Systems Planning Unit

Craig Hupy, P.E., Unit Manager

Systems Planning Staff Directory - Includes new phone numbers as of January 2, 2009

The Systems Planning Unit is a multi-disciplinary unit with responsibility for asset management planning for the city. The Systems Planning Unit is committed to long-range and strategic planning and coordination of constructed and natural infrastructure systems, to be achieved through customer engagement and the development of environmentally sustainable practices.

Asset Management Goals

The Systems Planning Unit works to achieve the following goals:

Protect the public health and safety
Ensure that our assets are reliable and meet the desired level of service for all users
Maximize & enhance the long-term utilization and economic life of our assets
Reduce our assets’ use of non-renewable energy
Protect & enhance the natural environment
Meet or exceed regulatory requirements

What's New?

Tree Inventory Complete

In February 2009, the City began an inventory of all city-owned trees in the right-of-way and city parks as the first step in developing the City's first urban forest management plan.

The goals of the tree inventory project are to create an updated tree inventory (the City’s last inventory was completed in 1994) that provides the species, size, diameter, geo-coded location, condition and maintenance needs of all of the city-owned trees; to add a tree inventory layer to our geographic information system (GIS); and integrate with our asset management software Cityworks, which will enable us to manage our trees as we do our other assets.

The City contracted with the Davey Resource Group, a Division of the Davey Tree Expert Company to conduct the inventory.

For more information contact Kerry Gray at (734) 794-6430 x 43703 or kgray@a2gov.org.

Transportation Plan Update

The City of Ann Arbor last completed a Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update in 1990, laying the framework for improvements to the transportation system over the following years. Since the completion of this plan, the City has experienced tremendous growth and change which alter the way transportation must serve the community:

Regional Population Growth

Regional Employment Growth

Expansion of University Medical Center

Central Campus Improvements

North Campus Expansion

Downtown Development

As a result of these changed conditions, the City of Ann Arbor is preparing an update to the Transportation Plan that considers the effects of changes in growth patterns and development in order to prepare new recommendations to meet transportation needs and the goals of the community well into the future. The plan will be mindful of previous findings and recommendations for the transportation system, and work to incorporate other current efforts, such as the Citywide Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, into a comprehensive framework for addressing current and future transportation issues.

For more information, go to the project website at www.a2transportationplan.com.

Updated May 8, 2009

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