Re: May 3 meeting ... TONIGHT

Hi All, I am unable to come to tonight's meeting because of a schedule
conflict, but would the group want to discuss the Grace Cathedral
Parking Lot Issue. The have formally asked for permission to build the
lot, and I believe it will be discussed at the Landmarks Commission
meeting soon and discussed at the State Historic Preservation Office.
It will likely go to the city commission. I believe the city Planning
Dept. is recommending against approval of Grace's plan, believing that
there are prudent and feasible alternatives to their plan. The
planning dept. is suggesting angled, cut in parking along Polk as an
alternative to taking a significant portion of the grounds and trees of
Bethany Place. For the Historic Old Town Neighborhood(which has no
park) to loose a significant amount of greenspace and to degrade the
environs of both Bethany Place and Topeka High School would be a shame,
especially when there are alternatives. The Topeka High Historical
Society will be d
iscussing this at their next meeting. Thanks for listening. Sorry I
cannot come to broach the issue. Doug

Doug Jones BA, RDMS, RVT, RDCS, RCT
Program Director
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Dept. of Allied Health
Washburn University
1700 SW College
Topeka, Ks. 66621
785-670-2294-phone
785-670-1027-fax

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Hancock <pqhancok@swbell.net>
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007 2:36 pm
Subject: May 3 meeting ... TONIGHT
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> Everyone - First, please accept my sincerest apologies for failing
> to get this agenda together earlier. My work schedule has been
> hectic beyond belief. That's not an excuse ... just a reason.
>
> Several of you have called and/or emailed in recent days/weeks
> about things you wanted to discuss. I've tried to keep track of as
> many items as I could. But just to be safe, I've included an open-
> ended item on the agenda for announcements, comments, suggestions,
> proposals ... whatever people would like to bring up that they
> want the NIA to know about.
>
> Now that the legislative session is over, life can return to
> normal and I promise I'll be more organized next month.
>
> Hope to see everyone tonight!
>
>
> Peter Hancock
> pqhancok@swbell.net
>