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Public Works Committee forwards Brentwood parks master plan to Board of Aldermen
Summary
Committee members debated multiple options in a new master plan from consultant SWT, agreed to keep option sets for complex sites and to pursue more-targeted studies later, and voted to forward Resolution 1524 recommending approval to the Board of Aldermen.
The Brentwood Public Works Committee voted to forward Resolution 1524, the city’s draft parks and recreation master plan prepared by consultant SWT, to the Board of Aldermen after extended discussion about prioritization and next steps.
Committee members, staff and SWT consultant Scott Runde reviewed options for complex projects including the sports complex, the recreation center and Memorial Park. Several members said the plan includes multiple design options for the same sites and asked how the city should narrow them. Scott Runde said the document records community input and multiple concepts so future boards have options to choose from; he told the committee that deeper, site-specific studies would be the right next step for complicated sites.
Members expressed two recurring concerns: how to prioritize items that residents ranked highly in the community needs assessment (for example, indoor pools) but that the city is unlikely to build, and how to avoid paring away options that future boards might want to evaluate. One committee member questioned whether high-ranking items that are not practically achievable should remain in the plan; another argued the list should be preserved so future decision-makers have the context.
After discussion, a member moved that the committee forward the plan and resolution to the Board of Aldermen for consideration; the motion carried on a voice vote with ayes recorded. The committee also asked staff and SWT to produce a narrower set of recommendations or appendices for particularly complex sites (Memorial Park, Hanley Industrial Court and the sports complex) so elected leaders can better evaluate trade-offs.
The committee set a path for follow-up work: targeted studies where needed, continued community engagement on major projects, and a return to committee-level discussion before any project-specific funding or construction begins.
