WEDNESDAY.JUNE 20.2001
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 3A
NEWS
Parking garage to hold 500 cars
Ninth and Mass site will hold 500 parking spaces
By Laurie Sisk Kansan staff writer
Almost seven months after the ground breaking of the Downtown 2000 Parking Garage project, business owners and city officials are eager for the opening of the garage at the 900 block of New Hampshire Street. The garage will cost an estimated $7 million and hold about 500 vehicles.
Dave Corliss, assistant city manager, said downtown would gain 400 new parking spaces when the four-story garage opens, in addition to the 100 spaces that are currently available.
"I think one of the good things about the downtown area is that it is a busy and viable area."
Corliss said. "One of the challenges that comes with that is providing the public with ample parking."
Corliss said construction is on schedule and the garage should open before the end of this year.
"We're looking forward to being able to provide more parking for downtown shoppers soon,"Corliss said.
The contract with Marlan Construction sets Dec. 22 as the expected completion date, but Mike Wildgen, city manager, said he hoped the garage could open sooner.
Wildgen said the construction was progressing well.
"It's just a personal hope, but I'd like to see it open sometime this fall," Wildgen said.
Corliss said the majority of spaces in the new parking garage would be open to the public, but some would be reserved for Firstar Bank customers and employees, whose lot was torn up
by the construction. Some spaces will be reserved for other downtown employees.
The street level of the garage will provide free two-hour parking and the upper levels will have long-term paid parking, Corliss said.
Handicapped parking also will be available.
The garage is being constructed in the middle of the block. A privately owned, threestory corner building with either commercial spaces or a hotel will be north of the garage, across from Java Dive, 10 E. Ninth St.
A four-story building comprised of retail shops and offices on the ground level and 24 loft apartments will be south of the garage, across from the Replay Lounge. 946 Massachusetts St.
On the east side of New Hampshire Street, the new Lawrence Arts Center will take up the majority of the block.
Although parking might have
been complicated because of detours and other changes in the past several months, city officials have heard few complaints since.
"The first two or three weeks of construction we had to adjust some parking and loading zone spots," Wildgen said. "But I haven't heard a word about any problems since."
*Nancy Nguyen, an employee of The Orient Vietnamese Cuisine, 1006 Massachusetts St., said she hoped the new garage would help customers feel less hurried. She said dinners are often rushed to pay a parking meter or avoid the restaurant because they are afraid of being ticketed.
"But the good news is that more parking is on the way," Corliss said.
Sisk can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kanan.com
Seven new officers join force and hit streets
By Julie Carter Kansan staff writer
Seven new Lawrence police officers hit the streets last week in an ongoing effort to bring the department closer to its allotted number of officers.
The officers, who were hired May21, went through a three-week orientation to help familiarize them with the city and station policy and are now completing a 12- to 14week field training session. The usual academy length is 21 weeks,
Sgt. Mike Patrick said. In the shortened orientation, the length of the field training will depend on how well the officers do.
These officers are the first to go through the shortened orientation program. The need to put more officers on the street prompted the change, Patrick said. Because the officers were already certified in other cities, the program could be shortened. If this group of officers do well, the department may use the three-week orientation again to
increase its number of officers.
"At this time, they are assigned to general patrol. There's not a specialized place for the officers now," Sgt. Rick Nickell said. "We have shown them how we do things around here, and we gave them background about our department."
Mayor Mike Rundle gave the new officers their radios and badges in a swearing-in ceremony June 11.
The department recruited officers through ads placed locally and nationally.
The new officers will help but not solve the department's shortage problem, Nickell said.
"We were short. We need officers, and we are still not at our 123 authorized strength." Nickell said.
Patrick said Lawrence had had trouble keeping its officers because of budget problems, but he said this had been a problem across the nation.
Carter can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
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