Lawrence city to adopt School Crossing Control Policy
The Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting the School Crossing Control Policy at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. The plan guides decisions on traffic controls near schools, including advance signs crosswalks reduced speed zones flashing beacons stop signs and signals and adult crossing guards. The Traffic Safety Commission unanimously recommended adoption on December 4. The policy states elementary students receive controls while junior and senior high students are deemed capable of walking without adult aid.
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Lawrence
Traffle Safety Commission
Crossing study requirements for child pedestrian counts
To approve an adult guard or traffic device the study must show an average of at least 10 children using the crossing during the morning or afternoon period. The periods are 45 minutes before school and 30 minutes after dismissal, measured in 5 minute increments, with at least three morning and/or three afternoon studies to determine the average number.
City approves licenses and appointments for several boards
City commissioners approve licenses for drinking establishments and a retail liquor store. They appoint and reappoint members to the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council and Sister Cities Advisory Board. They authorize 416 406 for lubricants in 1996, adopt final readings on parking restrictions, tax abatement, and rezoning for housing projects, authorize up to 380 000 for safety design at 23rd and Massachusetts, and authorize property sales to Homeowners Inc for rehab and resale. They approve a visitor center task and a stop sign at 22nd Street and Hartford Avenue. They approve Northern California Apartments site plan and rezoning near Peterson Road for housing, review stormwater criteria, and plan a Lawrence Arts Center expansion study session with 4.8 million goal and 1.3 million raised.
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Bob Moody
Javon Harris
Andrew Watkins Ton
Sandy Praeger
Sherwood Thompson
Randy Freitaraas
Faye Watson
Sean Williams
Sister Cities Advisory Board
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Quail Crest Pl
Haskell Ave
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Homeowners Inc
Union Pacific
North Second and Locust Streets
22Nd Street
Hartford Avenue
The
Traffic Safety Commission
Crestline Drive
Arrowhead Drive
Burns & McDonnell
Lawrence Arts Center
New Year's Day shoppers find open stores amid bank closures
Banks including Commerce, Mercantile, and Douglas County close for the holiday. Government offices like the post office also shut. Yet Tanger Factory Outlet Center and Riverfront Plaza remain open with noon to 6 pm and 10 am to 6 pm hours. Grocers Dillons Checkers Hy Vee stay open 24 hours. Target 7 am to midnight, Wal Mart 24 hours. Walgreens open 24 hours Sixth Street, 8 am to 1 pm on 23rd Street. Downtown stores vary. Campbell's Easton’s Weaver’s closed Monday. Maurices open noon to 6 pm.
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Target
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Sixth Street
23Rd Street
Campbell's
Easton's
Weaver's
Maurices
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