CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Week ending July 13, 2007

 

 

Website traffic numbers for June

The City of Lawrence website, www.lawrenceks.org, received 38,693 visitors in June 2007 up from 36,497 visitors in May 2007. The No. 1 visited link in June was the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department, which is likely because of enrollment for summer recreation programs. Roger Steinbrock, Marketing Supervisor for the Parks and Recreation Department, said there was a 21.3 percent increase in online enrollments this year than in June 2006.

 

The top 10 visited pages for June were:

 

  1. Parks and Recreation (http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/)
  2. Web Based Agendas (http://www.lawrenceks.org/web_based_agendas/index.shtml)
  3. Department listing page (http://www.lawrenceks.org/departments.shtml)
  4. Administrative Services Home (http://www.lawrenceks.org/adminservices)
  5. Police Department Home (http://www.lawrencepolice.org/)
  6. City Service Directory (http://www.lawrenceks.org/services.php)
  7. News releases RSS feed* (http://www.lawrenceks.org/rss/e-updates.rss)
  8. City Maps page (http://www.lawrenceks.org/map.shtml)
  9. Portal to Interactive GIS Map page (http://www.lawrenceks.org/infosystems/maps.shtml)
  10. City Contacts page (http://www.lawrenceks.org/contact.shtml)

 

* RSS feeds are pages automatically downloaded by computer users with RSS readers.  RSS readers allow users to create their own customized “newspapers” with content provided by the RSS feeds.

 

11th and Illinois stormwater project complete

The Stormwater Crew has been replacing the old 24” clay tile pipe with new 24” concrete pipe along 11th Street in front of Memorial Stadium. Along with the pipe we replaced two inlets and added a third one on the north side of 11th Street. The inlets were positioned in line with the gutter to allow for better drainage and additional wheelchair ramps on each corner. The crew had it completed within 21 working days start to finish. Please see the attached photos of the work in progress.

 

Sesquicentennial Point project update

Construction is progressing at Sesquicentennial Point and is scheduled to be completed by September. Please see attached photos of the project.

 

City’s environmental efforts featured in Kansas Government Journal

An article in the June 2007 issue of the Kansas Government Journal reports on the City of Lawrence’s participation in the EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program.