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Students take steps to fix walk
Lawrence residents receive assistance from KU groups
By Beth Behrens Kansan staff writer
Matt Bond helps to break apart a condemned sidewalk.
The sidewalk, in the Oread neighborhood, had been condemned by the city.
Several engineering students from the University of Kansas gave up their afternoon yesterday to help a farm with a fixed income replace her sidewall.
The KU Associated General Contractors met at 10th and Alabama streets to replace a 10-foot piece of the sidewalk for Judy Clark of Lawrence.
Jennifer Kimball Brown, coordinator of the Oread Neighborhood Association, said that the city engineer, Michael Riese, helped the sidewalks on a complaint basis.
"The technically, the city owns the sidewalks, but the resident is responsible for maintenance." Brown said. "The city engineer periodically inspects the sidewalks in response to complaints. If she determines it is not in compliance with the city regulations, the office notifies the property owner that they need to do work and what needs to be done."
Brown said the city set deadlines for the work to be completed. If this deadline was missed, the city would contract to do the work. The owner would be billed for the cost. She said that those not able to pay for the work would have a lien placed on their home.
Connie Elston, Gardner's secretary, said the city code stated that sidewalks may have no more than a half-inch variance. Clark's sidewalk exceeded the variance by between one-eighth and one-fourth inch.
The deadline for Clark's sidewalk to be repaired was Sept. 1, but Brown said the city had not started work on the sidewalk.
Brown said the Oread Association had money set aside through the Community Development Block Grant for those residents unable to pay for repairs. Applications from residents meeting the income requirement had to be submitted for consideration. She said that by the time she discovered Clark's sidewalk had been condemned, the money from the grant already had been spoken for.
ing, said he was working with Nancy Holland, faculty adviser for the group, to set up the project.
"We were looking for a civic project to do and found out the city had condemned sidewalks of some people who really couldn't afford it." Huber said. "It would have cost the homeowner $800, and now it's costing them nothing."
Joe Huber, professor of engineer-
He said Lawrence Redi Mix donated the material, and the KU Associated General Contractors provided the supervision and labor.
Huber said the section they completed yesterday would use one-half yard of concrete. A yard of concrete to pour of a 75-square-foot slab.
"You can't get a half yard normally," Huber said. "It's not worth moving the truck. It's like delivering one toothpick."
John Pendry, sales manager at
Lawrence Redi Mix, said the concrete for both sections would cost the company about $150.
Holland, assistant professor of architectural engineering, said the group had been looking for a civic volunteer activity since spring.
Holland said the students would replace one section yesterday and another group, the National Society of Architectural Engineers, would replace the other 10-foot section later this month.
The students working on the sidewalk yesterday were: Nassir Elitinaly, Sudan graduate student; Gerry Cohen, Topekena scholar; John Kelley, Ogden, Utah, senior; Jordan Lerner, Overland Park seniator; Tony Kempf, Boonville, Mo., senior; Carol Rhodes, Wichita vita, Matt Bond, Great Bend senior; and Darin Martin, Carrollton, Mo., senior.