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Council discusses park service adjustments including potential future park closures; hires Parkhill for a sports complex study
The council's November 9, 2021 minutes list "Discuss Parks and Recreation Service Adjustments to Include Potential Future Park Closures." On the same day's consent agenda, approved 5-0, the council awarded Parkhill $99,500 for a concept study to redevelop sports complexes in six parks. The director told the board in December that no decisions on closures had been made; Councilmember Eddy Sauer, a board member, said the master plan was the driving factor in the council's increase to the parks budget.[1][2]
Eddy SauerMichael KashubaParkhill (formerly Parkhill, Smith & Cooper)
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The November 9, 2021 council minutes list discussion item 1C, "Discuss Parks and Recreation Service Adjustments to Include Potential Future Park Closures," with no action recorded. The consent agenda, approved 5-0, included item T, an award to Parkhill of $99,500 for "a concept study for redevelopment of five sports complexes within existing parks" (the item lists six: Martin Road, John Stiff Memorial, Southeast, Rick Klein, River Road and Thompson). [1]
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Michael Kashuba and Councilmember Eddy Sauer (as recorded in the board minutes): The December 8, 2021 board minutes record the director stating "no decisions will be made for potential park closures," that every division of the department is subsidized, that tennis was at "a seventy plus percent cost recovery," and that the golf subsidy had dropped. Councilmember Eddy Sauer, serving on the board, said "the Park Master Plan was the driving factor for the decision made by council" to increase the parks budget. A board member asked what the department planned to do with "the 2.4 million"; the minutes do not record an answer. [2]
