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Staff outlines parks sustainability plan outreach; consultants to report in February
Summary
Staff summarized four pop-up engagement events and an online survey for a new parks sustainability management plan; consultants from WRT will analyze use and maintenance documents and present findings to the park commission in February, with a draft plan expected by early summer.
Staff introduced the City of Piedmont's parks sustainability management plan public outreach and early findings, noting in-person pop-ups at Linda Park, Crocker Park, Driscena/Dracaena Park and Piedmont Park and an open online survey. "We will have a report on the engagement, the survey, and then WRT also interviewed our maintenance staff and our maintenance contractor to try and get a feel for how is the city maintaining our parks," staff said, explaining the consultant's methods and the plan's focus on maintenance, water, trees and climate-adaptive planting.
Staff emphasized that the consultants will base recommendations on locally feasible California practices (not out-of-region models) and that the commission should expect an engagement report at its February meeting and a completed plan by early summer. Commissioners pressed staff on the plan's scope, including whether it will account for anticipated housing-driven population growth and about integrating water-management projects such as irrigation renovations.
