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STAFF REPORT TO:Parks & Recreation Commission FROM:Bryce Shearen, CPRP, Parks & Recreation/Community Services Manager DATE:November 4, 2021 RE:Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) ACTION REQUESTED Informational update. No formal action requested. BACKGROUND: The City of Little Canada utilizes a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to schedule proposed public improvements and purchases over ten years. Significant purchases and improvements beyond ten years are included when the project costs have been identified. The CIP is a planning document that covers the period from 2022-2031, intended to assist policymakers and staff to plan for and identify major capital improvements, project costs, and proposed timelines and funding sources for upcoming projects. The CIP is not a budget, nor is it an authorization to expend funds. The authorization of the expenditures occurs through City Council action and in the adoption of the annual budget. 2022 CIP Projects will be included in the 2022 Budget that the Council adopts in December. The 2022-2031 projects should be considered a planning tool, and the projects included for 2022 will serve as a work plan for staff. There are nine categories of projects by type included in the CIP, with Parks & Recreation as one of the nine. Over the next ten years, $5.6 million in projects have been identified in Parks and Recreation averaging $560,000 a year dedicated to improving park and recreation amenities. In 2020, the Commission set its top three priorities for the upcoming year, which helps staff work towards those goals. For 2021, the top priorities by the Parks & Recreation Commission were to complete the Gervais Mill entrance, complete the Pioneer Park Master Plan process, and complete the Spooner Park Lower Shelter. The Pioneer Park Master Plan and Spooner Park Lower Shelter were completed in 2021. The City also received a grant for $97,000 for the Gervais Mill entrance project and is currently working on the required documentation to receive the grant funds and the next step will be to bid on the project in the next couple of months and begin construction in 2022. The Parks Master Plan and now the Pioneer Park Master are plan are used as guiding documents to program Parks & Recreation capital projects. It should be noted that financial considerations were not a part of the Parks Master Plan. The plan is meant to guide future park decisions based on the input that was received during the planning process. As projects that were identified in the