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RECQMMENDATlON: The annual budget for pa#hways should be used to <br />implement the recommendations of the Pathway Committee. <br />7) Community Promotion <br />BACKGRQUND: The Park and Recreat�on Department offers services, programs and <br />amenities which are unknown to many Rosevilie residents. The City shotald <br />aggressiveiy promofe its recrea#�onal facilities and programs to �ncrease use and <br />participation. This increased community awareness and participa#ion would resuit in <br />increased communi#y spirit and support. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: The Parks and Recreation Department should increase <br />promotional activity ta better inform citizens and to encourage participation in <br />programs and use af facil':ties. <br />Compi�tion of the undeveloped and incomplete neighbor#�ood� community and <br />urban parks and other tacilities w411 also contribute to community awareness of <br />and appreciation for Parks and RecreatioR Department facilitie� and programs. <br />The completion of each park or facility shoufd be public�zed and celebrated to <br />max�mize this impact. Showcasing of parics and facifities should be a part of the <br />50"' A�niversary Cel�bra#ion. <br />8� Communitjr Survey <br />BACK�ROUND: Community support wi�l be needed to implement recommendations for <br />a communiiry center. To d�termine #he levei of support and how best to present t#�e <br />recommendations to the communi�y, a community survey is necessary. <br />REC0IWMENDA7iON: A professionai organeza�ion shouid be engaged to conduct <br />a community survey to de#ermine community preferences for recreatio�a# <br />faci�ities and flnancing options. This 9hou�d be coordinated with the initia� <br />phases of the Community Center Planning Comm�ttee wark. <br />9j Park lmpravement Program <br />BACKGROUND: tn 1991, the City Gouncil established the Park Impro�emen# Program <br />(PlP) to upgrade and replace park facilities and funded it a# $�50,000 per year. The <br />Parks and Recreation Department annually e�aivates and rates each component o€ <br />��ery park and prioritizes items to be included in #he annual P!P budget. The funr#ing <br />currently available for PIP doe� not refiect e�ther infl�tion or the increases in par�c land <br />and recr�ationa! facifities durir�g the iast six years. Due to the ladc o# fur�ds �or par�c <br />redevelopmer�t projects, the majar portion of these funds for #he iast iwo years has <br />gone to faciiitate the expeditieus completion of Acom Paric redevetopmen#. This has <br />resuited in a criticai bac.�clog of other smaller upgrade and replacement projects. <br />15 <br />