University Daily Kansan, January 18, 1983
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Landowners dispute industrial park site
By NED STAFFORD Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Supporters and opponents of the proposed annexation of 275 acres to be used as an industrial park northwest of Lawrence Municipal Airport told the Douglas County Commission yesterday what they thought of the proposal.
Supporters of the annexation said the industrial park would create jobs and increase the tax base for Lawrence, but opponents said the prime farm land on which the proposed site sits should not be used as an industrial park.
Douglas County Commissioner Reverdy Bradley said she thought it would
MARTIN DICKINSON, president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
said the proposed annexation site was prime farmland, but also said there were 190,000 acres of prime farmland in Douglas County.
he said the 275 acres that would be used for the industrial park constituted only one-sixth of one percent of the total prime farmland in the county.
The park would be developed over 20 years, he said.
"We simply have to continue adding new industry or we can't provide jobs for our young people," Dickinson said.
A group that calls itself the Lawrence Industrial Park Limited Partnership represents the landowners involved. It would be in charge of three Turbo Sutcliffe, Jack Arensberg and Howard Heck are in the partnership.
ROGER PINE, Route 4, who lives
one mile south of the site, said he thought a site northeast of the Quaker Oats plant would be a better location for a new industrial park.
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that site adjoins the city. It would have ready access to city water and sewage waste disposal. The proposed annexation site does not border the city.
Pine said that, in addition to possibly losing 275 acres of farmland, he thought that the corridor of land between the site and the city would also eventually be developed, which could affect another 500 to 700 acres of farmland.
Dickinson said there was already a certain amount of run-off on the site and the developers would hold or detain any additional amount of water that would run off because of an industrial park.
BRIAN KUBOTA, a landscape and architectural consultant for the partnership, said the proposed site was desirable for an industrial park because it had rail and highway access and because the slope of the 275 acres varied no more than 5 percent.
Bradley said the County Commission must make a decision before Feb. 4 on whether to accept or reject the city's annexation proposal.
The County Commission must approve the proposal because the site is not adjacent to the city limits of Lawrence.
If the commission approves the annexation, the proposal would be sent back to the City Commission for its consideration.
Senators need to be visible, Ambler says
By SARA KEMPIN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Student senators need to be more aggressive and visible to students to be effective representatives, David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said Sunday at a Senate retreat at Tall Oaks Camp, Linwood.
Ambler and Caryl Smith, dean of student life, spoke to the group about the KU administration's view of the Senate.
Smith said the senators should work together to be an effective governing body.
AMBLER SAID that although some people at KU thought that the Senate was a nuisance, most people thought it was a good way for students to be represented in University affairs.
Jim Cramer, Student Senate vice president, said, "We're tired of hearing that Senate is ineffective. Senators are going to take the responsibility of getting more student input so we can be more effective."
HE SAID the senators talked about starting a program in which they would visit student living groups and talk about issues that affect students.
about issues that affect students.
He said he hope the program, which
would send Senate ambassadors to inform, and talk with the students, would lead to higher voter turnout and involvement in Senate elections.
PASSING RESOLUTIONS is the least effective way senators could represent the students, Ambler said.
Cramer said more people had applied to be on Senate committees this year than in the past two years.
He said every committee but Minority Affairs had more than enough members to function well, although students could still apply to be on a committee by picking up an application
HE SAID HE WANTed the Senate to work with the deans of the different schools to get students' opinions on budgetary decisions within the schools.
in the Senate office, B105 in the Kansas Union.
Cramer said the senators reviewed parliamentary and debate technicalities at the retreat and also learned about budget procedures.
He said the senators debated a mock bill to increase the salaries of the Senate staff to strengthen their ability to think critically and speak before a group.
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THE PLANNED redevelopment is designated for the area between Seventh and Ninth streets and Aquaplants and Rhode Island streets.
By JOEL THORNTON Staff Reporter
The committee was created about a year ago by the Lawrence City Commission to help it select a developer for the downtown project and to review the proposals submitted.
Jack Arenberg, a member of the committee, said he did not think one member could be a representative because of the diversity of views the committee held on the redevelopment plan.
The Downtown Improvement Committee yesterday approved plans to meet with city business leaders and the Kenner, La. developer who is working on the proposed downtown redevelopment project.
Buford Watson, city manager; Dean Palas, a planner in the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Office; and a third member of the
The committee approved a motion that recommends that three committee members travel to New Orleans Thursday to attend a planning session with Sizeer Realy Co. Inc., Kenner, La., the "developer of record" for the project. Kenner is a suburb of New Orleans.
committee will represent the city at the meeting, pending approval by the City Commission tonight.
Several committee members questioned whether a member of the committee should accompany Watson to the offices of the raffle staff. To New Orleans.
Watson said he thought Sizerell officials would bring some sort of preliminary models for the project.
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Palas said he expected Sizerel to give a rough estimate of the cost of the redevelopment at the meeting.
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