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City attorney: Lawrence Redevelopment Authority seeks judge’s ruling on property-transfer authority
Summary
City Attorney Tim Hooten told an ad-hoc Economic Development Committee the Lawrence Redevelopment Authority has asked a court to declare it need not return certain redevelopment-area property transfers to the city council; the city answered and expects the matter to be decided on papers within about 30–90 days.
City Attorney Tim Hooten told an ad-hoc Economic Development Committee on Jan. 28 that the Lawrence Redevelopment Authority has filed a declaratory-judgment complaint asking a judge to confirm the LRA’s interpretation of its authority over property transfers within the 2016 redevelopment plan.
"They are looking for a judge to say that the position that they are holding is correct," Hooten said, adding that the LRA’s claim rests on a 2016 redevelopment plan that the city council approved Dec. 6 of that…
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