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MEMORANDUM TO:. City Council RE: Revisions to the Comprehensive Parks and Open Space Plan FM: Mark Boos, Parks/Utilities Coordinator CC: Park and Recreation Commission At the May, 1991 public hearing and subsequent City Council case adopting the Parks Comprehensive Plan, it was discussed and agreed that periodic revisions to the Plan would be inevitable. At that time the Park and Recreation Commission's 1992 Capital Improvement request had not been prepared and the Five Year Capital Improvement Program (C.I.P.) had not been revisited. Revisions necessary to the Comprehensive Plan at this time then would be only an update of the C.I.P. The Commission, in developing the 1992 request of the Five Year C.I.p., and recognizing the dynamic nature of specific park needs, determined that the C.I.P. portion of the Comprehensive Plan may have more value in pumhase planning if it would focus on identified concrete needs as opposed to worthwhile but less urgent capital improvements. The new Five Year C.I.P. reflects this. The City should and will continue to consult and plan using the Comprehensive Plan as a tool, but should not be limited to items contained in it, nor be obligated to fulfill plans and concepts in the text. The Commission intends to recommend development in all recreation areas without bias. So, while a Park or amenity may not be named in the current Five Year C.I.P., improvements will, when possible, still be made outside the of the Five Year Plan. These improvements are determined as needed and accomplished by donations, within operational budgets, in house, by special City Council appropriations or a combination thereof. Attached for your review: Park and Recreation Commission revision to the Park and Open Space Comprehensive Plan (Five Year C.LP. as of I0-9I) 1992 Capital Improvements request Previous Five Year Plan 10-17-91