Belgrade parks board approves consent minutes, forms CIP committee and hears updates on bike park, ballfields and staffing

The Belgrade Regional Parks, Trails and Recreation District on an evening meeting approved the consent agenda and discussed forming a capital improvement planning (CIP) committee, staff reported weather damage to winter amenities and outlined planned spring projects and hiring, and board members heard updates on fundraising for a Mayfair Meadows bike park and a potential dog-park feature at Henson Park.

Board members voted to approve the minutes from the Feb. 6 meeting by voice vote; a subsequent motion to adjourn also passed by voice vote at the end of the meeting (voice tallies were not specified in the record). The board discussed creating a CIP committee that would include two board representatives, one city council member and one county commissioner, and asked staff to poll members and schedule initial meetings intended to be two hours long beginning in April.

The CIP discussion centered on a scoring matrix the board used to rank capital projects. The board defined capital as items costing more than $10,000 with a useful life of at least five years and discussed weighted multipliers for scoring factors including safety, community need, partnerships, system connectivity, the…