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Planning Commission forwards draft 2025'2030 Recreation Plan to City Council
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Hillsdale's Planning Commission unanimously recommended the draft 2025'2030 Recreation Plan to City Council, praising updates but urging clearer separation of funded projects from wish-list items and noting funding concerns.
The Hillsdale Planning Commission voted 6-0 Dec. 17 to recommend the city's draft 2025'2030 Recreation Plan to the City Council.
Zoning Administrator Olivia Smith introduced the draft plan. Commissioner Winter said he appreciated improvements from previous versions and requested future plans more clearly separate "plausible" items from the "wish list" so the Commission and public can distinguish achievable projects from aspirational ones. Commissioner Kelemen, newly sworn in, said she had not been aware of all the Recreation Department's work and thanked staff for their efforts.
Commissioner Coykendall cautioned that "plans without funding are not plans," expressing concern about the city becoming obligated to unfunded goals. Chair Laycock clarified that the Recreation Plan is guiding rather than binding and stated he believed it was a statutory requirement.
Commissioner Winter moved that the Commission recommend the draft to City Council; Commissioner Coykendall seconded. The roll-call vote was unanimous in favor.
The recommendation sends the draft plan to City Council; commissioners asked staff to make future versions clearer about what is funded or actionable and what remains aspirational.