Document Archive
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August 2008
- Reading Material: The Demographic Inversion of the American City (Word)
- Scenario Planning Series from the MWCOG Transportation Planning Board Newsletter:
- May Newsletter (PDF)
- June Newsletter (PDF)
- July/August Newsletter (PDF)
- September Newsletter (PDF)
June 2008
- Presentation (6.2MB, PowerPoint)
- June 2008 Draft Control Totals (Excel)
April 2008
- Fundamental Forces, Manifestations and Adaptive Responses (Excel)
- Adaptive Scenario Planning (PDF)
- Kansas City, Mo., Population Change (2.6 MB, PDF)
- Johnson County, Kan., Rural Comprehensive Plan Update (2.5 MB, PDF)
- Activity Corridors and Nodes (PDF)
March 2008
- Urban Planning for Climate Change -- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper
- The Next Green Revolution -- The Economist
- The Next Slum? -- Atlantic Monthly
November 2007
- Underlying forces affecting development (Power Point)
- Results of the survey of TFC members on major issues and events that could affect future growth trends in the region (HTML)
October 2007
February 2007
- Draft results of painting Platte County to 2010; Draft Jackson County future land use; Draft Wyandotte County future land use (Power Point, 2.5 MB)
- Draft matches between paint chips and Jackson County future land use types (Excel)
- Draft update of regional forecast data (Excel)
December 2006
- Steps taken to prepare Platte County data for painting (Power Point, 1.6 MB)
- Variables used in the statistical calibration of the development probability index for Johnson County (Power Point, 3.2 MB)
- Output of the logistic regression analysis used for the calibration of the development probability index for Johnson County (Excel)
November 2006
October 2006
- Slides (Power Point, 1.8 MB) illustrating:
- The draft Johnson County 2010 forecast
- The development suitability index used to make the Johnson County draft 2010 forecast
- The input from planners showing expected development areas in the future
- The random and deterministic portions of the 2010 forecast, and the combined results
- Future land use data collected to date
- Sewer availability data collected to date
- Draft schedule for completing the 2010 forecast, and project progress by county (Excel)
- The parcel and land use GIS data inventory, indicating our remaining gaps in data collection (Excel)
- An updated list of project participants by county (Word)
October 2005
September 2005
- Existing land use mapping spreadsheet, outlining progress on collecting land use data, matching local land use data to Paint the Town paint chips and confirming those matches. (Excel)
- Formation of county project review teams (Word)
- Review of project tasks (PDF)
June 2005
- Presentation on items featured in the June 15 agenda:
- Introduction and previous versions of grid-based Johnson County data (PDF, 6.2 MB)
- Current and future land use data (PDF, 8.4 MB)
- Development Suitability Index criteria (PDF)
- Development allocation methods (PDF, 10 MB)
- Development allocation results (PDF, 5.7 MB)
March 2005
- Parcel & land use inventory reporting status of data provided to MARC, with priority data needs highlighted (Excel)
- Grid data development presentation from the February 2005 Missouri GIS Conference.
- Introduction: units of geography used for land use mapping (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Formation of the draft Development Suitability Index (PDF, 3.4 MB)
- Land use types and the automated "painting" process (PDF, 7.6 MB)
- Reducing large parcels with a grid based on section lines, plus common data problems with original and modified parcel data (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- Development of a vector grid version of land use data (PDF, 5.4 MB)
December 2004
- Polygon size reduction using a 1/16th-section grid to reduce large, vacant parcels (PDF, 3.5 MB)
- Dissolving developed parcels together when contiguous and sharing the same land use type; split polygons to show decade of development (PDF, 1 MB)
- Topology problems encountered with parcel data (PDF)
October 2004
- Land use Review (ZIP, 17 MB)
- Landuse Review Documentation (Word)
August 2004
- 2004 Interim update to the Long-Range Population, Households and Employment forecast
- Future land use - South Johnson county build-out
- Development Probability Index - South Johnson County
June 2004
- Parcel & Land Use Inventory – Status of Data provided to MARC (Excel)
- Input from Committee to adjust MARC's currently adopted forecast
- Wyandotte County - Households (Excel)
- Wyandotte County - Employment (Excel)
- Kansas City, Missouri - Households (Excel)
- Johnson County - Population (Word)
May 2004
March 2004
- MARC Adopted Population, Household and Employment Forecast (Excel)
- Building permits from HBA, 24 years of data (Excel)
December 2003
- Paint the Town - Typical process outline (Word)
- Paint the Town (Power Point, 1.1 MB)
- Paint chip catalog (PDF, 2.6 MB)
- Creating a great regional city (Power Point)
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