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AGENDA

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting

Monday, April 13, 2026 @ 5:30 PM

City Commission Room, City Hall 6 E 6th St Lawrence, KS 66044

First Floor of City Hall, 6 East 6th Street

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This meeting will be held in a hybrid format. Board members will be in person. Some staff will be present in the room while others may participate virtually. Public members are invited to join the meeting in person at City Hall or virtually using the Zoom link provided below.

Written public comment must be received by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.  Send correspondence electronically to parksrec@lawrenceks.org and please indicate comments are for the advisory board. If you wish to have your contact information withheld, indicate so in your correspondence. Comments received after the deadline will not be posted and there is no guarantee that such comments will be considered.

Live public comment can be made in person at the meeting or virtually using the Zoom link provided below.

If anyone wants to share Visual documentation during the hybrid meeting (map, photo, document, etc.), it must be emailed as a PDF to parksrec@lawrenceks.org by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.  Hard copies will also be accepted for sharing with the Advisory Board at the meeting. Please provide seven (7), for Advisory Board members and one for staff.

To view this meeting live: Live Video Stream or the City's YouTube Channel (Note: If the YouTube stream is not working, you can join the Zoom meeting by clicking on the Zoom registration link, below, to join the meeting and listen in).

To provide public comment or join the meeting virtually:

Virtual Meeting Registration via Zoom

A.

CALL TO ORDER:

B.

APPROVE MINUTES:

1.

Approve the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Minutes from the Monday, March 9, 2026.

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board - Mar 09 2026 - Minutes - Pdf

C.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

General public comment on items or issues that are not scheduled on the agenda will be made prior to the Regular Agenda Items (D). Each person will be limited to three (3) minutes for general public comment. The board will not discuss or debate these items, nor make recommendations on items presented during this time.

Public comment on agenda Items listed on the agenda (D) will be taken after an item has been presented and discussed with staff. Each person will be limited to three (3) minutes for their comment. Members of the public may provide public comment on multiple agenda items.

D.

AGENDA ITEMS:

1.

Master Plan Update

2.

Sub-Committee Formation Discussion

E.

REPORTS / ROUNDTABLE:

1.

Board Items

Round table discussion of items brought by board members, as well as discussion of future agenda items.

         -  North Lawrence Corridor Study Task Force Report - Nalbandian

         -  Other Items (brought by the Board)  

2.

Follow-Up Items

Spraying along the levy

3.

Reports

Update on other relevant activities of the department's divisions related to the Lawrence Strategic Plan, Unmistakable Identity Key Performance Indicators

     - Parks

     - Culture

     - Recreation

     - Director's

F.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:

1.

Update on Municipal Stadium fundraising group to get on National Historical Register(TBA) (?)

G.

CALENDAR:

1.

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting

5:30 p.m. Monday, May 11, 2026

City Commission Room at City Hall

6 East Sixth St.

H.

ADJOURNMENT