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Council outlines process for parks master plan; RFQ due Jan. 12 and advisory committee proposed
Summary
Councilors and staff discussed forming an advisory or formal subcommittee to guide a parks master plan; the RFQ for design services is due Monday, January 12, and members proposed a committee of council, parks stakeholders and community members.
Staff and councilors presented the parks master plan timeline and solicited council direction on committee structure. Speaker 3 (staff) said, "The RFQ for the design professional for the parks master planning is due next Monday, January 12," and explained that after RFQs are received the council will assemble a review committee and an advisory steering committee composed of community leaders and stakeholders to guide the process.
Councilors debated whether to make the group an informal advisory committee (not a council committee and not subject to formal council meeting notice) or a formal subcommittee subject to sunshine/open-meeting rules; Speaker 4 expressed comfort with a formal subcommittee that functions in an advisory role while keeping final votes to the full council. Councilors discussed committee composition (roughly two council members, two parks-and-rec representatives and three community members), planned to develop committee rules, and targeted bringing nominations to a Monday meeting with the goal of having the committee created within two weeks.
