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Campbell adopts $51.5 million parks and recreation master plan, prioritizes 91 capital recommendations
Summary
Council unanimously adopted the city’s first comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan on Sept. 16. The plan catalogs 15 park sites (77 acres), 228 assets and lays out 91 capital recommendations with planning-level costs totaling about $51.5 million, organized into short-, mid- and long-term priorities.
The Campbell City Council on Sept. 16 unanimously adopted the city’s first comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan, which identifies systemwide and site-specific priorities and estimates roughly $51.5 million in planning-level capital needs across 91 recommended projects.
Recreation and Community Services Director Natasha Bissell introduced the final draft and turned the presentation over to Lauren Ivy Thomas of MIG, the project manager for the plan. Thomas said the plan documents Campbell’s existing system (15 parks totaling about 77 acres and 228 physical assets), a needs analysis based on extensive public engagement, and a set of prioritized recommendations. "The purpose of this master plan is to establish the city's first ever long range plan for Campbell's parks and recreation system," Thomas said.
The plan divides recommendations into three implementation horizons: short-term (to be completed within five years), mid-term (six to 10 years) and long-term (beyond 11 years). Thomas and staff noted the plan assumes a range of funding sources and emphasized that the city will decide project scope and sequence as funds become available. The action chapter lists potential funding tools and an implementation strategy.
Thomas told the council the plan includes an inventory and condition assessment, a health equity analysis, and appendices identifying the 91 capital projects with planning-level costs. She said the capital-cost total—approximately $51.5 million—includes roughly $11 million earmarked for potential acquisition of parkland in identified park-deficient areas. City staff and the consultant answered council questions about how the short-term funding figure is presented in the appendices and clarified that some fees currently cover operational costs but not long-term capital or depreciation.
Council members praised the engagement process and recommended that future project-level changes be vetted separately through public processes. After discussion the council moved, seconded and approved a resolution adopting the Parks and Recreation Master Plan by unanimous roll call.
