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Parks & Recreation advisory board briefs Marquette commission on consolidated board, capital projects and dog-park outreach
Summary
Amanda Gobert, chair of Marquette's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, told the commission the consolidated advisory board will reduce to 11 members by 2027 and highlighted capital projects including Kids Cove, Lakeview Arena repairs and pier work at Cindermond Pond Marina; the board plans public outreach on a proposed dog park once cost and layout details are firmed up.
Amanda Gobert, chair of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, gave the Marquette City Commission a wide-ranging update on Feb. 23, outlining the board’s role in implementing the city’s five-year parks and recreation master plan and identifying near-term capital needs.
Gobert said the merged advisory group currently has 13 members after combining the former parks-and-rec board, the harbor advisory committee and the Presque Isle Park advisory committee, and that the board has direction to reduce membership to 11 by 2027. “We currently have 13 board members,” Gobert said. “We do have direction that our board needs to be down to 11 members by 2027.”
The chair described the city’s park inventory and active projects: seven rentable facilities, 21 parks…
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