Council weighs Stewart Beach master plan, park funding needs and audit questions about park board lobbying

Dudley Anderson, the city’s architectural project manager, presented a proposed approach to update the Stewart Beach Parks Master Plan and to prepare a financial and developer prospectus, telling the council the city has sought to "put some order to it because it's been so hit or miss and chaotic for so many years." Anderson said the plan would update the Rogers plan by adding public engagement, clarifying setbacks and utilities, exploring replatting and road alignment and building a development prospectus the city could use to solicit private developers.

Anderson described a 12‑month timeline for the master plan update and said the city is researching utilities, seawall easements and whether road surfaces should be asphalt or other paving, and how boardwalks and pedestrian access might be improved. "The whole process, I've put a timeline on the back part of this. It says 12 months," Anderson told council.

Council discussion expanded beyond Stewart Beach to broader parks finance and operations. Deputy City Manager Dan Buckley and finance staff…