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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes September 10, 2025 --------- Page 14 of 14 it after a multi-phase process. Chair Anderson said this is a very thorough and painstaking process. Commissioner Fermoyle said that she thinks they should remove the “spanning 12 months." Commissioner Varty said that she doesn’t like the word data. Neither did Commissioners Varty and Loidolt. The commissioners agreed to change to community-focused and information-driven. Councilmember Grupa said that he hoped that each citizen should know that every staff member at City Hall, commission and council should know that everyone is working in the best interests of what the community would want and need. Mr. Stremcha asked if they wanted these bullet items under the Major Phases? Commissioner Goodwin asked if the different phases of the process should be numbered. Councilmember Grupa said if staff recommend that we use bullets, they will use bullets. Commissioner Fermoyle said to change ensured to ensures and take out the s and the word that. Commissioner Goodwin said she likes the way that the statement reads. Commissioner Nizolek said that something he thinks is missing here is this document should be constantly evolving in that they shouldn’t be doing this once every 10 years, it should be tweaked and changed frequently so it evolves with the change and time and the community. We are creating this document, and why are we saying that it is going to last for 10 years? This should be a working document, and it should evolve. He said it is the big next step to creating a great plan. Most communities do this every 10 to 15 years. Why aren’t they creating a document that evolves? If things don’t evolve, they go extinct. Commissioner Goodwin said that, yes, this will go extinct because the previous one is done now, all the initiatives have been done now. It is kind of like a checklist. Chair Anderson said that you would have to have a small portion that you modify, you couldn’t modify the whole thing. Commissioner Goodwin said they would need to have updated data, and then it would need to reflect updates in these areas regularly as you make changes. Chair Anderson said that this will be stated somewhere here that it is opportunity-driven, whether it is land acquisition or recreational opportunities. Things are going to happen that they won’t be able to plan for. 11. MOTION TO ADJOURN Moved by Commissioner Loidolt and seconded by Commissioner Goodwin to adjourn the work session of the Parks and Recreation Commission at 8:23p.m. Motion carried 6-0. __________________ Dave Anderson, Chair ___________________ Tina Allard, City Clerk