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City staff gives Human Relations Advisory Board an annotated bibliography and ties commission work to ‘Safe and Secure’ KPIs

Human Relations Advisory Board · October 21, 2025
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City of Lawrence staff on Wednesday presented an annotated bibliography and summaries of city strategic-plan documents to the Human Relations Advisory Board and described how the board’s work aligns with the strategic plan outcome labeled “Safe and Secure.”

City of Lawrence staff on Wednesday presented an annotated bibliography and a set of links and summaries intended to help the Human Relations Advisory Board align its work with the city strategic plan’s “Safe and Secure” outcome. Farris, a staff member in the city’s equity and inclusion area, told the board the packet includes the strategic plan, the advisory boards ordinance, several city resolutions and the relevant chapter of the municipal code, and short descriptions of each item.

“We just kind of titled it as annotated bibliography,” Farris said, describing the document as a way to make a large body of material “more easily digestible” for volunteer commissioners. He said the materials include the city strategic plan, the ordinance governing advisory boards,…

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