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Tuesday, September 19, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Group opposes inclusion in sewer district
By BILL HIGGINS
Staff Reporter
An attorney representing a group of Western Hills homeowners told the County Commission yesterday that his clients would bring legal action against the county if their land were included in the proposed Yankee Tank Sewer District No. 2.
The proposed sewer district would provide service for an area just outside the western city limits. The Western Hills subdivision could be included in the district if the residents indicate they want the sewers.
However, inclusion in a new sewer district means paying for the sewer installation and some residents have opposed the inclusion of Western Hills.
Dean Burkhead, the attorney representing, the Western Hills Homeowners Association, said, "My clients don't want to be included in the sewer district. I want to say on behalf of my clients that we will be prepared to take whatever legal steps we need to keep the sewer district out of Western Hills."
TWO PETITIONS signed by residents of the Western Hills subdivision were submitted to the commission last week. One petition favored the inclusion of the subdivision in the proposed sewer district and one petition opposed it.
Although three of the residents were found to have signed both petitions, the three residents later confirmed that they opposed the sewer in Western Hills.
Burkhead said the homeowners who opposed the subdivision's inclusion in the
sewer district owned more than 50 percent of the land in Western Hills.
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He said out of 63 lots in the area, owners of 43 of the lots were against the警员.
However, the county commissioners said the split was closer to 50 percent for and 50 percent for the two groups.
BURKHEAR SAID, "My clients do not want to be included. If you had a valid petition favoring the sewer, we would have to research it. I doubt very seriously that you could get 51 percent of the landowners in Western Hills on a legal petition."
PETER WHITENIGHT, chairman of the commission, said that out of 78 or 78 lots in Western Hills, owners of 26 favored the sewer, owners of 29 lots were against and the owners of the rest of the lots had not responded.
The exact number of lots in Western Hills
The commission arrived at its figures by tallying the names on the petitions and matching them with the lots in the subdivision. Beverly Bradley, county commissioner, said the commission could not account for at least six names.
Robert Neis, county commissioner, said that outside of Western Hills, the major landowners in the proposed sewer district—including 40 acres or more—favored the proposal.
has not been established because the boundaries of the subdivision are still in
The commission will consider the issue again at 9:30 tomorrow morning during their regular meeting in the basement of the Justice Department, Judicial and Law Enforcement Center.
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Neis said, "If 51 percent of the residents would want the sewer, I would vote for it, but from what's been brought before us, I don't know."
NEIS SAID that under the original plan, Western Hills would not have been included in the sewer district. He said the company was willing to accept residents' opinions on whether to include them.
Whitenight asked Burkhead if his clients would be satisfied if a legal petition were
circulated and if the petition showed that 51 percent of the residents favored the sewer
Whitnight said, "I feel that this is a reasonable time for the people of this area to respond."
Firing range vents still not fixed
By BILL HIGGINS Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The ventilation system in the city-county fitting range has been adjusted in an effort to improve air quality. The County Commission still is waiting on the results of the adjustments and is uncertain whether it will be successful.
Peters, Williams & Kubota, yesterday told the County Commission that the ventilation system was
The firing range, in the basement of the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, has seldom been used since it opened in November 1976.
The commission on Aug. 21 told Williams to check into other firing ranges and to report to the commission in about two weeks.
It was reported in January 1776 that toxic smoke was blown into the faces of shooters at the range and that lead levels present in the air were unacceptable.
Jim Williams, of the architectural firm of
However, on Aug. 30, Huxtable & Associates, who originally installed the ventilation system, made some adjustments to the system.
On Sept. 5, a firing test was held by the architects and the city police.
Williams told the commission yesterday the ventilation system still was 'not workable'.
He said the system had been adjusted so that smoke was pulled down range, but that there was still a feedback of smoke toward the shooting area.
Three vents were added that brought air into the range behind the shooters and the exhaust vent above and behind the shooter's heads was moved down range, Williams said. This caused a narrow stream of air to move down range.
In a letter to the commission, Williams said he was waiting for more information about the system from Huxable & Tuxable before making further adjustments.
He said Huxtable & Associates should
move the air flow tests completed later this
month.
Williams also reported the results of phone calls he made to firing ranges in
Orlando, Fla., Kansas City, Kan., and Omaha, Neb.
He said the Kansas City range had been abandoned in 1973 in favor of an outdoor range costing $104,000. The officials of the range estimated it would cost $150,000 to build a range meeting lead concentration safety standards.
Williams said in his report that the Omaha range passed safety inspections by the local health department and that the Orlando range had not. In some minor adjustments were made in 1971.
Williams said more information about the Orlando range could be useful, but it would be two weeks before he could obtain the information.
The Commission will wait until it gathers more information to decide whether to request another safety inspection by the state.
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