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Council signals support for outside consultant to complete recreation assessment; funding to come from recreation reserves
Summary
Councilmembers endorsed hiring a consultant to perform a comprehensive recreation assessment (scope and budget options requested), with staff to return with scoping, price tiers and implementation options funded from recreation fund reserves.
The Gilroy City Council on Sept. 15 directed staff to pursue an outside consultant to conduct a comprehensive recreation assessment that would review programming, staffing, user-fee policy, facilities and potential joint-use arrangements, with the cost to be funded from recreation fund reserves.
Bryce (Recreation Division staff) presented the advantages and disadvantages of an internal versus external assessment. He said an internal review would be less costly but would require extensive staff time and likely take longer; an external consultant would cost…
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