Other Department/Project Plans by Department
Fire Medical
- Fire Med Strategic Plan – This plan identifies improvements needed to accomplish goals of the community and the City Commission over the next five year. While it identifies needed improvements, it does not identify costs or funding sources.
- Fire Apparatus Replacement Plan – This plan assists the department in prioritizing the replacement of apparatus to ensure reliability of equipment and vehicles across the department. This ongoing replacement plan identifies costs and has identified funding sources through 2019 utilizing debt and the infrastructure sales tax. The attached map shows an analysis of the department fleet as of February 2013.
Information Technology
- Information Technology Fiber Projects Plan – This plan outlines the City’s past, current, and future I.T. projects related to implementing fiber to improve service capabilities of the City, including connecting buildings, traffic signals, water towers and other resources.The document also includes information on partnering opportunities with Kansas University, Douglas County, and other anchor institutions and companies within Lawrence.
- Community Technology Infrastructure Report – CTC Technology & Energy completed a report entitled “Enhancing Broadband in Lawrence – A Range of Strategic Options” examining the current status of available technology infrastructure in Lawrence and recommendations on how the city could utilize its resources and rights of way to encourage better internet/broadband services and prices for Lawrence residents and businesses.
Parks and Recreation
- Parks and Recreation Maintenance Plan – This project list identifies significant improvements to park and recreation facilities across the City. Each year, projects are selected from the list as funding is available.
- Parks and Recreation Equipment Plan – This list is used to track and prioritize equipment and vehicle replacements for the Parks & Recreation Department. Current budgeted funding for replacement of items on this list is approximately $120,000 per year, through multiple budget sources.
Planning and Development Services
- Horizon 2020 – Horizon 2020 is the comprehensive plan for the city of Lawrence and unincorporated Douglas County. The plan expresses a community’s desires about the future image of the community and provides the foundation and framework for making physical development and policy decisions. The planning process was initiated in 1992. After years of public involvement, Horizon 2020 was adopted in 1998 and has continuously been amended to address changing trends and beliefs about development in the community.
- Transportation 2040 – Prepared by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), this plan identifies future transportation needs, investments, and system improvement recommendations for all modes of transportation (automobile, public transit, bicycle, pedestrian, etc.) that will be necessary to meet the transportation needs of the region through 2040. Financial resources available to implement T2040 have also been identified to ensure the plan is financially realistic and projects have been selected for implementation at times when they can reasonably be afforded.
Police
- Police Chief’s Department Needs Assessment – This assessment, prepared by the Police Chief in 2012, outlines the staffing, equipment, and facility needs of the department. Staff developed a model to project the cost of these needs and possibilities for increasing resources accordingly.
- Police Facility Study – This study, conducted in 2012, reviews the existing police facilities and outlines the requirements for a new, consolidated facility.
Public Works
- Airport Master Plan – Approved by the City Commission, this plan identifies future facility needs at the Lawrence Municipal Airport for the next twenty years to ensure that the city can coordinate project approvals, design, financing, and construction. Projects must be included in a Master Plan in order to be eligible for federal funding. While the plan identifies needs and costs, it doesn’t identify local funding sources.
- Comprehensive Street Maintenance Program (Annual) – Each year, the public works department prepares plans for the street maintenance efforts in the community including reconstruction, mill and overlay, crack sealing, etc. The 2013 plan was approved by theCity Commission in January of 2013.
- Public Works Facilities Plan – This list identifies significant capital improvements needed related to existing city facilities such as roof, mechanical systems, etc. While this plan has costs, it does not identify funding sources.
- Regional Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Architecture – Intelligent Transportation Systems are the application of electronic technologies and communications to improve the operations of roadways and transit systems. This architecture, developed under the direction of the City, provides a framework for ITS projects needed in the region. A deployment plan was also developed for implementing the 35 projects identified in the architecture which depends on the funding available.
- Storm Water Master Plan – Originally approved by the City Commission in 1996 with the creation of the storm water utility, this plan contains recommendations for storm sewer improvements, engineering standards, maintenance work and program funding. The Engineering Division of Public Works continues to implement and update those recommendations. Current storm water utility revenues preclude any additional debt issuance until existing debt is paid off in 2018.
- Traffic Calming Project List – This list identifies traffic calming improvement priorities that have been approved by the City Commission should funding become available or if projects fall within the scope of routine street maintenance activities.
Transit
- Transit Capital Plan – This plan identifies the major capital improvement needs of the City’s transit system. It also attempts to identify federal, state, and local funding sources needed to fund these improvements.