The City of Lawrence is collecting less in sales taxes than anticipated, and city officials are now projecting that the city will not have money for some of the projects it previously planned to complete in the next five years. At its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission reviewed the city’s draft 2020-2024 Capital Improvement Plan. The plan includes about $62 million in projects and purchases ...
Lawrence city commissioners indicated Tuesday that they are interested in making significant changes to the way the city handles certain Airbnb properties and other short-term rentals. As part of its work session Tuesday, the commission discussed replacing the recently established permitting process for whole-home short-term rentals, where the property owner lives elsewhere. As currently set up, the permits ...
Lawrence city commissioners will soon consider whether to walk back the city’s new regulations for Airbnb rentals and potentially ban certain rentals from neighborhoods. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission will discuss amending the recently established permitting process for whole-home short-term rentals, where the property owner lives elsewhere. Currently, about 30 property owners have applied for ...
Dustin Stumblingbear has withdrawn his candidacy for the Lawrence City Commission. Stumblingbear’s exit from the race means that a primary election is not currently required unless another candidate files to run in the next few weeks. The seats of commissioners Stuart Boley, Leslie Soden and Matthew Herbert are up for reelection this year, and both Soden and Herbert have announced they will not seek ...
After not accepting a potential wind energy agreement last year, city leaders will look more closely at how much money the city might save by switching to wind energy. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will review a cost-benefit analysis of a wind energy agreement that Westar Energy previously offered the city and the city was criticized for not accepting. The consultants, Black ...
The Kansas Department of Transportation is narrowing down its study of potential options for the expansion of the South Lawrence Trafficway. KDOT began its three-year environmental impact study on the lane expansion project in September, and the project team presented six initial options for the project to the Lawrence City Commission last month. KDOT engineer Aaron Frits told the Journal-World last week that ...