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Request for Action <br />ver <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council <br />8.2 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />General Business <br />June 1, 2015 <br />Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation Director <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br />Action Requested <br />Approve, by motion, adoption of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. <br />Background /Discussion <br />At the May 18 work session, the City Council reviewed and discussed the Parks and Recreation Master <br />Plan that was unanimously recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission on May 13. The Plan <br />is presented for your final review and adoption reflects all of the changes discussed on May 18. <br />The Commission has provided guidance and input on the plan's content throughout the entire master <br />plan process. A total of nine work sessions has been devoted to the Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br />during the past year. The last work session was held March 18, 2015. This is in addition to the work <br />sessions held this past July and August to discuss signature park concept designs for Orono Park and <br />Bailey Point Nature Preserve. The signature park concepts are included in the master plan document. <br />In addition to the Parks and Recreation Commission meetings, an extensive public outreach effort <br />engaged over 850 residents and stakeholders throughout the process. This public outreach process <br />included: <br />• Athletic Association focus group session held on March 27, 2014. <br />• Community Open Houses on June 25, 2014, and August 20, 2014. <br />• A statistically valid survey mailed in the Spring of 2014 with nearly 400 respondents. <br />• Online survey in Summer 2014 with over 300 participants responding. <br />• A public art visioning session held on May 5, 2014. <br />Financial Impact <br />Cost estimates for the major park projects referred to as vision projects are listed in the Parks and <br />Recreation Master Plan. Funding sources are also referenced in the plan. <br />Attachments <br />■ Parks and Recreation Master Plan for Adoption <br />p 0 W I R E a 0 <br />NA UREJ <br />