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Vice Mayor urges finishing park projects, building staff capacity before commissioning new master plan
Summary
At the April 1 Richmond Recreation and Parks Commission meeting, Vice Mayor Robinson and staff said the city will prioritize completing existing capital projects and building staffing and systems before funding a new parks master plan, citing resource limits and implementation concerns.
Vice Mayor Robinson told the Richmond Recreation and Parks Commission on April 1 that the city should focus on carrying out projects already identified in the parks master plan and on staffing and systems work before launching a new, costly master-plan process.
Robinson said master-plan efforts typically take “a year, year and a half to two years” and can cost “$300,000 to $500,000,” and argued that the city should first finish outstanding projects and improve implementation capacity. “Let's get the 20 things done,” Robinson said, urging a…
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