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Lake Elmo parks commissioners ask council to back a new parks manager role
Summary
At a joint meeting, the Parks Commission asked the City Council to support creating a parks managerial role to implement the 2024 parks master plan’s recommendations, including recreation programming, community engagement and funding pursuit. Councilmembers signaled conditional support but requested more detail on duties, staffing and costs.
The Parks Commission on Tuesday asked the Lake Elmo City Council to support creating a parks managerial position to begin implementing the city’s 2024 parks master plan.
The commission’s presentation outlined six areas the commission said the city’s parks program currently lacks: recreational programming, increased community engagement, exploring funding sources, long-range strategic planning, trail network coordination and environmental stewardship. “Does the city council support the need for the parks director position, for the city of Lake Elmo?” Parks Commission presenter Paul asked the council.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the new role would coordinate scattered park initiatives and seek outside funding to accelerate work that staff say cannot be handled under the current organization. Mayor said he would “support a position that is leaning…
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