6.4. PRSR 05-13-2015 hi Request for Action
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Parks and Recreation Commission 6.4
Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by
Action Items May 13,2015 Michael Hecker,Parks and Recreation Director
Item Description Reviewed by
Parks and Recreation Master Plan Cal Portner, City Administrator
Reviewed by
Action Requested
Discussion of final draft Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
Recommend,by motion,the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
Background/Discussion
The Parks and Recreation Commission started to review preliminary results of the Parks and Recreation
Master Plan in May 2014. The Commission has provided guidance and input on the plan's content
throughout the entire master plan process. A total of nine work sessions has been devoted to the Parks
and Recreation Master Plan during the past year. The last work session has held March 18,2015. This is
in addition to the work sessions that were held this past July and August to discuss signature park designs
for Orono Park and Bailey Point Nature Preserve. The signature park designs are included in the master
plan document.
In addition to the Parks and Recreation Commission meetings, an extensive public outreach effort
engaged over 850 residents and stakeholders throughout the process. This public outreach process
included:
• Athletic Association focus group session held on March 27,2014.
• Community Open Houses on June 25, 2014 and August 20,2014.
• Mailed statically valid survey distributed and collected from nearly 400 respondents during the
Spring of 2014.
• Online survey in the Summer of 2014 with over 300 participants responding.
• A public art visioning session held on May 5, 2014.
The Parks and Recreation Master Plan draft has also been sent out to City Council. They will review the
document for the first time at a City Council Work Session on May 18,2015.
Financial Impact
Cost estimates for the major park projects referred to as vision projects are listed in the Parks and
Recreation Master Plan. Funding sources are also referenced in the Plan.
Attachments
• Parks and Recreation Master Plan draft
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