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An overpass would be built
across the Burlington
Northern Railroad tracks,
where about 40 trains now
block traffic on 17th Street
daily.
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
City Campus
j A look at the Future
i A draft proposed through the Antelope Valley Major Investment Study could
—i result in radical changes to the landscape of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
i and its surrounding neighborhoods.
i The plan attempts to solve problems with transportation, stormwater
i management and aging neighborhoods in the city’s core with new roadways,
i an open-air extension of Antelope Creek, and community revitalization projects.
_i For the university, officials said the proposed construction could result in a
i physically unified City Campus, marked by difinitive boundaries on each side. An 0Den-air creek will carrv
i Also, traffic rerouted to a new boulevard on the campus’ east edge could make stormwater from Antelooe Y
^ campus safer for pedestrians. A creek extension would remove many prppk catt rrrri, in .EL*,
—i campus buildings and recreation fields from the flood plain, making future fT*-- Sin
i development on the land easier. Landscaoina and a hike and
_ University officials said they are satisfied with the plan, and hope contruction kikp tnHwill follow thn rrnrk
will begin by 2000. Construction would last 10 to 20 years. TT~ D T0 0 tne ceek'
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Development plan
would revamp area
Campus could be unified
By Erin Gibson
Senior Reporter
If approved by Lincoln leaders
and residents, a draft of a city devel
opment plan could give the UNL City
Campus a striking new identity.
The draft, developed through the
Antelope Valley Major Investment
Study, could be approved by city and
university officials in the next two
months.
The result: sweeping changes in
the Lincoln and University of
Nebraska-Lincoln landscape over the
next 15 years.
For campus members who work in
buildings subject to flooding, or who
have been hit by cars on busy campus
streets, that new landscape would
bring safety and peace of mind.
For others, th6 new-city design
would result in a physically unified
campus, separated from downtown
Lincoln and surrounding neighbor
hoods by definite boundaries.
The Antelope Valley draft was
developed to treat Lincoln’s growing
problems with stormwater manage
ment, inadequate transportation and
aging communities around the city’s
core.
Wide stretches of land following
Antelope Creek lie in a 100-year flood
plain, where development is limited
because of the potential for a disas
trous flood. No major thoroughfares
carry vehicular traffic north and south
between 10th and 27th streets, which
already carry their capacities.
As a result, the neighborhoods
between those roads suffer from low
property values and declining ser
vices.
The remedy to Lincoln’s tri-fold
illness could lie in a $200 million draft
proposal, for which all members of
the Antelope Valley project’s advisory
committee voiced approval during a
meeting Wednesday night on East
Campus.
On Nov. 7 and 8, all university and
city residents will have the chance to
debate the draft during town hall
meetings at Lincoln High School, at
5:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively.
And if city and university leaders
approve the measure Dec. 12, engi
neers will be hired to begin making
the plan a reality. Construction,
expected to span 10 to 20 years, could
begin by 2000.
For the university, proposed con
struction could move major roadways
to the edges of campus and bring 20
percent of campus out of the 100-year
flood plain, said Kim Todd, UNL
assistant to the chancellor for commu
nity affairs and campus planning.
Please see PLAN on 2
Candidates yet to take up
position in governor’s race
By Ted Taylor
Senior Reporter
Nebraska is without an official
candidate for governor.
Pshaw, you say.
“Nebraska has three Republican
candidates for the state’s top job and
I’ve heard of a Democratic candi
date,” you argue. “I’ve seen a cou
ple of them on television and heard
them on the radio. Johanns gave me
a sticker himself!”
Perhaps, but there are still no
candidates for governor.
It is true Republicans Mike
Johanns, Jon Christensen and John
Breslow - the ones who say they are
running for the job - all have head
quarters, billboards and bumper
stickers.
Two have commercials, three
have campaign directors and they
all have coffees with supporters.
They walk in parades, talk with
civic groups and sing the song of a
gubernatorial candidate, but neither
the state auditor nor mayor of
Lincoln nor Nebraska’s 2nd District
congressman is officially a candi
date for the state’s top job.
Democrats Bill Hoppner and
Jim McFarland announced they will
seek the gubernatorial nomination;
Maxine Moul has shown interest,
and Steve Bennett is exploring the
possibility of running for governor.
The reason there are no candi
dates for governor right now is none
of them have formally filed for the
race, according to the state account
ability and disclosure office.
Only one, Breslow, has even
“officially announced” his candida
cy.
It gets sort of confusing.
So with the help of Robert
Sittig, a UNL political science pro
fessor who specializes in political
parties and campaigns, here’s the
rundown on how it works:
After possible candidates raise a
certain amount of money, they are
legally required to announce their
intentions with the state. This can be
years before the election year.
Those candidates first tell a few
people they’re thinking about run
ning.
Then they go ahead and tell the
state they’re running as sort of a
pre-campaign campaign.
Then, after many already
assume they have, candidates “offi
cially announce,” their plans to run
for governor. That requires only a
sentence saying as much.
All the while, “they have their
finger in the pie but aren’t getting
burned,” Sittig said.
Finally, usually only a few
months before the primary, candi
dates “officially file” with the sec
retary of state’s office.
That requires the candidate’s
Please see CAMPAIGN on 6
Bennett pitches
campaign ideas
By Brian Carlson
Assignment Reporter
Steve Bennett said Tuesday he
intends to run for governor pending
an assessment of his statewide sup
port and fund-raising capability.
Bennett, a Kearney podiatric
physician who has been involved in
the Democratic Party for years, filed
last week with the Nebraska
Accountability and Disclosure
Commission and has launched an
exploratory committee to assess his
gubernatorial prospects.
“If there is enough support across
the state and people believe in the
issues that I want to get out, then I
will enter the race,” Bennett said
from his home Tuesday night.
Lincoln businessman Bill
Hoppner and Jim McFarland, a for
mer state senator, have already
announced they will seek the
Democratic nomination for gover
nor. State Economic Development
Director Maxine Moul, the former
Democratic lieutenant governor, also
has expressed interest in a gubernato
rial bid.
Potential candidates must file
with the Nebraska Accountability
and Disclosure Commission once
they have spent more than $2,000 in
campaign funds. Bennett’s filing
does not signify a formal announce
ment of his candidacy, and he empha
sized no final decision has been
made.
Bennett said he “detests” the fact
that it would take a large amount of
campaign money to win the race. But
he said he acknowledged the political
reality. Without sufficient funding,
he said, he could have the right views
on the most compelling issues, but
would be unable to make an impact.
Bennett said the field of
announced candidates would have
“absolutely no effect” on his deci
sion. In fact, he said, those candidates
Please see BENNETT on 6
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