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PRC sets Scenic Valley Park visioning session; committee reviews 2025–2029 parks and open-space plan draft
Summary
Committee scheduled a public visioning session for Scenic Valley Park on April 10 and reviewed updates to the village 2025–2029 Parks and Open Space Plan, including revised impact-fee figures needed for grant eligibility.
The Village of Cross Plains Parks and Recreation Committee scheduled a public visioning session for Scenic Valley Park and reviewed draft updates to the Village’s 2025–2029 Parks and Open Space Plan at its Feb. 10 meeting.
The committee voted to hold a community visioning session on Thursday, April 10, location to be determined, to gather resident input on park features and programming. Staff said the meeting will be run as an informal community engagement session rather than a formal hearing to encourage public participation.
In the committee’s plan discussion, staff explained that the parks and open-space plan is out of its five-year update cycle and requires revision if the village wants to remain eligible for Wisconsin DNR grants. Staff described key changes in the draft plan and supporting materials, including updated park-impact cost figures and the methodology used by the village planner (Bandwidth Associates) to compute updated fees.
Specific figures mentioned in the packet included a per-acre playground-improvement cost of about $65,041 and a neighborhood-park playground cost estimate of about $57,600 per acre. Staff said the village’s previous playground impact fee was about $1,500 per dwelling unit and that updated calculations lead to an impact-fee figure of about $23.38 per dwelling unit (staff described a change from prior ordinance numbers to updated five-year-based numbers).
Staff emphasized the practical effect: updated, documented cost bases are required by courts and grantors so the village can adopt fees that will withstand legal or administrative challenge. The village planner’s methodology produces a five-year basis for fees rather than an annually adjusted rate, and the committee discussed the importance of completing the plan and holding a public hearing in April so the village can use the document to support grant applications later in the year.
Motion and vote: a motion to hold a Scenic Valley Park visioning session on Thursday, April 10, was made, seconded and approved by the committee.
Ending: Staff said it will update the draft parks and open-space plan, schedule the public hearing in April and return to the plan commission and village board as required for formal adoption.
