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9 <br />Planning Evaluation Tool <br />Background <br />The purpose of the Planning Evaluation Tool is to assess community feedback and ideas so <br />that community input can be strategically considered during the City planning process. The use <br />of structured questions to assess and prioritize community feedback has proven to be an <br />effective guide for strategic decision making that has been successfully employed by other <br />municipalities (e.g. City of Ann Arbor, 2017; City of Palo Alto, 2016; ​Khazaei, Joppe, & Elliot, <br />2019; Naperville Park District, 2011​). ​This tool presents guided questions that City staff and <br />decision makers in the City of Little Canada should take into account when evaluating <br />community feedback and ideas related to community parks. <br /> <br />This tool aims to consider how community feedback and ideas relate to or fulfill community <br />understandings of ​Equity​, ​Accessibility​, ​Sustainability​, ​Diversity​, and ​Community​, as defined in <br />the RCP Fellows Final Report. It also encourages decision makers to look beyond funding, cost, <br />and other quantitative performance data (Parker, 2016) and instead consider how the feedback <br />or idea reflects previous community input, amplifies the voices of marginalized stakeholders, <br />and aligns with previously established City goals and recommendations. <br /> <br />It is important to note that ​this tool does not weigh or offer criteria for prioritizing input. <br />However, the use of guided questions to analyze community feedback and ideas can reveal <br />critical insights that make the prioritization process easier when comparing suggestions <br />side-by-side. <br />References <br />City of Ann Arbor. (2017). ​Parks & Recreation Open Space Plan​. <br />https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/administrative/Documents/FINA <br />L%202016-2020%20PROS%20PLAN.pdf <br /> <br />City of Palo Alto. (2016). ​Study Session on the Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space and <br />Recreation Master Plan​. <br />https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/50367 <br /> <br />Khazaei, A., Joppe, M., & Elliot, S. (2019). Mapping a diverse community's engagement in <br />parks planning. ​Leisure Sciences​, 41(4), 294-312. <br />doi:10.1080/01490400.2018.1410740 <br /> <br />Naperville Park District. (2011). ​Naperville Park District Capital Projects Prioritization Policy​.