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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1995
Page
2
The Lawrence City Commission will vote Tuesday at City Hall on a human relations ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. Initially approved 3-2, the measure would become law once published, protecting homosexuals in employment housing and public accommodations.
The amendment to the city's human relations ordinance would shield individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Simply Equal, a coalition of over 1,500 entities in Lawrence and Douglas County, proposed the measure in November. Support grew after the election when two of three seats were won by backers.
City schedule lists observances from Law Day and Arson Awareness Week to National Drinking Water Week and National Music Week. It also notes appointments to the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council, bid deadline for North Second and Third streets reconstruction, Iowa Street repaving, annexation plans, a public hearing on housing consolidation, a pedestrian bike path project in Naismith Valley Park, a Growth Industries study funding, Traffic Safety Commission recommendations denying a crossing guard and modifying speed limits, a tenant-landlord counseling contract, street and curb standards briefing, potential 32 acre land purchase for future park use, and a 44 minute executive session on personnel and property negotiations.
City crews will close half of the Kansas River bridge northbound lane starting Monday at 9 a.m. for a week of concrete patching, with one lane remaining open and delays possible. Southbound work follows. area will gain rebuilt North Second Street, storm pump, Locust Street changes, a new depot, and sewer upgrades after delays pass.
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