Commissioners delayed a decision on a new Parks and Recreation plan that would be included as part of Horizon 2020.

Mayor Boog Highberger asked commissioners to send the plan back to the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission to consider adding language that would recommend neighborhood parks within a quarter of a mile of each new housing development. The current standard is a half-mile.

Highberger said he would like to do more to allow people to more easily walk to city parks.