8- Monday, August 17, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section A·Page 5 Plans on table for Sixth Street By Chris Fickett Kansan staff writer Iowa Street south of 31st Street has been the center of retail development in Lawrence during the past few years with the addition of Hollywood Theatres and Super Target, but West Sixth Street may be the next area to be developed. There still are obstacles to be overcome. "The problem with development in northwest Lawrence is that three-fourths of the land isn't even in the city." City Manager Mike Wilden said. Two 50-acre parcels of land are up for annexation, but their fate is in the hands of the Lawrence Planning Commission, he said. Will development in northwest Lawrence duplicate southwest Lawrence, with sprawls of new single-family homes, townhomes and apartment complexes? Or could it resemble Iowa Street south of 31st Street, with multiple retail chains? Neither, said Gary Toebben, president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. "The Northwest Lawrence Development Plan calls for a mix of retail stores, commercial office space and residential areas."he said. A major part of the plan will be the expansion of West Sixth Street. The expansion project includes widening the street to four lanes from Wakarus Drive to the South Lawrence Trafficway and installing lighting, curbs and a median. "We will be working very hard with the state legislature to include West Sixth Street from Wakarusa to the South Lawrence Trafficway in the state's comprehensive highway bill that we expect will pass in 1999." Toebben said. John Nalbandian, city commissioner and KU professor, said there were other logistical problems that must be resolved before development can occur. First, Nalbandian said that annexation was contingent on the zoning that the person requests. This means that if a developer put in a request to the City Commission that a plot of land be annexed in the city and zoned commercial, the commission would have to approve the land use before annexing the land. Second, if the commission were to annex land and allow development, Nalbandian said that Sixth Street west of Wakarusa Drive lacks the infrastructure for development. Now, Sixth Street west of Wakarusa Drive is a two-lane blacktop road with no curbs. For development, water lines, sewers and gutters also would have to be installed. If a potential developer proposed a plan to build along West Sixth Street and the annexation and zoning of the land were approved, development still could not take place because of the lack of infrastructure. If West Sixth Street already had been widened, developers' zoning requests would still need to be approved by the commission in order for building to begin. "It's a timing issue," Nalbandian said. He said that retail development in northwest Lawrence could be restricted by the city's land-use plan. "The land-use plan currently states that downtown is the central business district," he said. "Any development that jeopardizes the central business district would be closely monitored before approved." When Leni Salkind moved to Lawrence in 1973, she used to take walks west on 15th Street from her home near Meadowbrook. By Chris Fickett Kansan staff writer Salkind did not see houses on the north side of the street and there was no Kwik Shop when she reached Kasold Avenue. Instead, Salkind saw horses running through fields and the sunset behind the scattered farm houses on top of the hill just west of Kasold Avenue. Lawrence continues to see growth Even in the past 25 years the size and look of Lawrence has significantly changed. Salkind did not see Hy-Vee or Sports Page Brewery — only more horses, farms and fields. "There was nothing out there," Salkind said. "I don't even remember Wakarusa. It was only a country road then." Not only does Salkind remember when the suburban developments of West Lawrence did not exist but she remembers a time when Lawrence residents were much more friendly to their "People out there don't know their neighbors the way people in other neighborhoods do," she said. "It's more of a bedroom community." neighbors. By bedroom community, Salkind said she was meant the West Lawrence population that commutes every day to Kansas City or Topeka via the South Lawrence Trafficway. Ann Eversole, associate dean of student life, said that the size of some of the homes in West Lawrence created a sharp contrast with some of the older neighborhoods in East Lawrence. "Some of those are giant, three- quarter million dollar homes," she said. Eversole said that the differences among a neighborhood on Wakarusa Street, downt o w n Lawrence, the University of Kansas campus and the rest of Lawrence made Lawrence an interesting town. 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