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Kingsburg commission reviews parks master plan process, targets August grant deadline
Summary
The Kingsburg Community Service Commission heard a presentation from Fresno State planner Sam Langford on a parks master plan process that would use online and mail surveys, intercept surveys, GIS mapping and focus groups; the plan is intended to be ready to support California State Parks grant applications due in August.
The Kingsburg Community Service Commission on Jan. 29 heard a presentation from Sam Langford, a planner at Fresno State University, on a proposed parks master plan process the city would use to inventory parks, gather community input and identify priorities ahead of grant deadlines.
Langford described a multi-step planning process his team calls SPARKY (Sustainable Park and Recreation Community Initiative) that combines an online survey, a mailed survey, one-page intercept surveys conducted in parks and at community events, a GIS-based inventory of existing facilities, and focus-group meetings with stakeholders. "We are going to do a survey in the community. We'll place that online using Qualtrics," Langford said, adding the team can also do a mail-out survey and intercept surveys staffed by students.
The commission was told the work plan Langford presented has been used…
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