Council debates 20% active-use metric; asks staff to define 'active' and map acreage

Jul 21, 2026

Members disagreed over whether to lock in a 20% active-use cap for Town Park, citing different existing estimates. Council directed staff to produce definitions and a mapped inventory to inform policy decisions.

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A recurring theme of the workshop was whether the town should retain a numeric limit on 'active' recreation acreage at Town Park. Multiple councilors questioned the usefulness of a fixed percentage: some members invoked a roughly 20% cap in prior plans, while others reported lower existing figures ("somewhere around 16 or 17%" or as low as 13 percent in one estimate). Bill and Brock were asked to provide a staff definition and an inventory so council can agree on a consistent baseline before adopting any percentage.

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