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Item# 3 c ~~, ~..- ver MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & City Council/Parks & Recreation Commission FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator DATE: June 4, 2007 SUBJECT: Joint City Council /Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting We axe looking forward to updating the City Council and Parks and Recreation Commission on the highlights and accomplishments of the Parks and Recreation department in the last few years. This will be a good starting point for discussion on parks and recreation items of interest to the Council and the Commission. As you can see from Parks and Recreation Director Bill Maertz's attached memo, the Commission and Council have made recommendations and taken action on many projects that have greatly improved the parks and recreational activities in the City. The agenda includes discussion on items ranging from the parks master plan to a senior center update. First, Bill Maertz will start the meeting with a brief presentation on the department's activities over the last few years. This will give us a good perspective for discussion on the other agenda items starting with the Parks Master Plan that was last updated in 1997 so it's due for review and an update. The Master Plan includes a trails and parkway plan that was updated last year that we have been using as a guide to develop the trail system. One of the needs now is for trail connections to link the trail sections that are currently in place; this is a high priority need in order to make the city and its amenities, like the new library and future YMCA, more accessible for pedestrians and bikers. As with any department where the list of projects is longer than the funding available, setting project priorities to match funding is important so we stay on focus to complete the highest priorities with the funding that we have. At the meeting, the Council and Commission will have an opportunity to identify projects they feel are high priority so that we're all working towards achieving the same goals and so staff can work to make your priorities a reality. We may have slightly different priorities as the Commission is a recommending body and the Council takes final action, but in the end, we are all working towards the same goal of creating and maintaining an outstanding parks and recreation system. As I mentioned, funding the projects is an issue we need to look at since the park dedication fund most likely will not be able to fund all of the park development, improvement and replacement projects, and land acquisition coming in the next five to ten years. At the end of the agenda, Mr.