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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, June 28, 1989
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The sidewalk at 10th and Missouri streets has been condemned by the Lawrence City Commission.
Hazardous sidewalks to be fixed
dy Susan Newburger
Kansan staff writer
Their backs have felt the footsteps of thousands of KU students trudging up Mount Oread to class. Their faces are cracked from exposure to the sourcing sun and snowy drifts.
But now these sidewalks wear the fluorescent pink paint mark of the condemned.
Segmentes of 92 sidewalks lining the Mount Oread Neighborhood were condemned by the Lawrence City Commission last night during its regular meeting at City Hall.
"Age and time have taken their toll," said Terese A. Gardner, city engineer. Neglect and last summer's drought have also caused the sewage system to overflow weepes under sliding mud or overgrowing weeds.
The worst problem is when bricks are missing. I can remember when the sidewalks were all brick.
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Lauralyn Bodle
The sidewalks are in an area bordered by Ninth and 16th streets to the north and south. East and west boundaries are Massachusetts and Missouri streets.
Property owners will be officially informed by letter if their sidewalks are inadequate or poor.
Owners will then have 60 days to repair the marked segments. After Sept. 1, the city may contract for the repairs and charge the owner a special assessment.
Sue Comfort, treasurer of the association, said that members walked the area and made up a fence.
The Oread Neighborhood Association filed the complaints, which were then investigated by the Police Department.
"We have so much foot traffic," she said. "It can get rather dangerous at night."
The Lawrence city code defines hazards as a "plank, brick, stone or segment of sidewalk to be raised above the established level of such sidewalk more than 1/2 inch, in any manner which might catch the foot of a pedestrian, or to permit any holes or depressions to occur in the sidewalk in which a pedestrian might step or catch his foot in a manner to cause injury."
"I walk four miles every day." Comfort said. "I have fallen on the walks."
The Oread neighborhood, which is north and east of the KU campus, is a popular home for students, who live in greek houses, apartments and rental homes.
Laurainyl Bodie, Lawrence senior, lives at 1336 Tennessee. She walks to campus over sidewalks which are cracked, sloping and mud-covered.
"The worst problem is when bricks are missing," she said. "I grew up in this neighborhood, and I can remember when the sidewalks were brick, I think it would be criminal to take the brick."
Cost of repairs will vary according to the type of materials used and the area of sidewalk to be repaired. The owner may repair the sidewalk himself or hire a contractor.
The commission has directed landowners to reconstruct the brick sidewalks in order to "preserve the integrity and character of the neighborhood."
Property owners may apply for financial help through the Community Development Department. A block grant will pay some or all of the special assessment.
Commission plays peacemaking role
Ordinance goes, contract conflict grows
by Susan Newburger
Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence City Commission played the role of peacemaker at last night's meeting, resolving two longstanding conflicts, one with the Business Council and another with the Lawrence firefighters. Its decisions did not place all sides.
The commissioners voted to abolish the troubled BID. But City Manager Bufford Watson said the city had made the tough decision to collect ball of the 1994 assessment.
BID was a group of downtown business owners formed by a February 1987 ordinance. The ordinance levied annual fees to pay for coordinated non-retail promotions, programs and physical improvements.
The 11 business owners who have not paid their 1988 dues are currently litigants in a case with the city.
Watson said he thought the abolition of BID would end the conflict.
"Some have indicated they will pay if BJD is abolished." he said.
The commission's acceptance of the city's proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the International Association of Firefighters Local 1598 was the commission's controversial decision.
Proposals had been submitted by both the firefighters and the city. The commission was forced to accept one of the proposals. The stalled after three months of talks.
The city proposal offered a two year contract, with a 4 percent salary increase the first year and a 3 percent the second.
The firefighters wanted the department to abolish the extra board, a pool of substitute firefighters. They also asked for a one-year agreement.
Watson disagreed.
Lawrence firefighter Bob Kent said that a multi-year agreement was illegal under the Kansas Cash Basis Law. The law states that it is unlawful to budget for more than one year.
"Our feeling is that when the president of the firefighter's union and the mayor sign, we have an attorney says we have a contract.
"The accepted proposal) will continue the existing memorandum on a sound professional level." said RAY NICHOLS and chief negotiator for the city.
Russell Brickell, president of the firefighter's union, said he might not sign the agreement.
"I need to talk to our lawer and the attorney general before signing to see if the resolution is binding," Brickell said.
In additional action, the commission denied a request to attach an elevated deck to Pizazz, a nightclub at 901 Missouli St.
Mayor Bob Schumm said he thought the deck would be damaging to the neighborhood.
Regents to discuss intra-state program
Kansan staff writer
by Laura Graham Kenyan staff writer
The program allows dental students from Kansas to pay in-state tuition at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. In return, architecture and architectural engineering students from Missouri pay in-state tuition at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.
Among items on the agenda for the Board of Regents meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow in Topeka is the discussion of the new dental structure and dental reciprocity program.
An agreement to continue the program for three more years was approved by the Regents at its March 16 meeting.
Koplik said Kansas was losing about $1 million each year, and the Regents hoped to "find ways to reduce the imbalance."
"It shouldn't cost Kansans to educate Missourians," Martine Hammond, director of academic affairs at the University of Monad said the Regents had looked
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At that time, Stanley Koplik, executive officer of the Regents, said more Missouri architecture students were taking advantage of the program than were Kansas dental students.
shouldn't cost Kansans to educate Missourians.' — Martine Hammond director of academic affairs, Board of Records
Regents
into the issue and would report its findings tomorrow.
Other matters on tomorrow's agenda include:
■ Consideration of operating budget requests of the Regents institutions for fiscal year 1991.
A proposal to merge engineering technology programs at Kansas State University and the Kansas College of Technology
■ Review of a new degree proposal by Wichita State University. The degree to be discussed is a Ph.D in Psychology, Human Factors.
**Approval of recipients for the 1989-90 Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship Program. The program, which began in 1986, encourages outstanding high school students to pursue teaching careers through the provision of renewable annual scholarships of $5,000.
Police catch man after chase
by Heather L. Anderson Kansan staff writer
When Mike Long picked up his application to become a member of the Lawrence Police Department Monday morning, he didn't expect to be helping officers apprehend a suspect later that afternoon.
"I've been trying to get on with the Overland Park park police and the Lawrence police." Long said of the town, "I was always around as a witness, but when the
Long helped police catch a man who ran from them after they surrounded his car.
guy started to run, I chased him."
According to police reports, the chase began when a police officer saw a car speeding out of the First Avenue parking bank of 1807. 183rd St.
The officer, suspecting a possible bank robbery, followed the car,
The driver of the car ignored attempts by the officer to pull him over. At the corner of 23rd and Alabama streets, he turned left into a parking lot and continued west on 23rd Street until he reached waistway By. That time, police had surrounded his car, forcing him to ston
In a get-away attempt, the driver
While an officer was placing the driver under arrest, a struggle ensued and the driver of the car fled on foot.
Police and other witnesses began to chase the driver until he was caught.
which was headed east on 23rd Street.
"This guy got out of his car and started to fight with the police officer
backed his car into one of the police cars, but the bumpers of the cars locked.
According to police, the man attempted to commit suicide Monday night in his jail cell.
The 25-year-old driver was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, criminal damage, driving the suspended and reckless driving.
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