City CDBG Plan reveals proposed allocations by advisory panel
Commissioners will review a Consolidated Plan report detailing Community Development Block Grant allocations. Main items include Ballard Center 29761 for restrooms, Boys and Girls Club 28500 for a van, Salvation Army 60000 for renovations, WTCS 5010 for shelter services, and Oread signs 400 with neighborhood sidewalk gaps funds.
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CDBG
Ballard Community Center
Boys and Girls Club
Salvation Army
Social Service League
Habitat For Humanity Inc
LaSalle Street
Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen
Oread
Lynn Goodell
Advisory Committee
Housing Advisory Council
Commission
Goodell
WTCS
City actions include Mathematics Awareness Week and office moves
The city proclaims Mathematics Awareness Week from April 26 to May 2 and authorizes mayoral release of mortgages for three residents. It approves a first reading to amend subdivision rules on building envelopes and drainage easements, adopts a $40,000 general obligation bond for traffic signal upgrades, and approves multiple site plans and event permits.
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Marty Kennedy
Mike Edmondson
N.Y
Rex Powell
Gordon Sallors
Ory First
Reading
23Rd Street
Naismith Drive
Sixth
Vermont Streets
14Th
Massachusetts Streets
Zeller Warehouse
County considers juvenile consolidation to streamline corrections
Douglas County commissioners will discuss merging community corrections and juvenile detention services into the new Douglas County Department of Youth Services. Seven staffers would move to the Northeast Kansas Juvenile Detention Center with possible future expansion. The plan aims for consistent programs, not changes to the budget, with an office addition costing about 85000 dollars.
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Department of Health and Environment
Parks and Recreation
Public Works
B.G
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Douglas County
11Th
Massachusetts
Craig Weinaug
Weinang
Douglas County Department of Youth Services
Northeast Kansas
Aheay
Commission
Larkin & Associates
Kasold Drive
31St Street
South Lawrence
Yankee Tank Creek
Tree to honor cyclist memory in Lawrence South Park
City officials will plant a memorial tree at 2 30 p m Monday in South Park to honor cyclist Jon Hermes killed in a September 1997 bicycle truck collision on Ninth Street at Mississippi. Hermes friend Brett Burger urged use of memory to boost bicycle safety and pedestrian awareness with a university en vions memorial encouraging alternative transportation. Kinko s contributed to funding the tree.
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South Park
Jon Hermes
Ninth Street
Mississippi
Brett Burger
Hermes
Lawrence
Kansas University
Kinko's
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Burcham Park
White Martin
KDOT
Lawrence Public Library
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Liworld.com
Free State H.S. Auditorium
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Eudora
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