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Committee to lead parks master-plan work after advisory panel and council reject draft
Summary
Committee members said an advisory panel and council leaders rejected the comprehensive master plan draft; the committee was assigned responsibility for writing the parks master plan and will form a small subcommittee to produce a more developed draft for review.
Members of a local parks committee discussed moving forward after what they described as a broadly rejected comprehensive master plan draft, assigning the parks portion to the committee and planning subteams.
Committee participants said the advisory committee that reviewed the comprehensive plan determined the draft did not reflect community preferences. According to meeting remarks, city council leadership shared that view and directed a new approach: the planning and zoning committee will address overarching planning and zoning elements while the parks master plan is to be developed by the parks committee.
Committee members were asked to submit prioritized liaison preferences before the council meeting scheduled for the 20th of the month, when new council members will be sworn in and liaison assignments made. The chair said the parks committee should make the parks master plan its “foremost thing” going forward and suggested forming a 2–3 person subcommittee to work with city staff (identified in the meeting as David) to prepare a more developed draft for full committee discussion.
The golf course advisory committee had previously submitted formal comments on the parks plan, and members requested those comments be incorporated; some suggested a joint meeting with the golf advisory committee to ensure their recommendations are included.
The committee noted several procedural items remain unresolved: whether the city can seek revisions or financial recourse from the consultant that produced the original comprehensive plan depends on a contract review and legal advice. Members agreed to ask the city for any available extensions to the application or scheduling deadlines and to ask staff to pursue contract clarifications where possible.
Next steps: volunteers for the parks subcommittee will be identified, the committee will seek to incorporate the golf advisory committee’s comments, and staff will report back on timelines and any contract-related remedies.
