LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence city officials are seeking a meeting with members of the Delaware Tribe in order to learn more the tribe’s plans for developing a prime piece of area property.
City commissioners have told City Manager David Corliss to arrange a meeting with tribal officials in Oklahoma within the next two to three weeks. The city commissioners want to know what the tribe’s plans are for developing the North Lawrence property along the Kansas Turnpike.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports the tribe bought about 90 acres of farmland along the turnpike this summer.
The property is just outside the Lawrence city limits, but any development is likely to affect city property because of stormwater drainage issues. Tribal officials have confirmed they are working to have the land put into federal trust.
