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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 2000
Page
4
Lawrence city commissioners meet at 6:35 p.m Tuesday to discuss city hail at 6 E Sixth and airport improvement plans. The agenda lists topics including a review of improvements for Lawrence Municipal Airport and related municipal actions by the City.
Voters will consider several airport actions including an engineering contract for 33800 with Black Veatch to study replacing the septic system and a recommendation. A 59350 contract with Buther Willis Ratliff to survey plat the airport and draft a stormwater plan. Reports from Chris Stewart on water service and Rick Bryant on FAA and Union Pacific meetings.
City advances air port expansion but sewer and water capacity limits halt progress. Black Veatch is asked to assess traditional sewer lines and wetlands for airport sewage treatment. Platted storm water plans support growth while Union Pacific considers a bypass crossing the north airport lot, potentially conflicting with federal runway clear area rules.
City commission approves minutes from September and August meetings, sanctions all claims, grants several drinking establishment licenses, a caterer license, and mayor-recommended appointments. It awards bids for fencing renewal at Lyons Park, slide resurfacing at the Aquatic Center, a special populations van, a fire pumper truck, and habitat neighborhood improvements. Additional actions include park and street ordinances, bid date changes, development plans, and various site plans and policy items.
Ronald Numbers will address the Mid America Conference on History at 12 30 p m Friday in the Adams Alumni Center at Kansas University. A renowned historian of evolution and church he will discuss Creation Evolution and Intelligent Design From Scopes to Kansas. He will join a panel on The Evolution Controversy in Historical Perspective at 2 p m Friday in Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union. The conference is co sponsored by KU Southwest Missouri State University Arkansas and Oklahoma State University. Also announced final exam Eric Lohmeyer Germanic languages and literature Der Kampf um einen Platz in der Gesellschaft eine sozial grotesche Untersuchung zu ausgewaehlten Prea werken von Marie von Ebner Eschenbach 3 p m Sunday Sept 24 199 Sudler.
Nearly 200 attendees viewed 3.25 acres on Delaware Street in East Lawrence slated for Delaware Street Commons. The project centers on clustered homes around a common house with shared ownership, using the McMillan house as a central social hub and aiming for a pedestrian friendly, walkable neighborhood.
Debates in Topeka and Dodge City frame EPA rules as overreach targeting private ponds. Farmers and state officials clash with environmentalists and faces a potential legal challenge as voters weigh the costs and control of water quality efforts.
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