07-24-1984 PTRC Agenda - Minutes

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10 ISSUE 10. What"s the status of local or municipal recreation open space in the metropolitan system? What should the Council s involvement be in i Working from municipal comprehensive plans, the Council has assembled data, and will report on the condition of local recreation open space in terms of what acreage is provided, in what categories, by planning areas (MOF zones) . The report will help to identify municipal recreation open space needs in the region and should help in priority development for grant reviews. The report will not be adequate to complete a comprehensive regional plan for local or municipal recreation needs. Much of what local recreation provides is in the form of facilities, that is, built resources, necessary for active recreation. That part of recreation demand in the Region will require continuing Council study to complete future reports. Related Questions: 1. Is it appropriate and important for the Council to analyze and coordinate local efforts in the metropolitan recreation system? Would it be helpful to the region? 2. Would Council-offered technical assistance help communities do more effective long-range planning for recreation services? 3. Related to issue 11 as well as issue 10; should there be rewards to those communities which grant consent to regional park acquisition and develop- ment within their jurisdiction and, conversely, should there be penalities to those which do not? • 4. Is it correct to state that municipalities more often need active recrea- tion facilities rather than the recreation open space which the regional plan tends emphasize? How strongly is this true? How might the Council "s recreation open space plan change to help with problems? 5. Would it be helpful to local recreation agencies and their users if a program were developed which coordinated the needs of local agencies with programs available in the regional recreation open space system? ISSUE 11. What is an appropriate level of municipal participation and control in the developing regional regional recreation open space system. The 1974 parks act says that: . . . (the implementing agency) . . .shall prepare, after consultation with all affected municipalities, and submit. . .a master plan. The policy plan uses similar language in policy 9: Each implementing agency is responsible for preparing a master plan for each regional system unit assigned to it by this policy plan. An imple- menting agency shall present the master plan to affected local units of government and addresss their concerns prior to submission to the Council .