Flagstaff commission reviews five-year capital plan; Heritage Square restroom redesign remains unresolved

At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Flagstaff Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed the city’s current five-year capital plan and discussed project priorities and outstanding obstacles, including an ongoing effort to redesign the Heritage Square restrooms.

Staff presented a project-level summary of proposed and budgeted capital work spanning parks, recreation facilities and open-space design. Amy (Parks and Recreation staff) told commissioners the Bushmaster Park sport-court project’s budget has been increased from about $920,046 to a total of roughly $1,900,000 after adding an approximately $979,358 allocation. Other near-term projects highlighted included Westside Park ($1,510,000), Heritage Square restroom redesign ($250,000), Ponderosa Park reconstruction (funded; reconstruction depends on upstream stormwater work), and an HVAC/conditioned-air initiative at Hal Jensen Rec Center (budget increased to $150,000 from $100,000).

Why it matters: the five-year plan sets the city’s capital priorities and feeds grant planning and possible future ballot measures. Staff…