The Crawford County Commission hosted a work session Tuesday with representatives of the firm Olsson Associates to discuss a land development plan the firm is working on with the City of Pittsburg, but did not reach any agreement with Olsson to expand that plan to include the county.
“The City of Pittsburg has the long range goal of producing a citywide comprehensive plan,” said Brian Coomes, a civil engineer with Olsson Associates, “and so as a first step to that process they want to develop a citywide land use planning document as a baseline and then build upon that as they work towards a whole citywide comprehensive plan.” Olsson’s study “really just focuses on Pittsburg’s city limits,” said Coomes, “but what we’re here to talk about today is options to perhaps add on to this project while we’re here doing this work, and take a look at areas adjacent to the city or even further out within the county.” Boone said the county might be able to save money on its own planning efforts by contracting with Olsson while the firm is working with Pittsburg on its plan. “I see how the City of Pittsburg benefits from this,” said Commissioner Tom Moody. “Can you tell me how does Crawford County benefit from it?”
(Read more: Pittsburg Morning Sun)