titleUpdate on Parks and Open Space Plan and Request that the Board Form a Working Group to Assist Staff with Review of the Document.
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Submitted by:
Alex Krutsch and Sarah Grimalkin
Department:
Public Works - Parks and Forestry
Staff is currently collecting resident feedback on the City’s parks and open spaces via an online survey and “Fund It” tool. The survey takes a more granular approach to collecting data about how residents use our park system, their perception of our parks, and what they would like to see from the park system in the future. The “fund it” tool is a fun way for residents to vote on types of amenities they would like to see added to our park system. For the purpose of the POSP update the “fund it” tool is organized into large buckets of amenities, such as “sports courts”, that residents can vote on. This is intended to help guide the master planning of park spaces in the future. However, any specific development of open space, such as Hart Park East as an example, would have its own public input campaign in which residents would have the opportunity to provide more specific feedback on what amenities should be built. In addition to the online tools staff is planning in-person opportunities for the community to provide feedback via two open-house meetings. The first of these meetings is planned for October 17th at the Department of Public Works and the second is planned for December 5th in the Muellner Building at Hart Park. Once public input concludes in December staff will work with a consultant to summarize the data and draft the updated POSP. Staff is requesting that the Board form a working group to assist staff with review of the report as it is being drafted.