TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, City Manager, ICMA-CM
FROM: Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager
DATE: January 6, 2020
RE:
Title
Parks and Recreation Bond Financial Plan Approval
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
As projects are completed, Council direction regarding the adjustments to the Park Bond Spending Plan is needed. This plan was last updated in November of 2018.
Background:
The initial financial plan was developed based on January 4, 2016, Council action to identify the projects to be funded by the Park Bond and allocate funding to each (minutes attached). The current plan includes adjustments to the timing of some projects based on Council direction including increasing funding for the senior centers and adjusting the timing and location for the sports field projects.
The current plan, approved by Council in November 2018, responded to an offer from Ft. Bragg to make property off of McArthur Rd. available to the City for the development of sports fields. Ft. Bragg proposed to provide the property through a no cost 50 year lease in subsequent conversations. Moving that project at that time from the Military Business Park (the location identified by Council prior to that meeting) to the McArthur Rd. location allowed funding that had been identified for property acquisition and site improvements to be reallocated to sport field improvements.
Other actions taken by Council in November 2018 included:
* Identifying Cliffdale & E.E. Miller Splash Pads as Future Unfunded
* Split the funding for the "TBD" Splash Pad among two new projects;
o Stadium Play Space (installing a permanent play structure and other improvements in this area of the stadium)
o Plaza Fountain (a water feature in the public plaza between the stadium, Prince Charles, and the new parking garage and mixed use bu...
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