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Council discusses creating seven‑member Parks & Recreation advisory board to guide programming and planning
Summary
Council reviewed a proposal to replace the existing five-member parks board with a seven-member advisory board focused on seven strategic areas (seniors, youth, facilities, green spaces, athletics, partnerships, school liaison); the change would require formal resolutions and at least four votes to enact.
Council received a proposal to create a new seven‑member Parks & Recreation Advisory Board appointed by the city council to replace the current five‑member board and to provide focused planning across seven strategic goal areas.
The plan calls for non‑city employees to serve three‑year staggered terms and for each member to focus on a strategic area such as senior activities, youth programming, facility optimization, green-space upkeep, athletic programs, community partnerships and a school liaison. The presenter described the body as an advisory/planning board — not a budgetary decision‑making body — and said it would make recommendations to the council and the parks director.
Councilors discussed the required process: drafting resolutions to dissolve the current board and create the advisory board, posting for public comment, a first reading and then a vote requiring at least four affirmative votes. Some councilors urged first discussing the proposal with current board members and the new parks director before taking formal action.
