University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 2, 1987
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Commissioners Rundle, Constance oppose resolution in 3-2 vote
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There was conflict at the Lawrence City Commission meeting last night before the 3-2 approval of a resolution that sets guidelines for the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway.
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The resolution is a joint agreement between the city of Lawrence and Douglas County to undertake planning and to continue to seek state financing for the trafficway. The county commission recently approved the same resolution.
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Commissioners Sandra Praeger, Bob Schumm and Mike Amyx voted for the resolution. Commissioners Dennis Constance and Mike Rundle voted against the resolution.
The trafficway would be south of the city, running from Highway 10 on the city's east side to Interstate 70 on the city's west side. The eastern bypass would relocate U.S. Highway 59 on the city's northern border to
Constance said the eastern bypass proposal, which has also been considered as a remedy for Lawrence's traffic problems, would be a better solution than the trafficway.
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In other action, the commission:
■ Voted 5-0 to draft a resolution to install sidewalks on the east side of Rose Drive from Harvard Road to 18th Street.
■ Approved a resolution to order the construction of a sidewalk along 15th Street near Lawrence Avenue.
After listening to Constance, Rundle said that he too thought that there were still questions concerning the proposed roadway that needed to be answered.
Dickinson Plaza Shopping Center and Theatre, in north Lawrence, to grant an exception to the sign code so that they could make their signs larger than the city now allows.
Constance said that according to Kansas Highway Patrol data, the trafficwould not solve the problem of traffic congestion on 23rd Street it went on to say the trafficwould not solve the business sites as the eastern bypass.
Steve Lopes, president of the Old West Lawrence Association, then said that he attended the first task force meeting and that some members were not concerned about historic preservation.
Mike DuPree, 1340 Westbrooke St., said that he had spoken to 50 or 60 Lawrence residents who were against the proposed trafficway. DuPree asked the commissioners for
Praeger said, "You don't want the really large signs adjacent to the street — it spoils the streetscape." Heard the chairman of the Historical Preservation Ordnance Task Force, Ron Schneider, Route 3, ask for a clarification of the purpose of the task force.
The commission reaffirmed that the mission of the task force was to draft an ordinance to preserve historic parts of Lawrence.
Constance referred to an Environmental Protection Agency report completed in May concerning the trafficway that concluded that the construction might not be cost-effective to the city because it might not significantly decrease the traffic flow on 23rd Street.
The eastern bypass proposal, which has also been consid ered as a remedy for Lawrence's traffic problems, would be a better solution than the trafficway, Constance said.
The report said that there had not been enough consideration of alternative roadways that might also meet the city's goals.
attempt to ease traffic congestion.
The other commissioners had no comments. Praeger called for a vote, and the motion passed 3-2.
a city-wide vote so that citizens could have their say on the proposal.
Lopes, 704 Ohio St., asked the commission to set a deadline for the task force to draft an ordinance. The commission didn't set a deadline but encouraged the task force to draft an ordinance within four to six months.
- Rejected a request by the new
On the Record
A blue 1968 Chevrolet pickup truck and a Kawasaki four-wheeler valued at $3,000 were taken Monday or yesterday from the 3700 block of W.
Sixth Street, Lawrence police reported. The keys had been left in the truck, which carried the four-wheeler in the back.
A 1981 Toyota received an estimated $200 damage Sunday or Monday while parked in the 1200 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police
reported. The window on the passenger side of the car was broken.