Parks committee debates two park sites as road plans and growth-boundary rules complicate Pershall, Elkhorn options

The Redmond Parks Committee spent much of its meeting weighing two prospective park sites — Pershall and Elkhorn — and the land-use steps that would be needed to make either one a city park. Planning Director Kyle Roberts told the committee Pershall is roughly 36 acres, sits inside the city’s urban growth boundary and is contiguous to city limits, while Elkhorn is about 22 acres outside the growth boundary and currently in county exclusive farm-use zoning.

Kyle Roberts, the city planning director, said Pershall’s location makes annexation straightforward when there is a development plan: “It’s about 36 acres in size. It is within our urban growth boundary, but outside the city limits ... To actually annex that piece of property is actually quite simple. It’s simply a resolution that city…