City Council Study Session Summary 2011 04 12

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City Council Study Session Summary April 12, 2011 Page 4of 6 Update/Discussion –Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Comprehensive Master Plan Finding’s Presentation Greenplay, LLC is 8 months into the process of the Master Plan. Consultants held Public meetings, focus group and individualmeetingswith key stakeholders, conducted a survey and developed an inventory and analysis of all properties and facilities managed by the Parks and Recreation Department. John Barnholt of Greenplay, LLC and Rob Laytonwith Design Concepts presented thefindings of their research. Recurring themes from the research shows a high level of service, sustaining and maintaining aging infrastructure, acquisition, improvements, development and funding and capacity constraints with facilities and staffing. The next phase of the Master Plan project will be to provide recommendations. The Recommendations Stage will be to provide Draft Recommendations by the end of May, hold meetings with the public and to invite City Boards and Commissions. Thenext presentation to City Council will occur in September and final adoption of the Master Plan should occur in the October/November timeframe. The Mayor noted the current 3/8% open space tax that was originally passed in the 90’s was earmarked at that time towards acquisition, but recommended that when the open space tax goes forward to the voters again that it should be focused on maintenance. Kathy Kron, Project Manager, pointed out that in the survey the shift to maintenance was mentioned. Council Member Muckle said the current Open Space Master Plan is a good document and wanted to know how the Plan would be included with the new Master Plan. Joe Stevens confirmed that the Master Plan will recognize other plans that exist and make reference to them. Mayor Sisk noted on the survey results that golf and tennis was showed of lower importance, but noted this may not be fair to compare golf and tennis against other activities. The Mayor thankedeveryone and extended his appreciation to staff and the consultants for their work. Update/Discussion –Golf Course Strategic Plan Ken Gambon presented a draft of the Golf Course Strategic Plan. Other members of the Golf Course Advisory Board (GCAB) were present for the presentation. Based on the draft plan, the GCAB recommends the following high priority projects this year: 1)Renovate ten sand bunkers at an estimated cost of $80,000.