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BV School District Scrapping Parking Lot Proposal
Finds Too Many Issues

December 10, 2002

Richard Dvorak, who has been helping with efforts for a better decision regarding the Blue Valley High School parking lot expansion, has the following news to report:

The Blue Valley School District will abandon the parking lot proposal for the Blue Valley High School that would have created 128 parking spaces by demolishing the nearby Blue Valley Church of the Nazarene.

John Fuller, Vice President of the Blue Valley School District Board of Education, reported to Dvorak that there were too many unanswered questions and gray areas concerning the contracts for this parking lot proposal to move forward. Fuller indicated that the school district administration would abandon this proposal.

Dvorak Raises Significant Issues

Mr. Dvorak raised several issues about the project:

  • He uncovered that the Blue Valley School District was offering to sell five acres of district property located at 165/Antioch to the Blue Valley Church of the Nazarene for $90,000. Many in the community questioned the low asking price for this land and the financial feasibility of this project during a time of budget constraints.

  • Mr. Dvorak asked why the 5 acres had not been put out for a competitive bid.

  • He also questioned the deed restrictions that applied to the parking lot acreage. The land was originally part of the adjacent neighborhood and a search showed the deed restrictions had never been released.

    Protest Petition Effort Successful

    Richard and Sherry Dvorak also ran a protest petition against this project, collecting signatures of owners of approximately 30% of the surrounding land located within a 1,000 feet of the proposed parking lot and highschool.

    A protest petition only has to have 20% or more in order to be valid and thus require a super majority of county commissioners to approve a project. The protest petition is currently in the process of being validated by the county.

    Kansas City Star Confirms Scrapping Of Parking Lot

    The Kansas City Star has also been busy looking at this project and contacted Dvorak recently for his views on this proposal. Later today, in a follow up phone interview with Dvorak, "Star" reporter Barbara Hollingsworth confirmed Mr. Fuller's statements to Dvorak from at least two separate sources within the district offices about the District's decision to scrap the proposed parking lot expansion.

    Zoning Board Did Not Recommend Project

    At the recent Oxford Township Zoning Board hearing on this proposal, the board issued a "failure to recommend." This issue would have been headed to an upcoming Board of County Commissioners hearing. However, it now appears the project will soon be dead.

    --Reported for NeighborhoodNet
    by Shirley Phillips December 10, 2002.

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