Pinckney housing plan gains city backing and street approval
City commissioners authorized Wisconsin Street from Third to Fourth to support a near Pinckney subdivision and signaled potential approval for a single family oriented plan. They also discussed employee manual talks and approved Mainstem vehicle maintenance recording system at 9800 dollars a year plus materials. Hess and Weatherwax conflict over street costs and land sale tied to the development.
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Wisconsin Street
Third
Fourth
Wisconsin
Bill Hess
Tenn
Elizabeth Weatherwax
John Weatherwax
Hess
Weatherwax
City and Planning Commission
PUD
County architect defends courthouse remodel costs
Douglas County chief architect Dick Peters rejects editorial critique of the projects price rise. He says the 1.18 million estimate is close to the original plan and cites added items like slate roof replacement and furnishings that raised costs. The commission seeks to preserve the historic building within funding.
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Douglas County
Dick Peters
Peters, Williams and Kuboto Architects
Peters
County Commission
Journal-World
Peter
Estimtes
Peter Whitenight
City sets month for doctors offices decision near hospital
Lawrence city commissioners plan to act in four weeks on a rezoning request from residential to residence office for a .66 acre parcel at Fourth and Arkansas to serve the hospital area. The Pinckney Neighborhood Assn will advise on site priorities while planners complete an office space plan.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Pinckney
David Hiebert
Fourth
Arkansas Streets
Planning Commission
Barkley Clark
Don Binns
Jack Rose
Rose
Clark
Mona McCoy
Pinckney Group
Hiebert
Argersinger
al Moore
Kansas University
Commission
Topeka man defers sentencing for theft in Douglas County
An 18 year old Topeka man pleads guilty to a misdemeanor theft in Douglas County District Court with sentencing deferred until Friday. The case stemmed from an April 11 incident at a Lawrence variety store, reduced from a felony, and a tavern burglary charge was dropped. Meanwhile a 26 year old Eudora man faces arraignment on a kidnapping felony related to a March 26 abduction in Lawrence and is free on 12500 bond pending June 3.
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Topeka
Douglas County
Thomas D. Troughton III
Lawrence
Eudora
Loren Impson
Impson
Logjam at Douglas County Law Center Phone System Persists
Seven months after the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center opened, officials confront a centralized phone system with a single full time operator. Commission plans consider adding a second operator or more backup while an analysis by Southwestern Bell assesses call jams and peak times.
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Douglas County
Law Center
Southwestern Bell
Whitenight
Pat Welch
Ms. Welch
School crossing changes sought
The Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission recommended keeping the total guard count for next year while removing lunchtime guards at 10th and Connecticut and at Seventh and Locust due to light noon crossings. The city staff was asked to study standards for guard necessity and budget impacts.
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Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission
TSC
Mike Wildgen
10Th
Connecticut
Seventh
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