Submitted by Joan Strickler
Commissioner Johnson chaired, Kearns present. Commissioner McCulloh was attending a meeting of the National Association of Counties in Kansas City.
Commissioner Kearns raised the issue of a need to restrict speed on roads in parks to 20 miles an hour or less. He also suggested consideration be given to extending the period for motor vehicles to be registered from one to two years as a potential cost saving measure. It was agreed these topics should be discussed at the intergovernmental luncheon scheduled at noon.
County Counselor Clancy Holeman addressed plans to hold a Konza Music Festival on August 7 and 8. The event has been advertised as a fund raiser for the Manhattan Music Coalition. The location proposed for the festival is on land zoned agricultural and, as such, is not a permitted activity under County zoning regulations. Permission might have been granted if the group had applied for a conditional use permit, but time considerations now are too short for that process to take place.
Holeman said, should the group go ahead with the festival without permission, they could be subject to a misdemeanor offense and be fined up to $500 a day. It would be possible for the Commission to give permission for the event through signing a memorandum of agreement, but he cautioned this would break from the usual route of the conditional use permit and the requirements set out by that process.
Concerns raised primarily focused on safety issues. Does the group have liability insurance? How will access of minors to liquor be restricted? Other potential problems mentioned involved sanitary conditions, ambulance service, lighting, number of cars involved and provisions for safety in inclement weather.
The group has been invited to present its proposals to the Commission at the next meeting on July 30.
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