Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 03/12/2020

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Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood indicated he did share that list of feedback with Recreation Specialist Proulx and staff reviewed it together. Some of the comments from City Council Liaison Henrich were grammatical in nature. Those were taken into account and the attachment to this case reflects most of those changes were made. City Council Liaison Musgrove asked about the timeline of preparation of this chapter. Recreation Specialist Proulx stated staff has been presenting the chapter in sections. Back in November, it was an overall outline. At last the last Commission meeting, the first 3 chapters were introduced, and tonight this section is being introduced. The following meeting, ideally, will introduce the final 2 chapters. Then more detailed discussion will follow. Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood added that the goal is to finish this chapter, and noted that tere is a lot of detail and scope in here. With respect to the goals and strategies, those are reflective of the Council's work on the strategic plan and the Comp Plan. He noted the focus has been on the Recreation chapter because Council has been interested in some of the programming aspects. The timeline is getting that done as soon as possible. City Council Liaison Musgrove commented this is an overview with big picture. She thinks goals should be measurable and objective. She thinks these goals are wordy and difficult to measure. Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood responded, that the Park System Plan includes the broad aspects and theory of the park system and recreation planning. At the Council level, if there is a desire to have measurables, that would be appropriate for the Council to direct staff in that way. He cited one example notated in the plan called the Day at the Farm, which was a day wherein the City partnered with Pearson family to have a day of activities. That was a successful event. The City had very little input in the event, and the business reaped many benefits. Commissioner Sis commented on the goals, specifically that he would support letting staff keep it more subjective, just in terms of an overall plan and an overall direction. When it comes to creating an action plan year over year, that is where the actual information could be included. There are not enough data points yet to project things out. Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood thanked the Commission for the feedback. 5.02: Identify Work Plan for the Proposed 2020 Parks' Capital Improvements Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood reviewed the Capital Improvement Plan. It is a big picture view of things staff sees coming as well as requests from residents regarding parks and facilities. A significant, ongoing part of this is working with the athletic associations. All things parks and trails are included in the CIP. The City maintains a 10-year plan that attempts to forecast water lines, roads, buildings, facilities, parks and trails and more. Before the Commission tonight are only those projects intended to land in 2020. Park and Recreation Commission/February 13, 2020 Page 3 of 10