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Council flags parks field shortages, gateway-sign funding and shared site for YMCA and public-safety facility
Summary
Council members discussed a shortage of youth sports field space, potential gateway signs included in next year's budget, and that proposed YMCA locations overlap with a planned public-safety facility; staff said property rights and license agreements could affect sign placement.
Council members raised concerns about limited youth sports field space, discussed funding for gateway signs in next year’s budget and said proposed YMCA site locations overlap with a potential public-safety facility during the meeting.
“Parks and recs, they're running out of field space. A lot of kiddos want on and they're concerned. It was definitely concerned that we're having to turn away with some kids,” a councilmember said during public comment, describing pressure on recreational fields.
Staff discussed gateway signage as a parks project under review for next year’s budget. “So that is a part of, next year's budget, that Mike is putting in. It's not wayfinding. That's parks, but, our gateway signs,” a staff member said. Staff said there are about four locations under consideration; the specific funding amount was not given in the transcript.
If a gateway sign would be located in the CCR RMA right of way, staff said the city would likely need a license agreement and that installation and maintenance would be at the city's cost. “It's just we would have to do, like, a license agreement with that entity. So, yeah. So basically, if anything were to move, it'd be at our own cost,” a staff member said, explaining the property-rights condition.
Council and staff also discussed proposed locations for a YMCA and a public-safety facility. A staff member said the sites being proposed so far would colocate those facilities: “at least where we've proposed so far that I'm aware of. It would be where our public safety facility would be as well, so we're trying to get all those line items sorted out together.”
Staff said they would follow up with city management to clarify locations and status; the transcript records an offer by staff to reach out and report back but does not record a formal directive or vote on funding. No budget figures or firm timelines were provided in the portion of the meeting available.
