University Daliy Kansan, August 24, 1983
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City abandons redevelopment committee
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
In the wake of an opinion by the state attorney general stating that a city commission subcommittee must meet in public, the Lawrence City Commission decided last night to meet as a committee of the whole.
The City Commission set up a committee to work on a revised plan for downtown redevelopment last week made up of City Council members. David Longhurst and Pete Whitenight, chairman of the Downtown Improvement Committee.
However, Attorney General Robert Stephan said late last week that any subcommittee of the City Commission would join the line with the state open-meetings act.
That meant that Longhurst and Watson couldn't talk in private because they represented a quorum of the committee.
committee.
"That's ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous," Commissioner Nancy Shontz said.
ALL THE commissioners expressed disappointment with the decision and abolished the committee along with another committee that was to meet with Ron Holt, a local developer who has proposed a retail complex on the waterfront.
Although commissioners were unhappy with the idea of meeting as a committee of the whole, they saw no other choice.
"I don't want a committee of all five of us," said Shontz. "But I don't want another split commission. We decided we needed a 5-0 vote."
The commissioners will meet at 3 p.m. Monday to review a revised downtown plan prepared by city planner Dean Palos.
In related action, the commission voted to table the signing of an agreement with Sizer Realty Co. Inc., New Orleans, which would allow Sizeler to go ahead with the redevelopment project.
THE MAYOR SAID that Sizerel indicated there was no point to signing the agreement until there was a plan to work with.
Making what commissioners called an important step in city development, the. City Commission also approved rezoning of land slated for a corporate research park.
By a 4 vote, with one abstention, the commissioners approved the rezoning of 296 acres west of Lawrence from residential use to industrial use for a proposed University/Corporate Research park.
The proposed park would accommodate light industry that would have an emphasis on high-technology and the resource research resources be aided by the University of Kansas.
Shontz abstained from voting, saying that she was unsure that necessary precautions had been taken to ensure that the book would indeed be a research park.
"I know we all want this very badly, and I know that the staff and KU want it very badly," said Shontz. "But will we have a research park?" As it is now, the research can be ignored, and we could end up with a corporate office park instead. The developers have indicated that they would not be opposed to a
THE OTHER four commissioners each expressed strong support for the
Corporate-Woods sort of project."
Commissioner Ernest Angino said, "You have to be willing to take some risk. You never know for sure what a place will look like in 10 or 15 years.
"At a time when jobs are needed and we can't pull together on the downtown plan, this is the time to show that we can provide a positive step for the community."
John Lungstum, the attorney for the partners in the corporate/research park, tried to reassure Shontz that precautions were being taken. The commission directed plant planners to into performance standards for corporations moving into the park to help ensure that Shontz's fears would not be realized.
IN OTHER action, the commission recognized Fire Chief James McSwain as the City Employee of the Year.
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