat belt awareness by running newspaper and radio ads and by distributing seat belt safety literature throughout the area. He also hopes to get community groups involved in the cause.
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