NOTICE OF SPECIAL QUESTION ELECTION

NOTICE OF SPECIAL QUESTION ELECTION

TO ALL THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF

THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the City of Lawrence, Kansas (the “City”) that a special question election in the City of Lawrence, Kansas has been called and will be held in conjunction with the general election on the 4^th day of November, 2008, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City the following propositions:

Shall the following be adopted?

Shall the City of Lawrence, Kansas be authorized to impose a special purpose city retailers’ sales tax in the amount of one-half of one percent (0.5%) on retail sales consummated within the City of Lawrence, Kansas, for the purposes of allocating three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) of said sales tax for improving and maintaining public streets and sidewalks, constructing and maintaining improvements to the storm water pump station and related storm water facilities in the City north of the Kansas River, constructing and maintaining recreational trails and paths, purchasing fire apparatus and related fire equipment, and such other related street, storm water, and recreational path infrastructure and fire equipment purposes as may be in the best interest of the City and allocating two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) of said sales tax for operating the City Public Transit System in a system that may be merged with the University of Kansas Transit System, including purchasing and maintaining buses and other transit vehicles, transit facilities and equipment, and such other transit-related purposes as may be in the best interest of the City, the collection of such sales tax to commence on April 1, 2009 and shall terminate ten years after its commencement, all in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., and amendments thereto?

To vote in favor of this question, darken the oval completely next to the word, “Yes.” To vote against it, darken the oval completely next to the word, “No.”

Yes

Notice is further given that the polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. on November 4, 2008. The voting places in the City of Lawrence, KS, and the area each voting place will serve, will be as follows:

Precinct	Building Name	Location
1	Pinckney Elementary School	810 West 6^th St.
2	Lawrence City Library	707 Vermont St.
3	Douglas County Senior Center	745 Vermont St.
4	USD 497 Administration Center	110 McDonald Dr.
5	Deerfield Elementary School	101 Lawrence Ave.
6	The Windsor	3220 Peterson Rd.
7	Plymouth Congregational Church	925 Vermont St.
8	Trinity Lutheran Church	1245 New Hampshire St.
9	Lawrence Jewish Community Center	917 Highland Dr.
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11	West Junior High School	2700 Harvard Rd.
12	First Baptist Church	1330 Kasold Dr.
13	American Legion	3408 West 6^th St.
14	First Presbyterian Church	2415 Clinton Pkwy.
15	Immanuel Lutheran Church	2104 Bob Billings Pkwy.
16	Clinton Parkway Assembly of God Church	3200 Clinton Pkwy.
17	Holcolm Recreation Center	2700 West 27^th St.
18	Mustard Seed Church	700 Wakarusa Dr.
19	Brandon Woods, Smith Center	1501 Inverness Dr.
20	First Southern Baptist Church	4300 West 6^th St.
21	Hillcrest Elementary School	1045 Hilltop St.
22	Free Methodist Church	3001 Lawrence Ave.
23	Presbyterian Manor	1429 Kasold Dr.
24	Drury Place	1510 Saint Andrews Dr.
25	Central United Methodist Church	1501 Massachusetts St.
26	Cordley Elementary School	1837 Vermont St.
27	Lawrence High School Annex	2017 Louisiana St.
28	Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church	802 West 22^nd St.
29	Checkers Foods	2300 Louisiana St.
30	Schwegler Elementary School	2201 Ousdahl Rd.
31	Southside Church of Christ	1105 West 25^th St.
32	United Way Building	2518 Ridge Court
33	Central Junior High School	1400 Massachusetts St.
34	Babcock Place	1700 Massachusetts St.
35	East Lawrence Center	1245 East 15^th St.
36	Kennedy Elementary School	1605 Davis Rd.
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38	Prairie Park Elementary School	2711 Kensington Rd.
39	New York Elementary School	936 New York St.
40	Trinity Lutheran Church	1245 New Hampshire St.
41	Lawrence Union Pacific Depot (Visitor Center)	402 North Second St.
42	Church of Christ	201 North Michigan St.
43	Free State High School	4700 Overland Dr.
44	Lawrence Heights Christian Church	2321 Peterson Rd.
45	Langston Hughes Elementary School	1101 George Williams Way
46	Southwest Junior High School	2511 Inverness Dr.
47	Good Shepherd Lutheran Church	2211 Inverness Dr.
48	Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living	4851 Harvard Rd.
49	Corpus Christi Catholic Church	6001 Bob Billings Pkwy.

The election will be conducted by the officers and/or persons provided by law for holding elections, and the method of voting will be by ballot. Registered voters are eligible to vote by advance voting ballot upon application to the County Clerk set forth below pursuant to K.S.A. 25-1117 et seq.

Dated: , 2008

Jameson (Jamie) Shew, County Clerk

Douglas County, Kansas