Local legislators recap 1975 session and look ahead
At the Eggs and Issues breakfast in Lawrence lawmakers reviewed what was done and not done in the 1975 Kansas Legislature and previewed an eventful interim period. Booth Glover and others discussed ERA debates rape laws taxes and other bills likely to reappear in 1976.
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Kansas
Holiday Inn
Arden Booth
Booth
Michael Glover
Lloyd Buzzi
Buzzi
Glover
Bridge realignment would raise cost of Kansas River span
Alternatives weighed to move the Vermont Street span and avoid Robinson Park could add about 100 000 to 200 000 to total project cost plus right of way. Consulting engineer John Frazier called the figure tentative and closer to 100 000. Local officials weigh design with new alignment to speed permit review and avoid park impact.
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Vermont Street
Kansas River
Robinson Park
John Frazier
Finney and
Turnipseed Consulting
Topeka
Planners confront Coast Guard review on Robinson Park bridge
Kansas River bridge planners faced federal special review requirements over Robinson Park as part of a pending alignment. Coast Guard officials deemed the area a public park, sparking a potential year long permit review while engineers argued the park’s status was overstated.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Coast Guard
Kansas River
Kansas River Bridge
Clinton Parkway
Robinson Park
Ments
Frazier
County Officials Discuss Health Service Alignment In Kansas
Douglas County Commissioners Arthur Heck and Pete Whitenight met in Topeka with Gov. Robert Bennett and Dwight Metzler to discuss aligning health service agencies. The governor must decide a final recommendation to HEW by weekend. Bennett proposed placing Douglas County with 20 counties in the northeast, excluding five Kansas City area counties, while the commission has not taken a formal stand.
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City Commission
Barkley Clark
Douglas County
Arthur Heck
Pete Whitenight
Topeka
Robert Bennett
Dwight Metzler
State Department of Health and Environment
U.S
Kansas City
Lawrence
Mud Creek flood project approved for Phase Two by DEQ
The final environmental impact statement clears the way for the Mud Creek channelization project in Lawrence to enter bidding in June or July. City and Corps officials discuss Phase Three and garage-site impacts while noting overall flood protection for about 250 acres and open space preservation for future industrial development despite habitat loss concerns.
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Lawrence
Department of Environmental Quality
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mud Creek
Paul Barber
Corps Engineering Division
Kansas City
Sixth
Haskell
Barber
Buford Watson
Watson
Corps
Kansas River
City weighs sites for garage as costs clash with reports
The commission debated sites at 12th and Haskell and Second and Indiana with consultants’ figures showing 12th and Haskell as costly. Staff estimates put 12th and Haskell at 310 400 total, while Second and Indiana runs 167 000. Motions for both sites failed, and an alternate at 900 East Ath was proposed but not adopted.
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Rhody
Oblinger- Smith Corp
Indiana
12Th
Haskell
Watson
Second
Maine
Second Street
Public Works Department
12Th and
Oblinger- Smith
Fred Pence
VFW
Marnie Argersinger
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Kansas University Law School
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Bob Marcotte
Ment
Bill Flahart
New York
Robert E. Korth
Palmer
Alaska
Avis
Iowa
Carrol Crossfield
Ithaca
N.Y
Korth
Turnipseed
Dean Sanderson
Sanderson
Second District Coast Guard
Bennett Cenfer
DCEIC
Wilford Winholtz Architects & Planners
South Park Recreation Center
Brook Street
North Lawrence
Kaw
City Garage
Pence
Lawrence Livestock Sale
Haskell Loop
Oblinger-Smith
23Rd
Learnard
19Th
Drag Strip
Massachube
Spring Lawrence
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