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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes June 11, 2025 --------- Page 5 of 10 Motion carried 5-2 Commissioner Niziolek and Chair Anderson opposed. 7. RECREATION MANAGER UPDATE 7.1 Recreaton Manager Update Mr. Shelby presented his report. Commissioner Niziolek asked if there is any thought by staff about modifications to Lion John Weicht Park as far as helping with park boundaries and visibility for law enforcement. Mr. Shelby said if this happens on a regular basis, staff will work on options. ERPD has been informed and will be increasing their presence there. 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS 9. MOTION TO ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING Moved by Commissioner Fermoyle and seconded by Commissioner Goodwin to adjourn the meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission at 7:26pm. Motion carried 7-0. 10. WORK SESSION 10.1 Parks and Recreation Master Plan Commissioner Goodwin left the meeting at 8:35pm. Mr. Shelby presented his report. Mr. Shelby explained this was intended to be an introduction to what the master plan looks like and what the process should look like going forward. He asked the commissioners if they want the next plan to look like the current plan or look different. He pointed out that the current master plan was given out to the commissioners last year, is in this packet, and is also available online. A sheet with different master plan category options has also been included in the packet. It was gathered from 16 plans from different cities around the state. Secretary Larson will send out a link to four different plans from other cities on Monday that have features staff think may be of interest to the commission. Staff would like feedback by June 30. Commissioner Niziolek is very nervous about this and would like to talk about the financial elements or come up with a financial plan first. He said it is $100,000 that they are spending. Mr. Stremcha clarified that this year there is a $50,000 budget, and next year $50,000 is budgeted. The money part is more staff time than contracted services. Mr. Stremcha suggested they break down the plan into bite-size, pieces. For example, at the next two meetings, they could discuss the introduction, then the next two meetings discuss trends, then the needs assessment and community engagement, then the framework such as structuring data that was gathered, then crafting the final plan a year from now. Breaking down six chapters into bite size pieces over 12 months. They would be crafting the plan as they go and delegating it to staff. They could use a company such as HKGI to do some fine tuning to craft a 110- page document based on the information provided by the commission and staff. They can see how much can be done in house and then leverage the funding/budget for the plan to be lower. Mr. Stremcha also pointed out that just because money is in the budget doesn’t mean they have to spend it. Commissioner Niziolek said he wants to know how much money they have to spend. He reiterated that they have $250,000 to spend per year so he feels that the plan should be based off of that amount to spend. Chair Anderson said that right now they still need a plan because the current one is obsolete.