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Reno council approves $223,550 contract to study regional parks district
Summary
The City Council approved a professional services agreement to produce a legally required service plan to study a possible parks, recreation and open-space district for Reno and surrounding jurisdictions; the contract funds a year-long feasibility process and does not create a district.
The Reno City Council on June 4 approved a $223,550 professional services agreement with PROS Consulting Inc. to prepare a parks district service plan — a legally required feasibility study that would describe options, boundaries, governance and funding methods should a parks district be created. Parks and Recreation Director Nathan Olyatt told the council the service plan "is a legally required first step" and emphasized the contract itself does not create a district.
Olyatt, who led the presentation, summarized why staff put the item before council: the city faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance for parks and facilities and lacks a stable funding tool for operations and capital other than bonds or ad hoc grants. He…
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