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Consultants present parks and recreation strategic plan; recommend staffing, funding increases, and facility priorities
Summary
Consultants presented a 13‑month parks and recreation strategic planning process recommending staffing changes, prioritized investments (farmers market, trails, dog park), a probable indoor field‑house, and an operations/maintenance funding increase toward a $24 million annual run rate and roughly $4,500 per‑acre maintenance target by 2030.
The City of Temple received a presentation of a parks and recreation strategic plan developed over about 13 months with public and staff engagement, a statistically valid mailed household survey and an internal staff cohort.
Consultants summarized key findings from a mailed, statistically valid survey that produced 365 responses (a reported margin of error of about ±5.2 percent). Major survey findings included strong use of Lions Park, Crossroads Park and Miller Park; high program participation (52 percent of respondents said a household member participated in two or three programs or events in the previous 12 months); and top facility and program priorities such as a farmers market, multi‑use paved trails, and a dog park. Consultants said arts and culture, senior fitness and…
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