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Consultants present parks master plan with $10M baseline and $88M visionary options
Summary
Consultants told the council that Independence’s parks system needs a phased reinvestment strategy: roughly $10 million for baseline lifecycle repairs, about $9 million for sustainable service expansion and up to $88 million for transformational regional projects; the plan emphasizes targeting underserved areas and strengthening organizational capacity.
Consultants from Pros Consulting, Confluence and other partners presented the final Parks and Recreation Master Plan to the Independence City Council on Feb. 9, framing the document as a realistic, implementable roadmap for stabilizing, modernizing and elevating the city park system.
Leon Younger of Pros Consulting said the plan examines land, facilities, operations, maintenance and capital, and provides guidance on funding, staffing and policy decisions. "Parks should be a safe, welcoming, and well maintained," Younger said, and the plan aims to shift the city from reactive repairs to planned life‑cycle…
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