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City attorney outlines parks-and-rec consolidation, deed restrictions and parkland-fee administration
Summary
City Attorney Amanda Stanley reviewed the 2001 transfer of city park properties to Shawnee County parks, deed restrictions requiring parks-only use, two subsequent contract amendments, and the county’s current responsibilities for maintenance and parkland-fee administration.
City Attorney Amanda Stanley presented a historical review of the 2001 consolidation of the Topeka Parks and Recreation Department with Shawnee County Parks and Recreation at the March 11 governing-body meeting.
Stanley said the joint authority and consolidation process dated back to studies in the 1990s and culminated with a city-county resolution to consolidate park operations effective in 2012. As part of that arrangement, city park property conveyed to the county is subject to deed restrictions…
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