info2024-01-23T14:36:18-06:00January 23rd, 2024|
Synopsis: Although the Kansas Legislature may legally permit a city to impose its land subdivision requirements on county residents within three miles of city limits, it should be cautious when granting cities extraterritorial authority. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-749. Read more: Opinion No. 2024-1
Henry Schmidt2024-01-23T11:24:39-06:00January 23rd, 2024|
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info2024-01-23T07:43:49-06:00January 23rd, 2024|
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted 6-3 early Tuesday morning to move forward with a new set of wind energy regulations at the end of a meeting that stretched six hours. ... Commissioners aimed to balance the need for rigorous regulations that protect Douglas County against the need to allow continued renewable energy development. The result was a set of new regulations with a series of modifications derived from public comments and commission discussion over the last few months. Source: The Lawrence Times
info2024-01-23T07:42:39-06:00January 23rd, 2024|
An unspecified number of Wichita schools will be closed at the end of the school year to help offset a looming $42 million budget shortfall. Staff will make recommendations on which schools should be closed and why at the next school board meeting on Feb. 12. Decisions will be finalized by spring break, after ample opportunity for public input, Superintendent Kelly Bielefeld said. Closures will be limited to elementary and middle schools because of the logistical challenges of relocating 1,000 to 2,000 high school students. Source: Wichita Eagle
info2024-01-23T07:34:27-06:00January 23rd, 2024|
Prairie Village residents who live near Windsor Park will need to wait on any pickleball noise relief. The Prairie Village City Council on Tuesday voted 9-2 to send the pickleball noise issue at Windsor Park back to the city’s parks and recreation committee for a solution. Some residents near Windsor Park have complained about pickleball noise — what has become both a national and local uproar — since six courts were installed in June. Source: Johnson County Post
info2024-01-23T07:33:47-06:00January 23rd, 2024|
Topekans will see only a trickle of additional costs, if any, due to the problem that forced the city last week to declare a boil water advisory, city officials say. The city, which uses about 20 million gallons of water on a normal day, was able to flush the entire 60 million gallons involved through its distribution system in about three days, co-interim city communications director Rosie Nichols told The Capital-Journal Friday. Source: CJonline
info2024-01-22T11:53:28-06:00January 22nd, 2024|
The Finney County Commission approved a severe winter weather emergency declaration for the Jan. 8-9 blizzard at its regular meeting on Tuesday. During the week of the storm, Commission chairman Gerry Schultz declared the emergency, but it needed to be confirmed by the Commission Tuesday’s meeting. Paul Resley, Finney County Emergency Management Director, said the emergency declaration was needed because they got inundated with the snow and wind from the storm. “We had so many people stranded that we were losing resources faster than we could find them,” he said. “So, we were reaching out for some help. The governor eventually did declare an [...]
info2024-01-22T11:50:36-06:00January 22nd, 2024|
Firefighters trekked out onto a frozen pond Friday morning in north Wichita to rescue a swan that had been stuck for a couple of days. Residents near 21st and Amidon called first responders Friday morning about the swan being stranded in the middle of a pond. Firefighters in specialized rescue suits went out onto the ice and pulled along a raft. “Our Rescue team ... found that the swan was likely unable to move due to the size of the hole he was in versus the size of his feet,” the Wichita Fire Department said on social media. “Crews reported he wasn’t harmed [...]
info2024-01-22T11:40:34-06:00January 22nd, 2024|
After 14 weeks of training, the Wichita Fire Department welcomed a new batch of recruits on Friday. The class was the third class of 2023. Class instructor and WFD lieutenant Clint Gifford said they're not starving for candidates, so they find the best of the best. "That would be our third class of the year 2023," Gifford said. "A lot of participants would like this job. So it's something that we haven't struggled with. We still get the candidates that we need that are top-notch." New WFD graduate Reed Norris said he's taking up the mantle his grandfather had in Wisconsin as a [...]
info2024-01-22T11:38:21-06:00January 22nd, 2024|
The new biomedical campus is on the way to downtown Wichita, and it will eventually bring up to 3,000 students and hundreds of faculty and staff to consolidate into one complex. It's a collaboration between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas. While it's being hailed as great for the ICT, some are asking where the housing will come from to meet the new demand. "Affordable housing is so important for just the stability and the quality of life of our community," said Danielle Johnson, the Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity. Johnson says Wichita already needs up to an additional [...]
