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Planning commission endorses 4.5-acre park-service target, weighs site-level changes for sports fields and fishpond
Summary
Morgan planning commissioners reaffirmed a 4.5 acres-per-1,000-residents parks goal while discussing where to locate sports fields, a fishpond park with multiuse water features and a train-park concept; commissioners asked staff to reconcile inconsistent acreage tables and refine maps and verbiage.
Morgan — At a city planning commission work session, staff and commissioners endorsed the draft general plan’s parks-service target of 4.5 acres per 1,000 residents while flagging errors and gaps in the supporting tables and maps.
John, a planner on the project, told the commission the plan’s proposed target is 4.5 acres per 1,000 residents and that the city’s current level is 3.14 acres. “When this plan was adopted, last year, it was decided that Morgan did need more park space,” he said, and staff is not recommending a change to that target. Commissioners asked staff to reconcile chart discrepancies that show different current acreages in different tables and agreed staff should review and update the…
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