Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 03/11/2021

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Park and Recreation Commission Meeting Date: 03/11/2021 By: Mark Riverblood, Engineering/Public Works Information Title: Approve Chapter 3 of the Park System Plan —Recreation Programming & Partnerships Purpose/Background: Purpose: 5.2. A significant subset of the Park System Plan (under development) are the recreational programming components within; Chapter 3, Recreation Programming & Partnerships —which will also further define the policy and theory for recreational programming for Ramsey. This policy development corresponds to City Council's adopted Strategic Plan Strategy to "Connect the community both physically and socially to destinations, services, and activities." and more specifically, the Action item "Update the Recreation Programming Work Plan Deliver a diversity of programs that finds a balance of revenue and access." Background: This case is the completion of the Commission's work in providing feedback on this chapter. Note: The updated Chapter content will be added to this case during the 4 O'clock hour on Monday (finalLing and formatting over the weekend). Pending this addition, the earlier iteration may be found as part of the most recent activity by the Commission, available as an attachment to the March 2020 case in 'Agendas' on the city's website. Notification: Observations/Alternatives: Recreation Specialist Abby Proulx will provide an overview of the earlier aspects reviewed by the Commission (November 2019 and January and February 2020), and present an outline of the entire Recreation and Partnerships Chapter at the meeting. The Recreation and Programming & Partnerships Chapter when approved and completed by the Commission, would advance for Council consideration thereafter, as soon as the Spring/Summer of 2021. To place Chapter 3 (the subject of this case) into context, the following is an overview of the content of the larger Park System Plan: This Park System Plan—Ramsey's first comprehensive planning document dedicated to parks, trails and related open space will attempt to be aspirational and visionary, yet realistic. It will catalog where we are and what we have, while describing where we are going and what we can achieve. Chapter 1, Introduction & Where We Are highlights very briefly where we've come from, and sets up the context for this plan, However, greater detail will be revealed in the chapter that explores `Recreation Districts' at the larger neighborhood scale —as well as painting a picture of what can be. Chapter 2, Vision & Essential Elements will describe basic or foundational elements of the park and trail system and their value and interrelationships.