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Parks staff presents one-year utilization baseline; recommends geofencing for more accurate counts
Summary
City parks staff presented a year-plus of reservation and traffic-counter data showing seasonality and limitations of physical counters; staff recommended geofencing and continued targeted counts to better measure park use.
City parks staff presented a Parks Utilization Report at the Jan. 28 Parks and Open Space Board meeting, summarizing reservations, seasonal patterns and traffic‑counter results and recommending improvements to data collection.
The presenter told the board the study began at the direction of a council member and the Parks Board and now includes a full year (and a little more) of compiled reservations and traffic-counter data. Staff noted that reservation records represent a floor — many park uses are…
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