City plans large annexation near Clinton Lake
Planning commissioners will meet at 6 30 p m Wednesday at City hall to consider a city request to endorse a 1129 acre annexation of federal property owned by the Army Corps of Engineers and leased for recreation The move would extend police fire water sewer drainage and inspection services and allow city sales tax on concessions.
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Lawrence Histo
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clinton Lake
Mike Wildgen
Lawrence sets plan to annex area with recreation sites
Lawrence city commissioners agreed last month to seek annexation of an area already hosting Youth Sports Inc, the Clinton Lake Softball Complex, and the Eagle Bend Golf Course before its opening. A private equestrian center on federal land would not be annexed. Stonebacks, adjacent property owners, oppose the plan citing traffic, property value loss, and dam safety concerns in a letter to planners.
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Lawrence
Youth Sports Inc
Peack
Clinton Lake
Eagle Bend
William
Dean Stoneback
Stonebacks
Planning items mix permit review and multiple subdivisions
The agenda covers a letter from Indian Hills Association seeking review of Bruce Snodgrass landfill permit at 31st and Louisiana, plus approvals and final plats for Kappa Sigma Addition 1045 Emery Rd, Allen Addition west of California St, Longleaf 15th St corridor, Sport 2 Sport Addition 5200 Clinton Pkwy, East Hills Business Park lot, Oak Ridge Estates 92.7 acres south of the Turnpike, Pine Ridge Plaza with Kmart and Kohl's, Horizon 2020 review, zoning rezones near Mountain Road Homesteads, water plant improvements and teen group home cases, Starry Night Studios, and multiple rezoning and plat actions across North and East Lawrence with KU properties, Dread West, and Tanger Center.
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Indian Hills
Assny
Bruce Snodgrass
31St
Louisiana Streets
Planning Commission
Kappa Sigma
Emery Rd
Gamma Omicron Inc
Allen Addition
California Street
Fifth Street
Bluffs Drive
Sallie Mae
Timothy J. Allen
Longleaf
15Th Street
George Williams
Bobwhite
Clinton Pkwy
Roger Morningstar
Sport 2 Sport
East Hills Business Park
Greenway Circle
Greenway Drive
Lawrence City
Douglas County Development Inc
Oak Ridge Estates
Queen's Road
North 1750 Road
J. Stewart
Charter Equities Inc
Pine Ridge Plaza
Ousdahl Road
Iowa Street
33Rd
Kmart
Kohl's Department
Malan Realty Investors
Earl May Seed & Nursery
North 900 Road
Mountain Road
Robert Voth
Alberta Freed
Jefferson County
E. 1600 Rd
Kansas University Endowment Association
Kansas Turnpike
East Lawrence
1600 Road
O’connell
Lawrence
Lawrence Residential Center
Teen Challenge of
Greater Kansas City
The
Heart of America Teen Challenge Inc
Haskell
Starry Night Studios
Indian Center
Hobart Jackson
N.H
General Commercial
Central Business District
Randolph S$. Davis
Quantrill’s
Davis
Orchards
Ku’s Memorial Stadium
Wakarusa Drive
Legends Drive
Wakarusa and
Sixth Street
Dread West Research Park
Wakarusa
Bob Billings
Alvamar Inc
Research Park Drive
Bob Ailings
Maket No. 2
15Th
Foxfire
Billings
Tanger Factory Outlet Center
North
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership
New Corpus Christi Catholic Church
14Th Street
South Lawrence
Alvamag
1Sth Street
Bobwhite Drive
Corpus Christi Catholic Church Spiritual
Brian Kubota
Mabel No. 3
New planning commissioner brings land know how to Douglas County
Roger Schenewerk, a Lawrence area resident with a landscape planning background, was named to the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission to fill the vacancy left by Robbie Flory. He plans to balance a full personal schedule with a new duty, applying his 20 plus years in planning to guide decisions while remaining open to interpretation within guide plans. He works for David M. King and Associates and will begin in March, learning the commission’s rules without preconceived notions.
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Roger Schenewerk
Schenewerk
Baldwin
Lawrence-Douglas County
Douglas County Commission
Robbie Flory
Kansas State University
Lawrence Company
Landplan Engineering
Denver
Lawrence
Kansas University
Landplan
David M. King and Associates Ltd
Commission
Sharon
Church
O'Connell Youth Ranch Board
Douglas County
Family wins big at Festival of Trees for The Shelter
Sylvie Rueff and her family led a 600 star Christmas tree entry in the Festival of Trees, a fund raiser for The Shelter Inc. The effort drew 30,000 plus, benefiting adolescents in Douglas County. The project united Rueff, sister Nikki Schneider, four nieces and nephews, and spouses in a year long, creative build with cranes and origami stars.
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Sylvie Rueff
Shelter Inc
Shelter
Douglas
Ruett
Nikki Schneider
Janie Schneider
Margot Keizer
Jake Schneider
Corey Keizer
Schneider
Mark
Rueff
Glen Garneau
Family volunteers spread Christmas charity at Festival of Trees
The Roger Hill Volunteer Center highlights a family led by Sylvie Rueff active in community service. They fundraise through the Festival of Trees aiding The Shelter and promote youth engagement in volunteering. Rueff emphasizes teaching children that they can make a big difference and plans to continue contributing next year.
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Roger Hill
Lawrence Humane Society
Bert Nash
Dan Griffin
Roger Hill Volunteer Center
Rueff
Nikki
Topeka
Judy Culley
Culley
Liberty Hall
Glen
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