Wednesday, January 20, 1999
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The University Daily Kansan
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Section A · Page 3
By Heather Woodward
Kansan staff writer
City OKs garage payment plan
The Lawrence City Commission last night approved a $9.7 million plan to pay for a downtown parking garage, of which all but $2.7 million will be reimbursed within 20 years.
The proposed garage is part of the Down town 2000 project.
In a 4-0 vote, the commission approved the bond reimbursement plan set forth by the developers, 9-10 L.C., for the proposed project in the 900
block of New Hampshire Street. The project will also include retail and office space financed by private money. The $9.7 million estimate has not been finalized.
The bonds issued to cover the tax increment financing project will be paid back using the increased non-state portion of real estate taxes and 1.667 percent of additional sales tax generated by the project's retailers during the next 20 years.
Public comment on the project yielded primarily positive sentiments, although some raised concerns about the initial public investment in terms of the project's overall effect on downtown property values and general appearance.
At this time, the commission says the project financing will have no effect on Lawrence citizens' taxes.
Robert Schumm, owner of Schumm Foods, 719 Massachusetts St., said that he wholeheartedly supported the project, but that he
wondered whether the project would increase or decrease property values. Both the Lawrence Preservation Society and the
Downtown Lawrence Association spoke out in favor of the project citing the mixed-use—residential, office and retail—space as a asset.
Mayor Marty Kennedy asked for comment from the audience.
"We want to receive as much public comment on this as possible because this is such a unique redevelopment project in downtown," Kennedy said.
The commission also authorized staff to negotiate an agreement between the City and the developer, 9-10 L.C., concerning a reimbursement to be approved later. A Feb.23 public hearing date was set to consider the area as a new conservation district
LAWRENCE CITY COMMISSION
The Lawrence City Commission also:
Authorized the City Manager to sign an agreement worth $2,740,000 for the waste water treatment plant expansion project.
Acknowledged receipt from the Kansas Development Finance Authority of its intent to issue bonds for a child care facility at the University of Kansas.
- Delayed approval of a site plan for a convenience store with gas sales and a car wash to be at 1500 E. 23rd St.
Approved a request to rezone the property at 1224 and a portion of 1208 Delaware St. submitted by Bo March, property owner of record. The preliminary development plan for the property is a planned residential development to be on the east side of Delaware Street between 12th and 13th streets.
Downtown 2000 plans are available to the public at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Hemenway to visit university leaders in Africa
Chancellor Robert Hemenway is flying to West Africa today to meet with Senegalese university leaders and University of Kansas faculty in that country.
By Kristi Reimer
Kansan staff writer
Hemenway was invited to Senegal
by the rector of the University Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, with whom the University is academically affiliated.
"It's a chance to see the exchange programs that we have with the University of Saint Louis," Hemeway said.
Hemenway: Will travel to affiliated university.
Hemenway also said that he wanted to further explore the possibility of future exchange programs in Senegal.
During his 10-day trip, Hemenway will take part in a variety of cultural, academic and diplomatic events. One of these events will include signing a communique with the rector at the University of Saint Louis to reinforce the two schools' ties, said Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor.
"It will reiterate the importance of the academic agreements between the two universities," Weinberg said.
Memenway also will meet with two KU faculty members who are researching and teaching in Senegal. Leonardo A. Villalon is an associate professor of political science and a Fulbright scholar, and Fiona McLaughlin is an assistant professor of African and African-American studies.
Hemenway will visit the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, the nation's capital, Weinberg said. He
will tour the universities in Dakar and Saint Louis and give a lecture on Zora Neale Hurston, an African-American writer on whom Hemenway is an academic authority.
Hemenway also will travel within the country, visiting the island of Goree, a major outpost during centuries of slave trade, and touring Muslim holy sites important to the
Mouride Soufi sect in Touba, Weinberg said.
He plans to meet with the U.S. ambassador to Senegal as well as other government, literary and academic figures during his trip.
Hemenway said he thought the visit to Senegal was a way to increase the international scope of the University.
"Africa, I think, is an important part of the world." Hemenway said. "If KU is going to be an international university, we are going to have to have a relationship with Africa and countries on the African continent."
In the past, Hemenway has traveled to Japan, Costa Rica and the Portuguese Island of Macau representing the University and meeting with alumni and exchange participants, Weinberg said. He likely will travel to Italy on a similar mission in June.
Hemenway will return from Senegal on Jan. 30.
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