The Douglas County Commission will have a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed revision to the K-10 and Farmer’s Turnpike Plan.

The revision would reclassify 13.5 acres from residential/office to office/research, a change that would allow construction of mini-warehouses on the site wedged between Kansas Highway 10 and East 902 Road. The property, which is owned by Garber Enterprises Inc. according to a map on the county’s website, is west of the Westar Energy substation.

The revision comes to the County Commission with a recommendation of approval from staff and the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission. It is also proposed the Westar property to the east also be reclassified as office/research. Any future mini-warehouse construction first would require approval of a conditional use permit.

The County Commission also will consider a proposal that would allow the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department and Douglas County Food Systems and Sustainability Coordinators to contract with the Sunrise Project oversee a grant-funded project meant to improvement community health.

Sunrise Project would hire up to 10 community members engage in community outreach on food policy and healthy living from June through December. The employees would each work up to 100 hours at $15 an hour.

The Douglas County Commission meets at 4 p.m. Wednesdays at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. For a full agenda, visit douglascountyks.org.