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Parks director outlines $78 million, 10‑year master plan and staffing constraints
Summary
Parks and Recreation Director Ri Anthony briefed council on a 10‑year master plan that calls for about $78 million in capital projects, described reinvestment and visionary project buckets and said staffing and project‑management capacity will limit the speed of implementation absent new funding or partnerships.
Ri Anthony, the city’s parks and recreation director, presented an update on the department’s newly adopted 10‑year master plan and its implementation priorities.
"We have over 2,000 acres of parkland," Anthony said, outlining the department’s portfolio of pools, playgrounds and trails and saying the master plan identifies roughly $78 million in capital needs over the next decade while current maintenance funding is about $5.5 million a year.
Anthony described three implementation buckets: reinvestment (facility repairs and restroom renovations), enhancement (ADA compliance, playground modernization and systemwide improvements) and visionary projects (major new facilities such as an adaptive…
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