Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/09/2023

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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Bennett; Commissioners Loss, Barten, Leistico, and Sis. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Olson. 5. COMMISSION BUSINESS 5.01: Disc Golf Course—a Proposed 2023 Capital Improvement Plan Project Parks & Assistant Public Works Director Riverblood provided background information on the Capital Improvement Plan and the previous request from residents for a disc golf course, which had been added as a potential CIP project for 2023. He stated that staff reviewed the locations of existing disc golf courses and noted locations of disc golf courses in neighboring communities. He stated that because of the availability of nearby courses, staff recommends not moving forward with a disc golf course at this time noting that would also allow staff to focus on other projects. Chair Bennett recalled the continued discussion of the Commission to ensure there is a wide variety of recreation opportunities in the community, and/or surrounding communities. He agreed that not moving forward on this project would allow additional time and effort to be spent on other higher priority projects at this time. Commissioner Sis agreed. Commissioner Leistico asked when this project was placed on the CIP. Parks & Assistant Public Works Director Riverblood replied that the project was added in either 2021 or 2022. Chair Bennett recognized that there has been input related to a disc golf course but noted that there has been more input and desire on other amenities. He commented that while this could come back in the future, he agreed it would not be a priority at this time. Commissioner Loss asked if the project could be moved to a later date on the CIP rather than removing the project. Parks & Assistant Public Works Director Riverblood confirmed that could be moved to the placeholder section. He noted that the Commission will review the CIP later this year and can review where the disc golf course could be placed on the CIP. Commissioner Barten agreed that they should continue to explore opportunities for different recreation amenities. He stated that he would like a mountain bike pump track personally. He commented that a disc golf course would be a different amenities and it is nice to explore similarly different ideas to provide variation in the recreation system. Chair Bennett agreed that they continue to look at destination opportunities as that will draw residents and non-residents. He stated that because of the availability of nearby disc golf courses, he did not think they would bring a lot of attention. Park and Recreation Commission/February 9, 2023 Page 2 of 5