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STAFF REPORT <br />TO:Parks & Recreation Commission <br />FROM:Bryce Shearen, CPRP, Parks & Recreation/Community Services Manager <br />DATE:November 5, 2020 <br />RE:Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />None. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The City of Little Canada utilizes a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to schedule proposed public <br />improvements and purchases over a five-year period. Significant purchases and improvements <br />beyond five years are included when the project costs have been identified. <br />The CIP is a planning document that covers the period from 2021-2025, intended to assist <br />policymakers and staff to plan for major capital improvements, renewal, and replacement <br />expenditures. The CIP is not a budget, nor is it an authorization to expend funds. The <br />authorization of the expenditures occurs through City Council action and in the adoption of the <br />annual budget. 2021 CIP Projects will be included in the 2021 Budget that the Council adopts in <br />December. The 2022-2025 projects should be considered a planning tool, and the projects <br />included for 2021 will serve as a work plan for staff. Over the next five years, $12.9 million in <br />projects have been identified. <br />There are nine categories of projects by type, with Parks & Recreation as one of the nine. <br />The Commission sets three priorities for the year, which helps staff work towards those goals. <br />For 2020, the top priorities by the Parks & Recreation Commission were to complete the Gervais <br />Mill entrance, to complete the Pioneer Park Master Plan process, and to complete the Spooner <br />Park Lower Shelter. These projects were scheduled for 2020, but due to many factors including <br />the pandemic, they have been moved to 2021 for completion and remain the top priorities of the <br />Parks and Recreation Commission. <br />The Parks Master Plan is also being used as a guiding document to program Parks & Recreation <br />capital projects. It should be noted that financial considerations were not a part of the Parks <br />Master Plan. The plan is meant to guide future park decisions based on the input that was <br />received during the planning process. As projects that were identified in the Parks Master Plan <br />are added to the CIP, a plan for financing these projects will need to be developed. <br />Highlights of the 2021 projects are as follows: