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Work Plan Based on our understanding of the city's needs and their desire for an intensive engagement process that results in a truly progressive plan for the community's park and recreation system, we have framed a work plan and a set of deliverables. While we provide significant detail, we expect that the city will look to make adjustments to ensure it meets the community's needs. Part One: The Vision The first two stages of the work will focus on the creation of a vision. We begin by building a foundation of knowledge upon which a visionary plan can be framed, and we work with the community to understand the needs and desires for Roseville's park and recreation system. We conclude with efforts directed toward exploring ideas in diagrams and illustrations, building upon our base of earlier research and breathing life into the vision. Stage One: Convene During Stage One, the team will work with city staff and the Park and Recreation Master Plan Update Team (PARMPUT) to develop a foundation of knowledge about the City of Roseville, its park system, and the current Master Plan. Our first task involves building the foundation of knowledge that we will need to get started in both the visioning and comprehensive planning process, but more important perhaps will be the time spent with the Steering Committee coming to agreement on the scope, schedule, and communications that are integral to the process. It's not all organizing during this stage, though; we intend to begin the process of defining and understanding the pressing issues and desires that will become the foundation of plans that guide the Albert Lea community into its future. Stage One Tasks 1.01 Meet with city staff and key PARMPUT members to review the planning process, agree to a schedule, define roles (especially roles of staff and the PARMPUT), discuss methods of community input and engagement, establish internal and external communication procedures, and review anticipated deliverables. 1.02 Gather and review background data and base information, including past reports and studies, demographic information, planning documents and any other information that might be pertinent to the park and recreation master plan update process. Of particular interest will be the recent update to the city's Comprehensive Plan, and any directions or policies within that document that relate to parks and recreation, open space, conservation or preservation, or other community features that might influence a park and recreation system master plan. We will prepare a summary of background information in the form of a Foundation Documents report as a part of this task that will be included in a"Master Plan Update" workbook (see Task 1.4). As information is reviewed, we will identify key pieces of information from existing plans or studies (including in a particular the update of the Comprehensive Plan) that should be integrated into the master plan. 1.03 Assemble base mapping information for park and recreation system using city sources. Using digital information provided by the city, and augmented by other readily available digital information as necessary, we will prepare a base map to be used in the park planning process. Our assumption is that Roseville's GIS data will suffice for overall planning purposes, but that certain information related to specific parks may need to be added to the