PlanLafayette: LUS - Improving the Way You Live
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On September 11th, Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) will host the fourth session of the 2019 PlanLafayette series. The agenda will look into the process of developing the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and a current look at projects in the works such as LED streetlights, South Gravity Sewer upgrades, and the Sewer Master Plan.
This free public event will offer two sessions for attendees:
8:30 a.m.
IRP 101 – A comprehensive look at the process and the decisions needed to develop a roadmap that meets LUS’s objectives of providing affordable and reliable energy. LUS Interim Director Jeff Stewart, along with utility consultants Burns & McDonnell, will discuss issues facing utilities and how LUS customers as “owners” of the public utility can be involved.
10:30 a.m.
Smart Utility, Smart Choices – A comprehensive overview of LUS capital improvement plans, with discussion of current projects in the works such as LED street lights conversion, South Gravity Sewer project and the Sewer Master Plan.
“Improving the Way You Live” is the fourth in the PlanLafayette monthly series that will continue through December. All sessions scheduled for Wednesday, Sept 11, are open to the public, FREE of charge; however registration is required for each session to ensure adequate space, refreshments and transportation. For event registration and location visit:
· IRP 101 – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irp-101-tickets-70299133601
· Smart Utility, Smart Choices – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smart-utility-smart-choices-tickets-70300084445
Entering its fifth year since adoption, PlanLafayette – Lafayette’s Comprehensive Plan – is expected to see updates and a five-year amendment in 2019-2020. In celebration of this anniversary year, various Lafayette Consolidated Government departments and initiatives – including Project Front Yard and CREATE – have teamed up to coordinate the monthly events with other partner organizations such as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Acadiana Planning Commission. Monthly themes include Embracing the Parish, Strategizing Economic Growth, Diversifying our Economy, Sustainability and Green Infrastructure, and Infrastructure Planning.
Thanks to the support of generous partners, all monthly PlanLafayette activities will be free of charge, although some events require registration and/or RSVP. All event information will be on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lafayettecomprehensiveplan and http://lafayettela.gov/ComprehensivePlan/Pages/the-plan.aspx.
PlanLafayette Week was first held in 2014 and was originally conceived to introduce citizens to the ideas and action items recommended in the draft comprehensive plan. Since the plan’s adoption, it has become an event series where plan successes are celebrated and new initiatives are launched.
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