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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 6 June 11, 2025 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 Chair Anderson said that right now they still need a plan because the current one is obsolete. Mr. Stremcha pointed out that funding sources could change in the future, so they need to identify priorities and then as funds become available, they take those items off the list. Chair Anderson said if they take the time to do this it will give them great appreciation for what they have done. 10. 2 Playground Plan Mr Shelby Presented his report. He reviewed the playground replacement spreadsheet provided in the packet pointing out the estimated cost of replacement for each playground and then the amount of funding coming from the liquor store fund. Mr. Shelby shared that the Country Crossing Park playground has already started shrinking due to the need to remove pieces for safety. Staff won’t remove the whole thing though since what remains is safe. Staff can evaluate piece by piece. This is the first playground on the replacement schedule. According to the schedule there will be a playground needing to be replaced on almost an annual basis. Chair Anderson asked if staff are comfortable with the anticipated playground life span of 25 years and if there is the possibility of getting the playgrounds past that number. Mr. Shelby said that while it is a possibly, it isn’t guaranteed. Chair Anderson said this made him think of sustainability. He said with only $250,000 coming into the park fund, there isn’t the ability to replace all these items with the budget laid out in front of them. He said that when they were installing all these amenities back in the day, they didn’t realize that they would need to replace all of them. Chair Anderson said they need to think about what playgrounds they should be replacing. He said they should also be looking at all their needs and come up with additional funding sources. He thinks that they need to come up with a fallback list of what playgrounds should be targeted for replacement when they need it based on condition and safety, but he is not sure how to do that. He isn’t sure if the community needs 5 playgrounds, 10 playgrounds…at one time they thought the community needed 16 and they can’t afford that. Page 7 of 31