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In short, the answer is no in the city of Lawrence and yes in rural areas of Douglas County — although firing “wildly” is discouraged — if you’re on your own property or you have the property owner’s permission. Capt. Paul Fellers, a Lawrence police spokesman, said a city ordinance prohibits shooting any firearm in the city limits. “The discharging of a firearm, even one loaded with blanks, will create a genuine concern by anyone in the area, which would result in a call for police service,” he said. “Law enforcement takes gun-related calls very seriously, so consider some other, safer option for celebrating at midnight.” Sgt. Steve Lewis, a sheriff’s spokesman, said in rural areas of the county it’s legal to fire blanks or live rounds on one’s own property or with permission of the property owner as long as it’s done safely. “One should never discharge a firearm ‘wildly’ whether firing blanks or live rounds,” Lewis said.
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City to consider incentives for new downtown building project BACKGROUND
BOTTOM LINE Lawrence city commissioners will consider approving an agreement to provide public incentives for a new commercial, office and apartment building at the southwest corner Ninth and New Hampshire streets in downtown Lawrence. The owners, a group known as 9th and New Hampshire LLC, want to tap into seeking tax-increment financing for their $10.85 million project. Commissioners are scheduled to consider approving an agreement that would provide the partnership with $280,000 in property-tax rebates to help finance public improvements related to the project, such as sidewalks, sewers and streetlights.
OTHER BUSINESS Consent agenda
• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from Dec. 27. • Approve claims. • Approve licenses recommended by the city clerk’s office. • Approve appointments recommended by the mayor. • Bid and purchase items: a. Award the construction contract for Kaw water treatment plant large valve replacement to the low bidder, Nowak Construction, for $621,017 and authorize the city manager to execute the contract. b. Authorize the city manager to execute supplemental agreement No. 8 for $6,808.50 to the engineering services agreement with BG Consultants for construction phase engineering services for Kaw water treatment plant large valve replacement. c. Authorize the city manager to execute supplemental agreement No. 2 for $14,759 to the engineering services agreement with Professional Engineering Consultants for engineering services for 23rd Street bridge replacement utilities relocation. d. Approve the final change order to the construction contract with RD Johnson Excavating for phase II of watermain replacement program; increasing the contract amount by $35,312.48. • Accept dedication of easements
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• A 61-year-old Lawrence man who is serving three years on probation for a 2006 robbery of a convenience store was arrested on a warrant Friday morning. Cheryl Wright, a spokeswoman for the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office, said Charles E. Smith was arrested related to an alleged probation violation. According to jail records, Smith was arrested in the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th St. He had a court appearance scheduled for Friday morning in a drug possession case after he was arrested Nov. 24, which was 10 days after he was granted probation. Smith pleaded no contest in May to one count of robbery after prosecutors accused him on Nov. 25, 2006, of robbing the Presto convenience store, 2330 Iowa, by pointing something under his shirt at the clerk and taking contents of the register so he could buy drugs. He was convicted by a jury in 2007, but an appellate court later overturned the conviction. After the plea earlier this year, District Judge Sally Pokorny agreed to let Smith go free after he had spent more than four years in custody for the 2006 robbery. The hearing in his drug case is now scheduled for Wednesday. • A 46-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on suspicion
HOSPITAL Jaid Larios and Austin Green, Ottawa, a girl, Thursday. Derek and Brittany Lang, Overbrook, a girl, Friday.
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Regular agenda
• Consider approving text amendments to the joint city/county subdivision regulations in the city’s Land Development Code and the Douglas County Code to revise process requirements for division of property through certificates of survey, minor subdivisions and major subdivisions. Modifications include reformatting this article/ chapter to eliminate duplicative text and to delete terminology not used. • Receive Long Range Planning 2012 Work Program. • Receive recommendation from the Public Incentives Review Committee concerning requested incentives associated with the 901 N.H. development and consider authorizing the mayor to execute a performance agreement with Ninth and New Hampshire, LLC.
of driving while intoxicated early Friday morning after his sport-utility vehicle struck a parked vehicle in southwestern Lawrence. According to Douglas County Jail records, Andrew McKinney Hammond was booked into jail at 2:45 a.m. Kim Murphree, a Lawrence police spokesman, said the crash occurred when Hammond was headed west on Lazy Brook Lane in a black 2003 Mitsubishi Outlander and struck a parked black Jeep Cherokee. He attempted to get out of the vehicle but fell to the ground incurring minor injuries. Police were called at 2:14 a.m. The accident site is southwest of Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive. Hammond was booked into jail on suspicion of his third DUI, a felony, and driving on a suspended license. Information about the case was forwarded to the Douglas County prosecutors, according to jail records.
The Journal-World does not print accounts of all police reports filed. The newspaper generally reports: • Burglaries, only with a loss of $1,000 or more, unless there are unusual circumstances. To protect victims, we generally don’t identify them by name. • The names and circumstances of people arrested, only after they are charged. • Assaults and batteries, only if major injuries are reported. • Holdups and robberies.
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and rights of way for preliminary plat for Dan and Trisha Simons Addition, about 2.36 acres, 1 lot, at 444 Country Club Terrace. Submitted by Treanor Architects, PA for Dan and Trisha Simons, property owners of record. • Approve as signs of community interest, a request from the American Heart Association to place red ribbons on light posts on Massachusetts Street during February.
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The incentives were endorsed back in June by the joint Public Incentives Review Committee, which recommended rebates amounting to $280,000. The rebates would be paid over 10 years, beginning in 2013. The property is part of a Tax Increment Financing district formed in 2000. At that time, Lawrence city commissioners agreed that future private developments in the district could be eligible to receive tax rebates to cover expenses for public infrastructure. The ownership group is led by Lawrence businessman Doug Compton.
The JournalWorld found gas prices as low as $3.07 at several stations. If you find a lower price, call 832-7154.
A story in Friday’s Lawrence Journal World incorrectly stated the size of the Sears building, 2727 Iowa. It should have noted that when the store opened in 1998, it had 60,000 square feet of selling space.
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pleaded no contest in November to two counts of misdemeanor battery. Lawrence police accused her of striking her two sons, ages 14 and 12, with a belt. Her boyfriend, Stanley E. Burleson, 30, in October had pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse and admitted to having COURTS the boys remove their clothes on July 6 and beating them with a belt. Burleson was upset the boys had disobeyed his instructions about going to a swimming pool. Police and prosecutors said Sanders came home later that day and struck the boys with a belt after Burleson beat them. The boys were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for bruising and other injuries. District Judge Peggy on Woman gets probation Friday ruled if Sanders is found Man arrested for to violate terms of her probain child abuse case tion she faces one year in jail. indecent liberties A judge Friday morning sen- Kittel in November sentenced Lawrence police arrested a tenced a 34-year-old Lawrence Burleson to serve three years 46-year-old Lawrence man late woman to serve 18 months on on probation and to have no Thursday night on charges of probation for her role in a child contact with Sanders or the taking indecent liberties with abuse case, prosecutors said. boys outside of family therapy a child. Laura Lea Sanders had sessions. Kim Murphree, a police spokeswoman, said officers were made aware of the case shortly after noon Thursday. According to Douglas County Jail records, the man was booked into jail just before midnight after he was arrested at the police department’s Investigations and Training Center, 4820 Bob Billings Parkway. He was booked into jail on two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of aggravated criminal sodomy. He’s being held without bond pending a Authorities have taken decision about formal charges. two juveniles into custody The case is still under inveswho were suspected of arson tigation, and officers are workat a vacant west Lawrence ing with Kansas Department house on Monday evening, a of Social and Rehabilitation Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Services workers, Murphree Medical spokeswoman said. said. Additional information The juveniles were taken about the case was not availinto custody about 11:45 a.m. able Friday morning. Friday and booked into the Cheryl Wright, a spokesjuvenile detention center after woman for the Douglas County investigators collaborated with District Attorney’s Office, Douglas County prosecutors, said Friday prosecutors were division chief Eve Tolefree said. reviewing the case and would Fire investigators were have information about a called to the unoccupied home, charging decision on Tuesday 3133 Creekwood Drive, about 5 after the holiday weekend. A p.m. Monday after a neighbor judge could review the case said it appeared someone was over the weekend and set trying to set the house on fire. bond for the man. The small fire was out when The Journal-World generally crews arrived. Tolefree said does not identify sex crime there was also vandalism at suspects unless they are conthe house, which is near Princvicted. eton Boulevard and Peterson Road.
2 juveniles arrested for arson at vacant house
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