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GATEWAY oFPaArMFNr�v rnNrcs C►f of Ma��, �e� � vAMa`_�' 9 UN�'Y. M1°i!JNESOTA �601 NIG6`•:4V lt M�'.IN�$ �✓.cW. MINN ?511] �eao.�_= PECREl�TION f�ND 4(1itE5TRV MEMO TO: Mounds View Par c ion Commission DLvmbers FROM: BruCe R. Anders DATE: September 25, 1 RE: Comprehensive Parks 6 Open Space Study As staff outlined in a letter dated September 19, 1979, outlining the 1980 budget reqvest, a total of $15,000 was requested to develop a comprehensive parks and open space plan for the City's park sites. The proposed comprehensive plan would include master plans for each site, cost analysis as well as an action plan for implementation of the proposed recommendations. This issue was discussed in length at the September 24, 1979, public budget hearing and a number of issues were raised by Staff, Council, and City residents. Staff has invited Mr. Gary Tushi and Mr. Barry Thalden, representatives from Saunders-Thalden and Associ- ates, a local park planning firm, to give a brief presentation of what a comprehensive plan consists of and the role of a private consultant firm. As the Park Commission will be working extremely close with the consulting firm that is selected to prepare the comprehensive plan, it is imperative that the Commisaion feel com- fortable with the firm and is aware of the expertise, background, staff and philosophy of the firm that is selected. After the City Council approves the hiring of the consultant firm the Park Commission along with Staff would be involved in the inter- view and final selection of a firm that they feel beat meets their needs and philosophies. Should the study be approved by the Council we would begin interviewing firms in October with the study beginning no later that November 15, so it is imperative that the Commission begin thinking of what types of information and format they would like to see a park study take.