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Talent staff to add splash pad design costs and pursue OPRD grant for Chuck Roberts Park
Summary
Alex Campbell told the Budget Committee that design work for a splash pad at Chuck Roberts Park was discussed in council goal setting and that staff will add the design expenditure to the budget and pursue an Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) grant to fund larger park improvements.
Budget officer Alex Campbell said staff will add a proposed expenditure for splash-pad design at Chuck Roberts Park to the next budget revision and that the city intends to prepare an Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) grant proposal to seek capital funding for broader park improvements.
Campbell said the parks fund is relatively small and sensitive to modest changes; the department—s maintenance is labor-intensive and the new budget proposes charging parks for irrigation water at a wholesale price. He noted that while grant funding is available for capital projects, grants typically require matching funds and additional staff time for design and grant preparation.
Why it matters: Chuck Roberts Park is a council goal and successful grant application will require preliminary design work and careful planning for water-conservation features on a splash pad. Campbell said the narrative in the packet referenced splash-pad work but that the budget pages did not yet reflect the design expenditure; staff will correct that in the revised pages.
Next steps: staff will add the splash-pad design line to the budget pages and return with options to pursue OPRD funding and an analysis of match and staff-resource needs.
