Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/13/2016

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Motion by Commissioner Logan, seconded by Commissioner Fyten, to recommend the City Council adopt The COR Parks Plan as a working document, and proceed forward with a schematic design for"Lake Ramsey". Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Bennett, Commissioners Logan, Fyten and Trappen. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Mobry and Troy. 5.02: Review 2015 Recreational Opportunity Assessment Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood stated this topic was reviewed with the City Council at the September 27, 2016 Work Session and is being carried forward to the Park and Recreation Commission as an informational item. No action is required on the part of the Parks and Recreation Commission. A survey was done showing the recreational offerings within a 15-minute drive of Ramsey. The summary was available for Commission review. The 2000 and 2010 census and demographic comparisons were described. The results of the National Citizen Survey were shown. As part of the preparation of the 2015 — 2018 Strategic Action Plan, under Strategic Imperative II: A Connected Community — the Strategic Initiative emerged of"Create a diverse and robust offering of recreational opportunities." One of the primary work tasks was to develop an inventory of existing recreational offerings (public and private) and to survey residents as to their desires for recreational opportunities — either in terms of priority, or to identify programs not presently available. The Recreation Inventory Executive Summary was performed as part of the 2015 Park and Recreation Intern's work plan. A copy was provided for Commission review. Mr. Riverblood stated a non-scientific recreation survey was disseminated in August/September 2016. Approximately 17 surveys were returned from the Art in the Park and The Draw concert events, 40 from Happy Days and 20+ were filled out on-line. The survey showed additional recreational programming is desirable. The comments received were provided. Photographs of some recreation programming experiences/examples were shown. Mr. Riverblood noted there were two dimensions of the Strategic Initiative, the first of which this case discusses. The second relates to aligning future park planning city-wide with the Capital Improvement Plan and is underway with the redesigned CIP format and timeline, and will be continued through the larger community planning in 2017 — 2018 as part of the Comprehensive Plan processes. Mr. Riverblood provided an overview of the 130 categories of area Recreational Offerings and provided observations on demographics in Ramsey and the most recent 2014 and 2016 Citizen Survey. Mr. Riverblood noted the proposed 2017 General Fund Budget has a $25,000 line item for contracted recreation programs. Park and Recreation Commission/October 13, 2016 Page 3 of 5