Lawrence civic process, on the record.
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City Of Lawrence, KS is a municipal meeting feed built from the working rooms of local government. Recent entries follow transportation boards, parks, code appeals, aviation, arts, planning, and police review as they handle public comment, amendments, policies, and adjournments.
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About City Of Lawrence, KS
City Of Lawrence, KS is a podcast feed of Lawrence public meetings, centered on the actual mechanics of local government. It does not shape the material into interviews or commentary. Instead, it preserves meetings as they proceed: someone calls the room to order, attendance is checked, minutes are approved, public comment is invited, staff present updates, board members ask questions, and motions either carry or wait for more work. Recent episodes show the breadth of that machinery. The Lawrence-Douglas County MPO Policy Board discusses a countywide bikeway plan, road user charges, and future transportation funding. The MPO Technical Advisory Committee considers a transportation improvement program amendment and freight network designations. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members discuss foundations, sponsorships, capacity, and agenda planning. Building Code Board of Appeals works through Senate Bill 418, IRC adoption questions, and what can or cannot be required. Aviation Advisory Board spends time on airport projects, lease policy, fees, rankings, and adoption language. Cultural Arts Commission reviews Percent for Art funding, performance art language, public art procedures, and gaps in implementation. Planning Commission Mid Month hears consultant work and talks through rural development, roads, service capacity, and related procedures. Community Police Review Board introduces new faces and notes open seats. The texture is procedural, sometimes technical, and often conversational in the way public meetings become conversational when policy meets logistics. There are pauses, corrections, side comments, remote participants, and reminders about weather, rooms, schedules, and next meetings. That is part of the point. The feed gives civic followers raw access to the places where local details are sorted before they become cleaner public documents. It is most useful when a listener wants to know not just what topic appeared on an agenda, but how the people in the room talked through it.
Made for: Suits a listener who follows Lawrence government closely and wants direct access to board and commission discussion. It also suits someone tracking transportation, planning, parks, arts, airport, code, or police review items before they are reduced to summaries.
What sets it apart: Unlike civic recap shows, this feed keeps the procedural texture intact: roll calls, amendments, questions, public comment windows, and the small uncertainties of meeting work. Its strength is unfiltered local specificity rather than narration.
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Episodes
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10/09/25 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·2h 49m - 2
12/08/25 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
·1h 31m - 3
12/03/25 Aviation Advisory Board
·1h 27m - 4
12/02/25 City Commission
·39m - 5
11/20/25 LD-C MPO Policy Board
·49m - 6
11/20/25 Historic Resources Commission
·2h 2m - 7
11/19/25 Community Police Review Board
·1h 1m - 8
11/18/25 City Commission
·31m - 9
11/17/25 Planning Commission
·52m - 10
11/13/25 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·1h 57m - 11
11/12/25 Bike Plan Update Steering Committee Meeting 4
·1h 34m - 12
11/04/25 MPO Technical Advisory Committee
·18m - 13
11/12/25 Cultural Arts Commission
·38m - 14
11/11/25 Building Code Board of Appeals
·57m - 15
02/10/26 City Commission
·5h 2m - 16
10/14/25 City Commission
·3h 20m - 17
04/02/26 Sign Code Board of Appeals
·20m - 18
03/26/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
·1h 19m - 19
03/26/26 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board
·1h 40m - 20
03/25/26 Planning Commission
·1h 32m - 21
03/11/26 Cultural Arts Commission
·1h 8m - 22
03/19/26 Historic Resourcess Commission
·1h 57m - 23
03/17/26 City Commission
·27m - 24
03/11/26 Community Police Review Board
·1h 14m - 25
03/12/26 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·1h 55m - 26
03/10/26 City Commission
·4h 1m - 27
03/09/26 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
·58m - 28
03/03/26 City Commission
·3h 58m - 29
02/25/26 Lawrence Bike Plan Meeting 7
·1h 39m - 30
02/25/26 Planning Commission
·2h 1m - 31
02/09/26 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
·1h 22m - 32
02/26/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
·1h 11m - 33
02/23/26 Connected City
·50m - 34
02/19/26 L-DC MPO Policy Board
·29m - 35
02/19/26 Historic Resources Commission
·4h 19m - 36
10/13/25 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
·1m - 37
12/09/25 Building Code Board of Appeals
·41m - 38
02/17/26 City Commission
·4h 45m - 39
02/12/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
·1h 34m - 40
02/12/26 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·2h 15m - 41
02/11/26 Cultural Arts Commission
·2h 3m - 42
02/03/26 MPO Technical Advisory Committee
·13m - 43
02/03/26 City Commission
·2h 59m - 44
01/29/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
·1h 35m - 45
01/28/26 Planning Commission
·1h 7m - 46
01/22/26 Joint ESAB and Connected City Work Session
·1h 34m - 47
01/21/26 Community Police Review Board
·32m - 48
01/20/26 City Commission
·2h 2m - 49
01/15/26 Historic Resources Commission
·2h 1m - 50
01/14/26 Aviation Advisory Board Special Meeting
·48m - 51
01/14/26 Planning Commission Mid-month
·1h 3m - 52
01/12/26 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
·1h 53m - 53
01/13/26 City Commission
·2h 43m - 54
01/06/26 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·2h 2m - 55
01/08/26 Board of Zoning Appeals
·20m - 56
01/06/26 City Commission
·3h 48m - 57
12/17/25 Lawrence Bike Plan Update Steering Committee #5
·1h 25m - 58
12/17/25 Planning Commission
·1h 51m - 59
12/16/25 City Commission
·6h 2m - 60
12/15/25 Human Relations Commission
·1h 24m - 61
12/11/25 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board
·53m - 62
12/10/25 Cultural Arts Commission
·1h 13m - 63
12/10/25 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·2h 1m - 64
12/09/25 City Commission
·5h 38m - 65
11/04/25 City Commission
·12m - 66
11/11/25 City Commission
·51m - 67
11/10/25 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
·1h 6m - 68
11/06/25 Board of Zoning Appeals
·1h 34m - 69
11/04/25 cc podcast
·12m - 70
10/23/25 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·1h 46m - 71
10/28/25 Building Code Board of Appeals
·59m - 72
10/22/25 Planning Commission
·4h 40m - 73
10/21/25 City Commission
·1h 55m - 74
10/20/25 Human Relations Commission
·1h 36m - 75
10/20/25 Connected City
·1h 46m - 76
10/16/25 Historic Resources Commission
·1h 14m - 77
10/08/25 Cultural Arts Commission
·24m - 78
10/07/25 MPO Technical Advisory Committee
·19m - 79
10/07/25 Building Code Board of Appeals
·1h 6m - 80
10/07/25 City Commission
·2h 39m - 81
10/02/25 Board of Zoning Appeals
·49m - 82
09/25/25 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board
·52m - 83
09/24/25 Planning Commission
·1h 56m - 84
09/22/25 Planning Commission
·2h 58m - 85
09/18/25 Historic Resources Commission
·2h 14m - 86
09/16/25 Building Code Board of Appeals
·1h 45m - 87
09/16/25 City Commission
·4h 55m - 88
09/15/25 Connected City
·1h 15m - 89
09/10/25 Aviation Advisory Board
·2h 48m - 90
09/11/25 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
·1h 54m - 91
09/10/25 Cultural Arts Commission
·1h - 92
09/09/25 City Commission
·5h 41m - 93
09/08/25 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
·48m - 94
09/04/25 Board of Zoning Appeals
·1h 43m - 95
09/02/25 City Commission
·4h 26m - 96
08/27/25 Lawrence Bikes Plan Update Steering Committee Meeting #3
·1h 23m - 97
08/28/25 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board
·1h 23m - 98
12/18/25 Historic Resources Commission
The Historic Resources Commission meeting begins with preliminary instructions, roll call, and acknowledgment of communications from the state historic preservation office.
·1h 13m - 99
02/26/26 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board
The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board meeting begins with housekeeping announcements and introductions of new members.
·1h 24m - 100
01/07/26 Lawrence Bikes Plan Update Steering Committee Meeting #6
A steering committee meeting discusses prioritizing bikeways for standalone funding to improve network connectivity.
·1h 13m - 101
04/16/26 L-DC MPO Policy Board
A local government MPO Policy Board meeting begins with roll call, quorum confirmation, and a brief update on new offices before moving to approve minutes.
Apr 17, 2026·13m - 102
04/16/26 Historic Resources Commission
Apr 17, 2026·3h 37m - 103
04/14/26 City Commission
Apr 15, 2026·4h 39m - 104
04/14/26 MPO Technical Advisory Committee
A technical advisory committee meeting begins with roll call and approval of previous minutes.
Apr 15, 2026·19m·1 clip - 105
04/13/26 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Hidden gem["The April 13, 2026 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting centers on a master plan update that staff say contains 178 recommendations.", "Mark explains that yellow boxes mean completed or ongoing work, purple items are CIP proposals, and gray items are unfunded requests moving through the city budget process.", "Porter describes arts and culture work with Designing Local, public art policy that has been reaffirmed three times, and partners including Lawrence Art Center, Theatre Lawrence, Watkins Museum of History, and Lawrence Public Library.", "The board then debates whether to form a subcommittee to study a parks foundation and sponsorships before closing with FIFA planning, six community viewing parties, and a Stan Hurd earthwork project."]
Apr 14, 2026·1h 5m·4 clips - 106
04/09/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
Hidden gemCity Of Lawrence, KS spends this 04/09/26 Building Code Board of Appeals meeting on Senate Bill 418 and whether the city should keep the 2018 IRC for smaller homes while moving other code areas to 2024.
Apr 10, 2026·1h 36m·5 clips - 107
04/09/26 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Apr 10, 2026·2h 48m - 108
04/08/26 Aviation Advisory Board
Hidden gemJohn demonstrates a Laserfiche waitlist that automatically tracks applications, queue changes, offers, and repeated declines.
Apr 9, 2026·1h 49m·2 clips - 109
04/08/26 Cultural Arts Commission
Hidden gemOn April 8, 2026, the City of Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission moved through a packed agenda of public art proposals and a percent-for-art policy update with Daniel B.
Apr 9, 2026·1h 38m·5 clips - 110
04/07/26 City Commission
Apr 8, 2026·4h 29m - 111
04/08/26 Planning Commission Mid Month
Apr 8, 2026·1h 2m - 112
04/02/26 Sign Code Board of Appeals
Apr 3, 2026·20m - 113
03/26/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
Mar 27, 2026·1h 19m - 114
03/26/26 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board
Mar 27, 2026·1h 40m - 115
03/25/26 Planning Commission
Mar 26, 2026·1h 32m - 116
03/11/26 Cultural Arts Commission
Mar 25, 2026·1h 8m - 117
03/19/26 Historic Resourcess Commission
Mar 20, 2026·1h 57m - 118
03/17/26 City Commission
Mar 18, 2026·27m - 119
03/11/26 Community Police Review Board
A community police review board meeting begins with introductions of new members and law enforcement liaisons.
Mar 13, 2026·1h 14m - 120
03/12/26 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Mar 13, 2026·1h 55m - 121
03/10/26 City Commission
Mar 11, 2026·4h 1m - 122
03/09/26 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Mar 10, 2026·58m - 123
03/03/26 City Commission
Mar 4, 2026·3h 58m - 124
02/25/26 Lawrence Bike Plan Meeting 7
Mar 2, 2026·1h 39m - 125
02/25/26 Planning Commission
Feb 27, 2026·2h 1m - 126
02/26/26 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board
Feb 27, 2026·1h 24m - 127
02/26/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
Feb 26, 2026·1h 11m - 128
02/23/26 Connected City
Feb 24, 2026·50m - 129
02/19/26 L-DC MPO Policy Board
Feb 21, 2026·29m - 130
02/19/26 Historic Resources Commission
Feb 20, 2026·4h 19m - 131
02/17/26 City Commission
Feb 18, 2026·4h 45m - 132
02/12/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
Feb 13, 2026·1h 34m - 133
02/12/26 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Feb 13, 2026·2h 15m - 134
02/11/26 Cultural Arts Commission
Feb 12, 2026·2h 3m - 135
02/10/26 City Commission
Feb 11, 2026·5h 2m - 136
02/09/26 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Feb 10, 2026·1h 22m - 137
02/03/26 MPO Technical Advisory Committee
Feb 4, 2026·13m - 138
02/03/26 City Commission
Feb 4, 2026·2h 59m - 139
01/29/26 Building Code Board of Appeals
Jan 30, 2026·1h 35m - 140
01/28/26 Planning Commission
Jan 29, 2026·1h 7m - 141
01/22/26 Joint ESAB and Connected City Work Session
Jan 23, 2026·1h 34m - 142
01/21/26 Community Police Review Board
The Community Police Review Board holds its first meeting of 2026, approving minutes from previous meetings and outlining public comment rules.
Jan 22, 2026·32m - 143
01/20/26 City Commission
Jan 21, 2026·2h 2m - 144
01/15/26 Historic Resources Commission
Jan 16, 2026·2h 1m - 145
01/14/26 Aviation Advisory Board Special Meeting
Jan 15, 2026·48m - 146
01/12/26 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Jan 14, 2026·1h 53m - 147
01/13/26 City Commission
Jan 14, 2026·2h 43m - 148
01/14/26 Planning Commission Mid-month
Jan 14, 2026·1h 3m - 149
01/08/26 Board of Zoning Appeals
Jan 9, 2026·20m - 150
01/06/26 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Jan 9, 2026·2h 2m