Current Projects
The City of Baldwin City conducts general projects from time to time to improve the overall services to City residents. Many of these are behind-the-scenes improvements that are intended to improve efficiency of city operations. Please check here for updates on the most current updates and projects.
Zoning and Subdivision Regulations Update
Baldwin City, after recently completing the 2008 Comprehensive Plan, has now begun a process to update our Zoning and Subdivision Regulations. As it is important to gather input from all sectors such as residents, business owners, and other stakeholders in Baldwin City, the public is encouraged to attend.
These meetings will be led by our planning consultant, Dave Yearout. Mr. Yearout is an experienced urban planner, and we will be using the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan as a guide.
More information as well as the schedule of meetings regarding this project will be posted here.
6th Street Improvement Project
Currently, city crews are working on the relocation of the sewer line along 6th Street to prepare for the upcoming Baldwin City/Douglas County 6th Street/County Road 1055 planned upgrades.
Safe Route to Schools Grant
Safe Route to Schools is a federal reimbursement program that provides funding for infrastructural projects and educational activities that assists Cities, Counties, and School Districts to enable children to walk or bicycle to school more safely. The City of Baldwin along with USD #348 are jointly participating in the grant process through the State of Kansas.
An Adobe Acrobat Document of the PPT presentation (9MB) given to the City Council by Landworks Studio on June 4th is available here. Download Now
Comprehensive Plan Development
Comprehensive planning involves a range of specific and broad based plans addressing a city and the surrounding region or a county. Specific plan elements may address individual services such as water, sewer, fire protection, parks and recreation, or educational facilities. Broad based plans include complete comprehensive plans used by cities and counties to demonstrate planning for obtaining federal and state funds as well as complying with state statutory requirements. Comprehensive plans include all the individual services provided by a city as well as land use planning within the city and in adjacent areas.
The City of Baldwin City has contracted with LandPlan Engineering based in Lawrence, KS to assist the City in planning for our future growth and development. Documents and Resources from this project will be posted here in the Comprehensive Plan section of our website.
Downtown Enhancement
The Downtown Enhancement Project is a streetscape improvement project that will replace sidewalks, street lamps, and other amenities in the downtown business district. Sidewalks will be more decorative and functional, street lamps will be more plentiful, electric wires will be moved underground, and planters with underground irrigation will be added. Accessibility to sidewalks and businesses for the able-bodied and disabled alike will be improved, and parking will be added. This project will increase the appeal of our downtown district, as well as improve elements that have deteriorated with age.
The Transportation Enhancement Grant will fund 80% of the estimated $1.36 million cost of the project. The City will also replace deteriorated water mains at the same time, which will not be funded by the grant project. The grant funding also does not include funding for design of the project, which the City must bear.
